Introducing, e-clips eye wear, designed for the masses, a design with global appeal. The e-clips are a super stylish, tough and durable eye wear solution for third world nations. The e-clips offer complete wrap around protection for the eyes; the main frame is just over .2" thick, yet very simple in design. It's built tough and durable, it can be twisted and bent without snapping. The main features that set these shades apart from the rest are the fact that the lenses simply snap into a very simple half frame, therefore no hardware is required, minimizing maintenance and productoin cost. The lenses can easily be removed for cleaning, lens swapping or prescription upgrade.

In addition, the arms also snap into place with no hardware required. The hinge is built tough, with a .11” pivot pin held in place by two robust pivot clips, all integrated into the 3d printed form. The e-clips not only offer durability but style also, since the main users will be children and teens, it's important to offer an eye ware solution that offers some visual appeal, otherwise it will be quickly thrown away. E-clips offer a cool, clean and mature look that’s sure to make any child feel special.

Designer Notes:

Designed using Solidworks 2012 NURBS software only. The frame system is 3D printable, passed shapeways initial print ability check. This package contains the native files along with assembly files and all renderings shown here.


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