Spectacles caddy

A spectacles caddy for sunglasses, prescription glasses, and the like comprising in combination:

• a two part caddy body, whose length is greater than its width, comprising a first caddy body member and a second caddy body member, each shaped as a shallow half box with a base and upstanding sides;
• cooperating recesses in the longer sides of the first and the second body members adapted to receive the arms of a pair of spectacles;
• a hinge means joining the first and second body members together located substantially at the midpoint of a first shorter side of each of the first and second members, and adapted to limit the maximum angle between the first and second body members when the caddy is open to about 45°;
• a latch means adapted to hold the caddy closed located substantially at the midpoint a second shorter side of each of the first and second body members and including
• a push button means attached to the first member adapted to open the latch means;
• a first and a second deformable insert means within each of the shallow half boxes provided by the first and second members adapted to grip the arms of a pair of spectacles located in the recesses when the caddy is closed;
• and
• a substantially U-shaped spring clip means having a first and a second leg, adapted to engage a relatively flat, relatively stiff, and relatively thin object by separating the second leg from the first leg, attached to the outside of the base of the first member along its length with the closed end of the U-shaped spring clip means adjacent the push button means.