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US 8,689,970 · App. 13/469,862 · Granted Apr 8, 2014

Glasses headband cover method, apparatus, and system

Inventor: Kelly Stutzman (Hamden, CT)
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Patent No.
US 8,689,970
App. No.
13/469,862
Granted
Apr 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cover for a pair of glasses comprising: a sleeve, the sleeve comprising: a main body portion, the main body portion sized to generally be able to enclose the lens portion of a pair of glasses; a first stem portion, the first stem portion configured to generally enclose at least a portion of the glasses' first stem; a second stem portion, the second stem portion configured to generally enclose at least a portion of the glasses' second stem; an opening located generally in the main body portion and configured to allow entry and exit of the glasses with respect to the cover. A method of using an eyeglass cover and glasses as a headband, the method comprising: inserting glasses into an eyeglass cover; placing the glasses and eyeglass cover on a user's head, generally above the forehead, with the stems of the glasses over the user's ears, such that the cover and glasses look and act as a headband.

Claims (19)

1. A headband cover and a pair of glasses, the headband cover comprising:

a sleeve, the sleeve comprising:

a main body portion for enclosing the lens portion of the pair of a glasses, the main body portion having a height H B ;

a first stem portion for receiving and completely enclosing the first stem of the pair of glasses, the first stem portion having a height H SP ;

a second stem portion for receiving and completely enclosing the second stem of the pair of glasses, the second stem portion also having a height H SP ;

an opening located in the main body portion for receiving the pair of glasses;

wherein H B is greater than H SP ; and

wherein the sleeve is configured to be able hold the pair of glasses in an unfolded orientation with the lens portion in the main body portion, the first stem in the first stem portion, and the second stem in the second stem portion.

2. The headband cover and the pair of glasses of claim 1 , further comprising an attachment means on the main body portion configured to close the opening.

3. The headband cover and the pair of glasses of claim 1 , wherein the opening is a flap.

4. A headband cover system, the system comprising:

a pair of glasses;

a sleeve, the sleeve comprising:

a main body portion, the main body portion sized to generally be able to enclose the lens portion of the glasses, the main body portion having a height H B ;

a first stem portion, the first stem portion configured to completely enclose the glasses' first stem, the first stem portion having a height H SP ;

a second stem portion, the second stem portion configured to completely enclose the glasses' second stem, the second stem portion having a height H SP , and where H B is greater than H SP ;

an opening located in the main body portion and configured to allow entry and exit of the glasses with respect to the cover; and

wherein the sleeve is configured to be able hold the pair of glasses in an unfolded orientation with the lens portion in the main body portion, the first stem in the first stem portion, and the second stem in the second stem portion.

5. The headband cover system of claim 4 , wherein when the glasses are inserted into the sleeve and the sleeve is removeably attached to a human head generally above the forehead, with the stems of the glasses over the ears, the sleeve and glasses look and act as a headband.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61504044 · Jul 1, 2011
Related Publication 20130001104A1 · Jan 3, 2013