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US 12,663,660 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for retaining eyeglasses
OwnerGregory W. Carrinventor
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Abstract
The present invention includes an apparatus and a method for retaining eyeglasses on a remote panel with a holding element positioned on the remote panel and a temple element positioned on the eyeglasses.
Claims20
An arrangement for resisting removal of a pair of eyeglasses from a panel of a garment, comprising:
- a first eyeglasses retainer comprising:
- a first holding member, at least a portion of the first holding member configured to be disposed within a garment pocket and abutting an outer surface of the garment panel facing the interior of the garment pocket, the first holding member positionable within the garment pocket separately from the pair of eyeglasses;
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- a second holding member, at least a portion of the second holding member configured to be disposed outside the garment pocket and abutting an outer surface of the garment panel facing outside of the garment pocket, the second holding member positionable outside the garment pocket separately from the pair of eyeglasses;
- wherein one or both of the first and second holding elements comprises a magnet;
- wherein the first and second holding members are configured to allow placement in first relative positions on the garment panel, the first relative positions comprising the first and second holding members magnetically attracting together against the garment panel to resist movement of at least a portion of the first and second holding members relative to the garment panel;
- wherein the first and second holding members are configured to allow their placement in second relative positions, the second relative positions comprising at least one of the first and second holding members not being magnetically attracted to the other member such that at least one of the first and second holding members does not abut an outer surface of the garment panel;
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- a retaining member configured to be secured to or comprising at least a portion of the eyeglasses to be retained, wherein the retaining member is magnetically attracted to one or both of the first and second holding members positioned in the first relative positions on the garment panel, such that the first eyeglass retainer resists removal of the eyeglasses from the garment pocket.
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A method of retaining a pair of eyeglasses within a panel of a garment, comprising:
- placing a first holding member separately from the pair of eyeglasses within a garment pocket in a first position such that the first holding member is abutting a surface of the outside garment panel facing the interior of the garment pocket, wherein the first holding member is removable from the outside garment panel;
- placing a second holding member separately from the pair of eyeglasses outside the garment pocket in a first position such that the second holding member is abutting a surface of the outside garment panel facing outside the garment pocket, wherein the second holding member is removable from the outside garment panel;
- wherein one or both of the first and second holding elements comprises a magnet configured such that by the placing of the first and second holding members in their respective first positions on the outside garment panel, the first and second holding members are magnetically attracted to each other and against oppositely facing surfaces of the outside garment panel with a first magnetic attractive force, such that the first magnetic force prevents movement of the first and second holding members from their respective first positions on the outside garment panel;
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- placing at least a magnetically attractive portion of pair of eyeglasses within the garment pocket, the magnetically attractive portion of the eyeglasses comprising or having secured thereto a retaining member comprising material magnetically attracted to one or both of the first and second holding members, such that a second magnetic attractive force between the magnetically attractive portion of the pair of eyeglasses and one or both of the first and second holding members in their respective first positions on the outside garment panel magnetically retains the eyeglasses within the garment pocket.
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A method of retaining a pair of eyeglasses within a panel of a garment, comprising:
- placing a first holding member separately from the pair of eyeglasses within a garment pocket in a first position such that the first holding member is abutting a surface of the inner garment panel facing the interior of the garment pocket, wherein the first holding member is removable from the inner garment panel;
- placing a second holding member separately from the pair of eyeglasses outside the garment pocket in a first position such that the second holding member is abutting a surface of the inner garment panel facing outside the garment pocket toward the interior of the garment, wherein the second holding member is removable from the inner garment panel;
- wherein one or both of the first and second holding elements comprises a magnet configured such that by the placing of the first and second holding members in their respective first positions on the inner garment panel, the first and second holding members are magnetically attracted to each other and against oppositely facing surfaces of the inner garment panel with a first magnetic attractive force, such that the first magnetic force prevents movement of the first and second holding members from their respective first positions on the inner garment panel;
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- placing at least a magnetically attractive portion of pair of eyeglasses within the garment pocket, the magnetically attractive portion of the eyeglasses comprising or having secured thereto a retaining member comprising material magnetically attracted to one or both of the first and second holding members, such that a second magnetic attractive force between the magnetically attractive portion of the pair of eyeglasses and one or both of the first and second holding members in their respective first positions on the inner garment panel magnetically retains the eyeglasses within the garment pocket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.