Glasses protector
OwnerCole Drumb, Jennifer Wai-Yin Lukinventors
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Abstract
A glasses protector includes a pocket and a cover portion formed from a pliable material. The pocket contains the lenses of a pair of glasses, while allowing the temples of the glasses to remain outside the pocket. A cover portion closes the pocket and retains the lenses within the pocket. The temples are free to be used for another purpose, such as for hanging the glasses. A pair of magnets can be embedded in the glasses protector to keep the cover portion in the closed configuration to secure the glasses therein. The magnets can also be used to keep the glasses protector folded up for storage when not being used to protect glasses.
Claims20
A protector for glasses, comprising:
- a pocket for receiving a rim and lenses portion of a pair of glasses;
- a cover portion extending from an upward edge of the pocket and configured to move between an open configuration in which the cover portion extends away from the pocket, and a closed configuration in which the cover portions is in contact with the pocket;
- a first magnet disposed in a corner of the cover portion;
- a second magnet disposed in a corner of the pocket and cooperable with the first magnet to maintain the cover portion in the closed configuration;
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- wherein the pocket is configured to not receive one or more temple portions of the pair of glasses therein.
A protective case for eyewear, comprising:
- a pocket formed of a pliable material, the pocket defining an opening configured to accept a rim and lenses of a pair of glasses;
- a pliable cover portion extending from the pocket and configured to move from an open configuration in which the cover portion does not cover the opening to a closed configuration in which the cover portion covers the opening;
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- a fixing structure that maintains the cover portion in the closed configuration, wherein the closed configuration is configured to encase the frame and lenses of the pair of glasses and a first and second temple of the pair of glasses are not encased in the closed configuration.
A method of making a protective eyewear case, comprising:
- providing a first layer of pliable material in a generally rectangular shape;
- providing a second layer of stabilizer material, the stabilizer material having a stiffness that is greater than the first layer of pliable material;
- providing a third layer of material having generally the same size and shape as the first layer of pliable material;
- affixing the first layer of pliable material, the second layer of stabilizer material, and the third layer of material together to form a rectangular blank;
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- folding the lower third of the rectangular blank upwardly and affixing the lower third of the rectangular blank to a middle third of the rectangular blank to form a pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.