Eyeglass storage clip
OwnerLawrence Kreninventor
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Abstract
A spring clip attaches to the temple bar of eyeglasses to engage a small fold of garment fabric or the fabric edge of a pocket for secure, temporary storage of the eyeglasses. By utilizing the forward-facing clamping jaws, those clamping jaws facing toward the eyeglass lenses, nearly coincident with the temple bar hinge, the moment arm between said jaws and said hinge is reduced substantially which prevents the eyeglasses from opening up when clipped on a garment outside of a pocket. By employing the rearward-facing clamping jaws, those clamping jaws facing toward the temple bar earpiece, the eyeglasses can be stored securely clipped in a pocket. To prevent snagging the wearer's hair, the spring clip has, as a feature of the best mode, fully enclosed actuating springs and no exposed sharp edges.
Claims24
A clip for securing eyeglasses to the fabric of a garment, said eyeglasses comprising eyeglass frames attached to a temple bar by a hinge means, said clip comprising clamping jaws wherein said clip is fixedly attached to said temple bar by an attachment means and is characterized by having said clamping jaws in substantially close proximity to said hinge means, to make small the moment arm between said clamping jaws and said hinge means, upon which said moment arm forces due to acceleration act to create a torque that would tend to open said hinge means when said glasses are supported only from said clip, thus to reduce said torque below that minimum required to overcome friction in said hinge means and thereby to keep said hinge means closed.
A clip for securing eyeglasses to the fabric of a garment, said eyeglasses comprising eyeglass frames attached to a temple bar by a hinge, said clip comprising clamping jaws wherein said clip is fixedly attached to said temple bar by an attachment and is characterized by having said clamping jaws in substantially close proximity to said hinge to make small the moment arm between said clamping jaws and said hinge, upon which said moment arm forces due to acceleration act to create a torque that would tend to open said hinge when said glasses are supported only from said clip, thus to reduce said torque below that minimum required to overcome friction in said hinge and thereby to keep said hinge closed.
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