Eyeglass retainer

Claim 2

A pair of eyeglasses and an eyeglass retainer for supporting the pair of flat folded eyeglasses from clothing of an eyeglass user comprising: a pair of eyeglasses including an eyeglass frame and lens, the eyeglass frame including a pair of temple sidepieces for supporting the eyeglasses on the head of the user; the eyeglass retainer including a clip portion having first and second elongated finger members arranged in opposing relationship and being interconnected to an upper region with downward extending distal ends which are resiliently biased together to clip on clothing of an eyeglass user, the eyeglass retainer further including a nonflaccid transverse looped hanger portion formed integral wth said first finger member and extending outwardly therefrom, the hanger portion being disposed intermediate the upper region and said distal end of said clip portion and adapted to receive the temple sidepiece of the pair of eyeglasses, and means associated with said hanger portion to support and maintain the eyeglasses in a controlled pendulous orientation comprising a substantially oval cross-sectional shaped opening extending vertically through said hanger portion with a support edge for abutting a portion of the eyeglasses the opening and support edge cooperating with the temple sidepiece, said opening having a side-to-side width; a front-to-back depth and a top-to-bottom length in which the length of the opening is generally equal to the depth of the opening to accommodate limited forward and backward movement of the eyeglasses relative to said hanger portion of the eyeglass retainer wherein the eyeglasses are maintained in a substantially downward suspended inclination.

Claim 3

The eyeglass retainer in accordance with claim 1, wherein said first finger member of said clip portion is provided with a lead-in bevel to facilitate insertion of the clothing between the distal ends of said finger members.

Claim 4

The eyeglass retainer in accordance with claim 2, wherein opposing distal ends of the finger members include clamping faces to secure the eyeglass user's clothing therebetween.

Claim 5

The eyeglass retainer in accordance with claim 3, wherein an enlarged passageway is formed above said clamping faces to accommodate movement of the clothing into said upper region.

Claim 6

The eyeglass retainer of claim 1 wherein the width of the opening in the hanger portion is about two and one half times the length to facilitate limited side-to-side movement of the eyeglasses.

Claim 7

The eyeglass retainer in accordance with claim 1, wherein said first finger member of said clip portion is provided with a lead-in bevel to facilitate insertion of a portion of the clothing between the distal ends of said finger members.

Claim 8

The eyeglass retainer in accordance with claim 6, wherein opposing distal ends of the finger members include clamping faces to secure the eyeglass user's clothing therebetween.

Claim 9

The eyeglass retainer in accordance with claim 7, wherein an enlarged passageway is formed above said clamping faces to accommodate movement of the clothing into said upper region.

Claim 10

An eyeglass retainer for supporting a pair of flat folded eyeglasses comprising: a pair of eyeglasses including an eyeglass frame and lens, the eyeglass frame including a pair of temple sidepieces for supporting the eyeglasses on the head of the user; a pair of resilient finger members secured together at a first end of each, each finger extending downwardly in a vertical direction to a second end, the finger members having a substantially similar vertical length, the second ends of each finger defining a clamping face, the fingers defining between the first and second end of each a channel, the second end of each finger being yieldingly separable to allow a portion of an article to which the eyeglass retainer is secured to be received within the channel, a first one of the fingers including a bevel for facilitating insertion of the portion of the article in the channel; a nonflaccid hanger member extending outwardly in a first direction from the first finger, the hanger member having a vertical length substantially less than the vertical length of the first finger and being located between the first end and the second end of the first finger, the hanger member defining an opening for receiving a temple sidepiece of the pair of glasses, said opening having a substantially oval cross-sectional shape and having a vertical length of approximately 1/15 of the length of said temple sidepieces, and a front to back depth generally equal to the opening length to allow sideways, and forward and backward movement of the eyeglasses with respect to the hanger member while retaining the temple sidepiece in the opening of the hanger, the pair of legs and hanger member cooperating to maintain the eyeglasses in a substantially downwardly vertical position when the retainer is moved from a first position wherein said fingers extend vertically downward to a second position wherein said fingers do not extend vertically downward.

Claim 11

An eyeglass retainer for supporting a pair of flat folded eyeglasses comprising: a pair of eyeglasses including an eyeglass frame and lens, the eyeglass frame including a pair of temple sidepieces for supporting the eyeglasses on the head of the user; a pair of resilient finger members secured together at a first end of each, each finger extending downwardly in a vertical direction to a second end, the finger members having a substantially similar vertical length, the second ends of each finger defining a clamping face, the fingers defining between the first and second end of each a channel, the second end of each finger being yieldingly separable to allow a portion of an article to which the eyeglass retainer is secured to be received within the channel, a first one of the fingers including a bevel for facilitating insertion of the portion of the article in the channel; a nonflaccid hanger member extending outwardly in a first direction from the first finger, the hanger member having a vertical length substantially less than the vertical length of the first finger and being located between the first end and the second end of the first finger, the hanger member defining an opening for receiving a temple sidepiece of the pair of glasses, said opening having a substantially oval cross-sectional shape and having a vertical length of approximately 1/15 of the length of said temple sidepieces, and a front to back depth generally equal to the opening length to allow sideways, and forward and backward movement of the eyeglasses with respect to the hanger member while retaining the temple sidepiece in the opening of the hanger, the pair of legs and hanger member cooperating to maintain the eyeglasses in a substantially downwardly vertical position when the retainer is moved from a first position wherein said fingers extend vertically downward to a second position wherein said fingers do not extend vertically downward.

Claim 12

The eyeglass retainer of claim 9 wherein the retainer is constructed from a resilient material.