Eyeglass holder

An eyeglass holder, for supporting at least one pair of eyeglasses, the eyeglasses having a lens frame and two earpieces which are coupled by respective hinges to the lens frame, the holder comprising:

• at least one vertical support piece;
• at least one upper horizontal arm fixed to said at least one vertical support piece, said at least one upper horizontal arm being dimensioned to fit between the lens frame and an upper-hinged one of the earpieces adjacent a respective upper one of the hinges such that the eyeglasses hang from the upper horizontal arm;
• at least one lower horizontal arm fixed to said at least one vertical support piece below said upper horizontal arm, said at least one lower horizontal arm being disposed vertically below said at least one upper horizontal arm and providing an abutment against which a lower-hinged one of the earpieces rests, said upper and lower horizontal arms being spaced by a distance less than a distance between the hinges, whereby the lower-hinged one of the earpieces is held closed by the abutment without interfering with placing and removing the eyeglasses from the holder;
• at least one notch formed in at least one of the upper horizontal arm and the lower horizontal arm, said notch retaining the eyeglasses against lateral displacement relative to the at least one vertical support;
• wherein the upper horizontal arm has an upward-opening notch for engaging with the upper one of the hinges, and the lower horizontal arm has a forward-opening notch disposed substantially vertically under the upward opening notch for engaging with the lower-hinged earpiece.

A holder for at least one pair of eyeglasses, in combination with at least one pair of eyeglasses wherein:

• the at least one pair of eyeglasses has a lens frame and two earpieces coupled to respective hinges, the hinges being spaced a distance apart and coupled to the lens frame, the earpieces being hingable between an open and closed position,
• the holder has an upper horizontal arm dimensioned to fit between the lens frame and one of the earpieces adjacent an upper one of the hinges when folded, such that the eyeglasses hang from the upper horizontal arm;
• a vertical spacer affixed to the upper horizontal arm;
• a lower horizontal arm affixed to the vertical spacer and disposed substantially vertically under the upper horizontal arm, said lower horizontal arm providing an abutment against which a lower-hinged one of the earpieces rests, said upper and lower horizontal arms being spaced by a distance less than the distance between the hinges, whereby the lower-hinged one of the earpieces is prevented from falling into the open position by the abutment without interfering with placing and removing the eyeglasses from the holder.