Retainer and hanger for lens containing devices

An eyeglass hanger and retainer comprising a strand having opposite end portions that extend through openings in first and second elongated tubes, each elongated tube slidably mounted on an end of each temple of a pair of eyeglasses, each of said openings being of a diameter sufficiently greater than the diameter of the strand so that the strand slides through the openings readily without significant friction when the opposite ends of the strand are pulled laterally by the eyeglass wearer;

• said strand being adjustable from a position around the back of the head of the wearer that allows snug retention of the eyeglasses firmly in front of the eyes of the wearer, to a pendent position around the neck of the wearer, the position of the eyeglasses when the strand is around the neck of the wearer being readily adjusted to an elevated position by laterally pulling the opposite end portions of said strand, and readily adjusted to a lower position by pulling downward on the eyeglasses.