Case-stand for an eyewear system

A case-stand for an eyewear system comprising lenses held spaced apart by a central nosepiece and having temple retainers on an outside edge of each lens, each retainer defined by a pair of flexible filaments, one end of the pair connected to spaced points on the lens respectively and the other end of the pair connected to an earpiece, the case-stand comprising:

• a. a rectangular bed having a base panel and upwardly extending rigid parallel side panels at the opposite ends thereof,
• b. support leaves pivotally secured respectively to the side panels at locations spaced above the base panel, the leaves each having a notch in the most distal edge thereof intermediate its ends and the leaves having opposing faces and outward faces when the leaves are in an upward position, the leaves supporting an earpiece receiver on the outward face thereof, and
• c. a pair of channel-shaped covers having parallel leg webs and a connecting web, each cover being one half the length of the rectangular bed, the channel-shaped covers being pivotally secured at the opposite ends of the bed respectively, each pivot connecting at the distal ends of its leg webs to the opposite sides respectively of the bed
• whereby with the leaves in upward position and the covers pivoted to underneath and perpendicular to the bed to provide support pillars for the bed the lenses can be suspended over the bed by the pairs of filaments extending up to and travel over the notches in the side panels respectively, the receivers receiving the earpieces respectively, and with the leaves pivoted inward and down, the covers can be pivoted outward and upward 2700 over the side panels to close and become a continuous cover for the system.