Eye wear retention device

• US 8,366,268 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2009
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cablz Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Ronald Wade Willaims
• Inventors: Willaims, Ronald Wade
• Primary Examiner(s): MAI, HUY KIM
• Application Number:
  US12/991,668
• Publication Number:
  US 20110058140A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,370 Days
• Field of Search: 351/41, 351156-158
• US Class Current: 351/156
• 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 member, 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 member extends rearward from the head of the wearer and is suspended off the neck of the wearer. The resilient member may be cabling with a smooth plastic outer sheath.

Claims

1. An eyewear retention device comprising 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 cable extends rearward from the head of the wearer and is suspended off the neck of the wearer.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said cable is made from a metallic core coated in a smooth casing.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein said cable comprises a material selected from the group consisting of twisted wire, resilient plastic and carbon fiber.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein each of said temple retainers comprises an opening for receiving the temple of a pair of eyeglasses.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein each said temple retainer comprises a front portion and a back portion, said front portion comprising said opening and said back portion being connected to said cable.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein said temple retainer is retained on an eyeglass temple by a friction fit.

7. The device of claim 4, wherein each of said eyeglass temple retainers includes an angle which normalizes the direction of the cable rearward from the wearer'"'"'s head in response to a curved end portion of an eyeglass temple.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein when the temple retainers are attached to a pair of eyeglasses and the eyeglasses are worn over the ears of a wearer, said cable forms an arc suspended substantially in the air.

9. An eyewear retention device comprising two temple retainers connected by a resilient member, 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 member extends rearward from the head of the wearer and is suspended off the neck of the wearer.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein said resilient member is a cable made from a metallic core coated in a smooth casing.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein said resilient member comprises a material selected from the group consisting of twisted wire, resilient plastic and carbon fiber.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein each of said temple retainers comprises an opening for receiving the temple of a pair of eyeglasses.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein each said temple retainer comprises a front portion and a back portion, said front portion comprising said opening and said back portion being connected to said resilient member.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein said temple retainer is retained on an eyeglass temple by a friction fit.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein each of said eyeglass temple retainers includes an angle which normalizes the direction of the resilient member rearward from a wearer'"'"'s head in response to a curved end portion of an eyeglass temple.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein said resilient member comprises a cable having a proximal end and a distal end, each end of said cable secured to one of said temple retainers.

17. The device of claim 9, wherein when the temple retainers are attached to a pair of eyeglasses and the eyeglasses are worn over the ears of a wearer, said resilient member forms an arc suspended substantially in the air.