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US 10,216,012 B2Granted
Wearable accessory with an inner chamber
AssigneeKevin Slate Griffin
InventorsKevin Slate Griffin, Timothy R. Dexter
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Abstract
A wearable accessory can include one or more retainer arms and a housing. The one or more retainer arms can couple to a wearable article. The housing can define an inner chamber that is sized for receiving component that is coupled to the one or more retainer arms. The housing can move between a closed position and an open position. The housing can protect the component from the environment external to the chamber in the closed position and reveal the component to the environment external to the chamber in the open position.
Claims17
A wearable accessory, comprising:
- a first retainer arm comprising:
- a first side configured to couple to a first eyewear arm of a piece of eyewear;
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- a second side having a first housing member;
- a second retainer arm comprising:
- a first side configured to couple to a second eyewear arm of the piece of eyewear;
- and
- a second side having a second housing member;
- and
- a cleaning cloth having a first end coupled to the first retainer arm and a second end coupled to the second retainer arm;
- wherein the second housing member is movable between (i) a closed position in which the second housing member is coupled with the first housing member to define a chamber enclosing the cleaning cloth for protecting the cleaning cloth from an environment external to the chamber, and (ii) an open position in which the second housing member is separate from the first housing member to expose the cleaning cloth to the environment, wherein the second housing member is movable from the closed position to the open position by disconnecting the second housing member from the first housing member and moving the second housing member along a length of the cleaning cloth toward the first side of the second retainer arm;
- wherein the first housing member includes a female portion having an inner area that partially defines the chamber in the closed position;
- and
- wherein the second housing member includes a male portion having an inner area that partially defines the chamber in the closed position, the male portion being partially positionable in the inner area of the female portion in the closed position to frictionally seal the chamber and being independent from the female portion in the open position.
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An accessory for eyewear, the accessory comprising:
- a first retainer arm comprising:
- a first side configured to couple to a first eyewear arm of a piece of eyewear;
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- a second side having a first housing member;
- a second retainer arm comprising:
- a first side configured to couple to a second eyewear arm of the piece of eyewear;
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- a second side having a second housing member;
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- a cleaning cloth having a first end coupled to the first retainer arm and a second end coupled to the second retainer arm;
- wherein the first and the second housing members are movable between (i) a closed position in which the first and second housing members are coupled together to define a chamber enclosing the cleaning cloth for protecting the cleaning cloth from an environment external to the chamber, and (ii) an open position in which the first and second housing members are separated to expose the cleaning cloth to the environment, wherein the first and second housing members are movable from the closed position to the open position by disconnecting the first and second housing members from one another and moving the first and second housing members in opposite directions along a length of the cleaning cloth;
- wherein the first housing member includes a female portion having an inner area that partially defines the chamber in the closed position;
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- wherein the second housing member includes a male portion having an inner area that partially defines the chamber in the closed position, the male portion being partially positionable in the inner area of the female portion in the closed position to frictionally seal the chamber and being independent from the female portion in the open position.
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An eyewear retainer comprising:
- a first retainer arm comprising:
- a first side configured to couple to a first eyewear arm of a piece of eyewear;
- and
- a second side having a first housing member through which a first end of a cleaning cloth is coupled to an interior of the first retainer arm;
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- a second retainer arm comprising:
- a first side configured to couple to a second eyewear arm of the piece of eyewear;
- and
- a second side having a second housing member through which a second end of the cleaning cloth is coupled to an interior of the second retainer arm;
- wherein the second housing member is movable between (i) a closed position in which the second housing member is coupled with the first housing member to define a chamber enclosing the cleaning cloth for protecting the cleaning cloth from an environment external to the chamber, and (ii) an open position in which the second housing member is separate from the first housing member to expose the cleaning cloth to the environment, wherein the second housing member is movable to the open position by disconnecting the first housing member from the second housing member and moving the second housing member along a length of the cleaning cloth toward the first side of the second retainer arm;
- wherein the first housing member includes a female portion having an inner area that partially defines the chamber in the closed position;
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- wherein the second housing member includes a male portion having an inner area that partially defines the chamber in the closed position, the male portion being partially positionable in the inner area of the female portion in the closed position to frictionally seal the chamber and being independent from the female portion in the open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.