Eyeglasses holder

Claim 1

An improved holder for eyeglasses or the like comprising an elongated band wherein the lower end of the elongated band is folded upwardly and secured to the center portion of said band forming a loop, attachment means disposed at the upper end of the band for permitting the band to be attached to a fixed object and to vertically depend therefrom, a pair of supporting means disposed proximate the looped end of the band, the first of said supporting means comprising a first opening disposed on a flat vertical side of the looped portion of said elongated band such that it can encircle one of the temple pieces of a pair of eyeglasses at the hinged end thereof proximate the frame containing the lenses of the eyeglasses, and the second of said supporting means comprising a generally circular second opening disposed on the elongated band proximte the fold line of said looped portion thereof such that it can encircle the temple piece of said eyeglasses at a position between the free end and the hinged end thereof, said first and second supporting means being permanently disposed in a straight alignment relative to each other, such that the free end of the temple piece of the eyeglasses may be downwardly inserted through the first and then second supporting means whereby said temple piece can in a single downward movement be forced to depend vertically from said elongated band and said eyeglasses when folded can be suspended securely from said band.