Engineering:New Year's glasses
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Short description: Novelty eyeglasses
New Year's glasses are novelty eyeglasses in the numerical shape of the coming year usually worn during New Year's Eve parties.[1] They were invented and patented[2] by Richard Sclafani and Peter Cicero in 1992, although other companies have produced similar versions.[3] New Year's glasses' inspiration and popularity arose from the fact that the two digits in the middle of the year number (9 and 0 from the years 1990–2009) had holes suitable for looking through or mounting lenses into.[4]
References
- ↑ Lawson, Richard (December 31, 2008). "The Sad Ending of the 200_ New Year's Glasses". Gawker.com. https://www.gawker.com/5121460/the-sad-ending-of-the-200-new-years-glasses.
- ↑ Barkai, R. (1992-07-24). "Novelty eyeglass frames Richard E. Sclafani et al". Google Patents. United States Patent Office. https://patents.google.com/patent/USD335134S/.
- ↑ Lacitis, Erik (December 31, 2008). "As 2008 closes, so does business for those year-end glasses". Seattle Times. The Seattle Times Company. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008575545_glasses31m.html.
- ↑ Lefkowitz, Melanie (December 28, 2010). "Glasses for New Year's Eve Parties - 2011 Still Works". Stylist. The Huffington Post. http://main.stylelist.com/2010/12/28/2011-glasses-new-year-s/.
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