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Granted Patent B1
US 10,054,804 · App. 14/210,324 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Eyeglasses frame front tether

Inventor: Roy Howard Langford (San Francisco, CA)
G02C11/00G02C5/008G02C5/006G02C2200/02G02C2200/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,054,804
App. No.
14/210,324
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

A tether which passes through a hole in the eyeglass frame front or a hole affixed to the eyeglass frame front above either of the two lenses near the frame extension hinge. One end of the tether is held to the eyeglasses by a knot, bead, or protrusion which keeps it from passing through the hole in the eyeglass frame. The other end of the tether is attached to the clothing of the wearer. A gentle and secure removable, reusable, tension actuated tether coupling device for frame front of eyeglasses.

Claims (44)

1. A method for tethering a pair of eyeglasses to an article worn by a person comprising:

a. incorporating an eyelet encompassing a through hole into the frame front of said eyeglasses, and

b. fastening the first end of an elongated tether having two ends to an eyelet in said frame front of said eyeglasses, and

c. joining the second end of said tether removably to said article,

whereby the article is joined to said eyeglasses when said eyeglasses are not in use as well as when said eyeglasses are in use and

herein, said eyeglasses defines as eyeglasses that have the front frame, temples and lenses and

herein, said frame front of said eyeglasses is defined as all of said eyeglasses excluding the temples and excluding the temple stems and excluding the earpieces and excluding the nose bridge between the lenses and excluding the nose pads and excluding the pad arms and excluding the screws and excluding all of the hinges where said hinges are mounted or joined to but not part of said frame front.

2. A method for tethering a pair of eyeglasses to an article worn by a person comprising:

a. attaching an eyelet encompassing a through hole into the frame front of said eyeglasses, and

b. fastening the first end of an elongated tether having two ends to an eyelet in said frame front of said eyeglasses, and

c. joining the second end of said tether removably to said article and

whereby the article is joined to said eyeglasses when said eyeglasses are not in use as well as when said eyeglasses are in use and

herein, said eyeglasses defines as eyeglasses that have the front frame, temples and lenses and

herein, said frame front of said eyeglasses is defined as all of said eyeglasses excluding said temples and excluding the temple stems and excluding the earpieces and excluding the nose bridge between the lenses and excluding the nose pads and excluding the pad arms and excluding the screws and excluding all of the hinges where said hinges are mounted or joined to but not part of said frame front.

3. An eyeglass tether for holding a pair of eyeglasses to an article worn by a person comprising:

a. an eyelet encompassing a through hole where said eyelet is joined to the frame front of said eyeglasses;

b. an elongated tether having two ends where the first end of said tether is by means of joining attached to said eyelet on said frame front of said eyeglasses and

c. said eyelet comprises an annulus with a bottom fitted to mate with said frame front fastened by adhesive and

d. the second end of said tether is joined to said article and

whereby the article is joined to said eyeglasses when said eyeglasses are not in use as well as when said eyeglasses are in use and

herein, said eyeglasses defines as eyeglasses that have the front frame, temples and lenses and

herein, said frame front of said eyeglasses is defined as all of said eyeglasses excluding said temples and excluding the temple stems and excluding the earpieces and excluding the nose bridge between the lenses and excluding the nose pads and excluding the pad arms and excluding the screws and excluding all of the hinges where said hinges are mounted or joined to but not part of said frame front.

4. An eyeglass tether for holding a pair of eyeglasses to an article worn by a person comprising:

a. an eyelet encompassing a through hole where said eyelet is joined to the frame front of said eyeglasses;

b. an elongated tether having two ends where the first end of said tether is by means of joining attached to said eyelet on said frame front of said eyeglasses and

c. said eyelet comprises an annulus with a bottom fitted with a magnet to mate with said frame front and fastens to said eyeglasses by magnetic attraction and

d. the second end of said tether is joined to said article and

whereby the article is joined to said eyeglasses when said eyeglasses are not in use as well as when said eyeglasses are in use and

herein, said eyeglasses defines as eyeglasses that have the front frame, temples and lenses and

herein, said frame front of said eyeglasses is defined as all of said eyeglasses excluding said temples and excluding the temple stems and excluding the earpieces and excluding the nose bridge between the lenses and excluding the nose pads and excluding the pad arms and excluding the screws and excluding all of the hinges where said hinges are mounted or joined to but not part of said frame front.

5. An eyeglass tether for holding a pair of eyeglasses to an article worn by a person comprising:

a. an eyelet encompassing a through hole where said eyelet is joined to frame front of said eyeglasses,

b. an elongated tether having two ends where the first end of said tether is joined to an eyelet in the frame front of said eyeglasses, and

c. said eyelet comprises a removable device affixed to the frame front of said eyeglasses by inserting a bit of said eyeglasses frame into the device through an elastic slit in its bottom forming a channel for mounting the device to said frame front and

d. the second end of said tether is joined to said article,

whereby the article is joined to said eyeglasses when said eyeglasses are not in use as well as when said eyeglasses are in use and

herein, said eyeglasses defines as eyeglasses that have the front frame, temples and lenses and

herein, said frame front of said eyeglasses is defined as all of said eyeglasses excluding said temples and excluding the temple stems and excluding the earpieces and excluding the nose bridge between the lenses and excluding the nose pads and excluding the pad arms and excluding the screws and excluding all of the hinges where said hinges are mounted or joined to but not part of said frame front.

6. An eyeglass tether of claim 5 , wherein the removable device further comprises a spring tension actuating device to amplify the gripping action of said removable device.

7. An eyeglass tether for holding a pair of eyeglasses to an article worn by a person comprising:

a. an elastic affixing device including a through hole, a channel and slit, said slit communicates said channel to the outer surface of said affixing device;

b. an elongated tether having a first end including a bead or an enlargement at one end coupled to said through hole and a second end including an anchoring or a clasping means wherein said channel removably coupled to the front frame of said eyeglasses through said slit and said anchoring or clasping means removably coupled to said article.

8. The eyeglass tether according to claim 7 , wherein

the eyeglass tether further comprising a tension clip coupled to said elastic affixing device for gripping affixing device to said front frame.

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