Pocket clip for eyeglasses
OwnerJack E. DiFrancoinventor
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Abstract
A spring clip attaches to the temple bar of eyeglasses to engage the edge of a fabric pocket for temporary but secure storage. The clip is formed of a single piece of springy plastic in the form of inner and outer elongate legs joined at one end. The inner leg has at least two transverse grooves to receive elastic O-rings. The O-rings slip over a temple bar and the inner leg. The O-rings hold the inner leg of the clip tightly against the temple bar and the outer leg holds the outer surface of the fabric pocket against the inner leg with spring bias. By providing O-rings of several different diameters, the clip is readily attached to a variety of sizes and shapes of temple bars or earpieces without tools or special skills.
Claims10
A clip for yieldably attaching eyeglasses, having temple bars, to a support such as the fabric edge of a pocket comprising:
- (a) an elongate inner leg having short first and second ends;
- (b) an elongate outer leg having short first and second ends;
- (c) a joining member springably joining said first and of said inner leg to said frist and of said outer leg and maintaining a space between said inner and outer legs with spring bias for gripping said fabric edge therebetween;
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- (d) at least two elastic O-rings, having an inner diameter sufficient to tightly encircle said inner leg and one of said temple bars;
- (e) at least two groove means for engaging said O-rings, said groove means in the surface of said inner leg adjacent said outer leg and arranged transversely to the long axis of said inner leg, wherein said O-rings tightly encircle said temple bar and said inner leg to securely attach said clip to said temple bar and said groove means securely engage said O-rings to prevent movement therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.