US 6,039,173 AGranted

Method of supporting a pair of eyeglasses

OwnerSteve A. Crowinventor

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Abstract

A holder for eyeglasses, which may include corrective lenses, sunglasses, or the like. The preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates a holder having a generally rectilinear body structure having a longitudinal axis, a length, front, back, and first and second side walls, a top and a bottom, and a conduit formed therethrough for the passage of the eyeglass's earpiece shaft therethrough. To facilitate a secure storage of the glasses, the end of the temple bar which engages the frame at the endpiece engages an open area formed in the front face of the holder body which terminates in sloped fashion to a point situated generally at the longitudinal axis, the open face configured to engage a wide variety of configuration temple bars. In use, the holder is situated such that its longitudinal axis is in a generally vertically aligned fashion, and is adhered, via adhesive strip, for example, to a generally vertically situated support surface, which may include a computer monitor, vehicle dashboard or other like surface. The user then deposits the free end of one of the temple bar of the eyeglasses to be stored into the conduit formed in the holder, allowing the distal end of the temple bar to fold about the open face formed at the front of the holder, and allowing the sloped contour of the open face, with gravity, to urge the supported eyeglasses to migrate to the generally longitudinal center of the support, thereby securely supporting same.

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Dependent claims

The method of supporting a pair of eyeglasses having a frame having first and second eyepieces, first and second temple bars having first and second ends, said first end of the first and second temple bars hingedly attached to the first and second endpieces, respectively, the second ends of the first and second temple bars terminating in first and second earpieces, respectively, the method comprising the steps of:

a. providing an eyeglass receptacle having a main body having a length and a width, said length greater than said width, a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side, a first edge, a second edge, and a longitudinal axis, said main body having formed therein a conduit through the length of said main body;
said first side of said main body having formed therein, adjacent to said first end, an engagement area configured to receive and retain various size and configuration eyewear, said engagement area including first and second, spaced vertical edges having first and second ends, said spaced vertical edges communicating with centering means for centering an item to be supported by said eyewear receptacle in a central support point aligned with said longitudinal axis of said main body;
b. placing the earpiece of the first temple bar of a pair of eyeglasses through said conduit formed in said main body via said first end;
c. lowering the first temple bar, while positioning the frame adjacent to said first side of said body, until the first end of the first temple bar communicates with said centering means formed on said main body, thereby supporting the eyeglasses, with said conduit enveloping a portion of the first temple bar, and the second end of the first temple bar protruding through said conduit;
e. allowing said centering means formed on said main body to urge the eyeglasses to said central support point below said first end of said main body, supporting the eyeglasses generally along said longitudinal axis of said main body.

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a. providing an eyeglass receptacle having a main body having a length and a width, said length greater than said width, a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side, a first edge, a second edge, and a longitudinal axis, said main body having formed therein a conduit through the length of said main body;
said first side of said main body having formed therein, adjacent to said first end, an engagement area configured to receive and retain various size and configuration eyewear, said engagement area including first and second, spaced vertical edges having first and second ends, said spaced vertical edges communicating with centering means for centering an item to be supported by said eyewear receptacle in a central support point aligned with said longitudinal axis of said main body;
b. mounting said second side of said main body of said eyeglass receptacle to a support surface, such that said longitudinal axis of said main body is situated in a generally vertical position, and said first end of said body is situated above said second end of said body;
c. placing the earpiece of the first temple bar of a pair of eyeglasses through said conduit formed in said main body via said first end;
d. lowering the first templebar, while positioning the frame adjacent to said first side of said body, until the first end of the first temple bar communicates with said centering means formed on said main body, thereby supporting the eyeglasses, with said conduit enveloping a portion of the first temple bar, and the second end of the first temple bar protruding through said conduit;
e. allowing said centering means formed on said main body to urge the eyeglasses to said central support point below said first end of said main body, supporting the eyeglasses generally along said longitudinal axis of said main body.

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