Eyewear retention device

• US 10,139,649 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2014
• Issued: 11/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cablz Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Cablz Incorporated
• Inventors: Williams, Ronald Wade
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Hung
• Application Number:
  US14/307,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20150103308A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,624 Days
• Field of Search: 351156, 351157, 351158, 351 41, 351122, 351123, D16339
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 2200/20 Friction elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 3/003 Arrangements for fitting and securing to the head in the position of use
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 3/006 Arrangements for fitting and securing to the head or neck not in the position of use

Abstract

An eyewear retention device that comprises two temple retainers connected by a resilient cable, such that when the temple retainers are attached to a pair of eyeglasses and the eyeglasses are worn over the ears of a wearer, the resilient cable extends rearward from the head of the wearer and is suspended off the neck of the wearer. The resilient cable may be tightly wound metal with a smooth plastic outer sheath.

Claims

1. An eyewear retention device comprising:

(a) two temple retainers, each having an opening for receiving an eyeglass temple, and

(b) a cable, each end of the cable being secured to one of the temple retainers, such that when each said opening is attached to the end of an eyeglass temple and the eyeglasses are worn over the ears of a wearer, the cable does not rest upon the wearer'"'"'s head and forms an arc suspended off the neck or shoulders wherein said cable rotates with respect to at least one of said temple retainers.

2. The eyewear retention device of claim 1, further comprising a grommet affixed near the end of the cable.

3. An eyewear retention device comprising:

(a) two temple retainers, each having an opening for receiving an eyeglass temple, and

(b) a cable, each end of the cable being secured to one of the temple retainers, such that when each said opening is attached to the end of an eyeglass temple and the eyeglasses are worn over the ears of a wearer, the cable does not rest upon the wearer'"'"'s head and forms an arc suspended off the neck or shoulders wherein said cable rotates with respect to at least one of said temple retainers, wherein said cable passes through a channel in a member sized to securely engage with one of said temple retainers, said channel sized to allow said cable to rotate and translate therethrough, and further comprising a grommet larger than said channel affixed near the end of said cable.

4. An eyewear retention device comprising two temple retainers and a cable having two ends, each of said temple retainers comprising a front portion with an opening that may be slid over the end of an eyeglass temple and a back portion connected to one of the ends of the cable, each said temple retainer being removably attachable to the end of an eyeglass temple, such that when the temple retainers are attached to the ends of the eyeglass temples and the eyeglasses are worn over the ears of a user, the cable extends rearward from the head of the wearer and is suspended off the neck of the wearer, wherein said cable rotates with respect to said retainer.

5. An eyewear retention device comprising two temple retainers and a cable having two ends, each of said temple retainers comprising a front portion with an opening that may be slid over the end of an eyeglass temple and a back portion connected to one of the ends of the cable, each said temple retainer being removably attachable to the end of an eyeglass temple, such that when the temple retainers are attached to the ends of the eyeglass temples and the eyeglasses are worn over the ears of a user, the cable extends rearward from the head of the wearer and is suspended off the neck of the wearer, wherein said cable is secured to said temple retainer by passing through a channel in a member sized to engage with said temple retainer, said channel sized to allow said cable to rotate and translate therethrough, and further comprising a grommet larger than said channel affixed near the end of said cable.

6. The eyewear retention device of claim 5, wherein said member is a bead or ball bearing.

7. The eyewear retention device of claim 5, further comprising a grommet larger than said channel affixed near the end of said cable.