The Early Days of New Year's Glasses: A Patent Story

A U.S. patent drawing from April 27, 1993, shows eight pairs of spectacles where the frames are shaped like the numbers 92 through 99, labeled Fig. 5 through Fig. 12. The design is a visual pun on the year 1993, with the glasses' frames forming the digits of the year.

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