Improved paprdoll eyewear appliqué system

Abstract

A device and method for altering the appearance of eyewear with an eyewear appliqué to cover a frame face and temple legs. Users may alter eyewear aesthetics without investing in new glasses. Appliqué designs may be based on standard frame shapes or custom-made using images of special frames. Appliqués arc manufactured with a cutter, injection molding or 3D printing by using data derived from 3D scan files, images manually entered by a user and stored in a frame library or by artificial intelligence. The appliqué may be removed from and reapplied to eyewear frames multiple times. Users may also rotate between different eyewear appliqué designs to change the appearance of eyewear on a whim. Appliqué adhesive solution securely attaches appliqué to eyewear and maintains its tackiness during wear and while stored on a release liner for future use.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 ) An eyewear alteration system, comprised of an eyewear frame, wherein said eyewear frame consists of a frame face front, a frame left temple leg, and a frame right temple leg; and an eyewear appliqué with adhesive solution, wherein said eyewear appliqué includes both a front surface of said eyewear appliqué and a rear surface of said eyewear appliqué, wherein said rear surface of said eyewear appliqué is coated with said adhesive solution, and an eyewear appliqué release liner. 
     
     
         2 ) The eyewear alteration system of  claim 1 , wherein said eyewear appliqué consists of a frame face front appliqué, a frame left temple leg appliqué, and a frame right temple leg appliqué; and an eyewear appliqué release liner. 
     
     
         3 ) The eyewear alteration system of  claim 2 , wherein said eyewear appliqué release liner consists of a length of material equal to or larger than at least one section of said eyewear appliqué, wherein said adhesive solution is positioned between said eyewear appliqué release liner and said back surface of said eyewear appliqué such that said eyewear appliqué coated with adhesive solution may be peeled away from said eyewear appliqué release liner prior to placement on said eyewear frame. 
     
     
         4 ) The eyewear alteration system of  claim 3 , wherein said eyewear appliqué release liner is formed in a shape selected from the group consisting of: a rectangle or shape larger than a single eyewear appliqué, a rectangle or shape larger than at least two eyewear appliqué, a shape with at least three edges, in the shape of and slightly larger than a frame face front appliqué, in the shape of and slightly larger than frame left temple leg appliqué, and in the shape of and slightly larger than a frame right temple leg appliqué. 
     
     
         5 ) The eyewear alteration system of  claim 4 , wherein said adhesive solution with removable and reusable, or permanent attributes is selected from the group consisting of: emulsion acrylic adhesive, pressure-sensitive, water-based emulsion acrylic adhesive, tape, glue, polymer, and hot melt adhesive. 
     
     
         6 ) The eyewear alteration system of  claim 4 , wherein said release liner may further be selected from the group consisting of: a sheet of wax paper, a booklet of wax paper, a plastic card, silicone release paper, vinyl, paper, acrylic, parchment and metal. 
     
     
         7 ) A method of repeatedly altering the appearance of eyewear, consisting of:
 Peeling an appliqué of an appliqué release liner,   Aligning the adhesive-coated back surface of said appliqué with the corresponding eyewear frame section,   Pressing the adhesive coated back surface of said appliqué against the corresponding eyewear frame section,   Peeling an appliqué off of said eyewear frame section,   Pressing the adhesive-coated back surface of said appliqué against said appliqué release liner for storage and later use.   
     
     
         8 ) A process for creating an appliqué for an eyeglass frame comprising the steps of:
 Capturing a digital representation of a frame; 
 Processing said digital representation of a frame to derive a surface rendering of said frame; 
 Importing said surface rendering of said frame into design software to create an outline of said frame; 
 Creating an appliqué file of said surface rendering of said frame from said outline of said frame; 
 Exporting said appliqué file to a manufacturing machine; 
 Importing user design specifications into said manufacturing machine; 
 Manufacturing an appliqué with said manufacturing machine using said appliqué file and said user design specifications; and 
 Applying additional embellishments to said appliqué by hand. 
 
     
     
         9 ) The process of  claim 7 , wherein said appliqué is made of a material selected from the group consisting of: aux leather, leather, hard acrylics, plastics, textiles, sustainable organic fibers, metal, vinyl, polyurethane, and paper. 
     
     
         10 ) The process of  claim 7 , wherein said manufacturing machine is selected from the group consisting of cutter, additive manufacturing, subtractive manufacturing, and injection molding. 
     
     
         11 ) The process of  claim 7 , wherein said user design specifications are selected from the group consisting of color, texture, shape, and materials.