The present invention relates to a means for holding a pair of eyeglasses from a pocket-less garment such as a T-shirt or a polo-shirt.
It is often inconvenient to hold a pair of eyeglasses on a person while momentarily or temporarily preoccupied in certain physical activities that require the use of both hands such as lifting, holding or moving certain objects. This presents a dilemma for a person when that person is wearing a garment such as a T-shirt or polo-shirt. It is also inconvenient for a person to hold or secure a pair of eyeglasses on the person while running. It would also be unwise for that person, during these physical activities, to insert his/her eyeglasses in the pockets of a pair of pants or skirt that he or she is wearing without the possibility of damaging the eyeglasses by crushing or bending them. Even the simple expedient of inserting one of the eyeglasses' temple arms over and under the front neck portion of the garment would not safely secure the pair of eyeglasses to the garment especially when the garment's wearer needs to bend over to perform certain physical tasks. So, therefore, inventors have devised a myriad of ways to overcome this dilemma by: attaching various clips or clamps to the front side of the pocket-less garment such as disclosed in U.S. 175,821; U.S. 2016/0025996; U.S. 2008/0127460; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,956,812; by stitching or sewing a fabric strip or loop to the front side of the pocket-less garment such as disclosed in U.S. 2014/0215763; U.S. 2013/0025019; 2005/0022290; and U.S. 2012/0096628 and by utilizing magnetic devices attached to the front side of the pocket-less garment such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,496,991; and U.S. 2002/0170147.
The inventor has devised a simple and inexpensive means to securely hold and suspend a pair of eyeglasses from the front side of a garment especially for a man's T-shirt or polo-shirt for those activities mentioned above. A threaded button hole is stitched to a front upper portion of a person's garment through which button hole one temple leg of the pair of eyeglasses is inserted and pulled downwardly until the connecting portion between the one temple leg and the frame rests on the bottom edge of the button hole. The size of the button hole is made small but large enough to accommodate the insertion of one temple of the pair of eyeglasses and to securely hold them to the garment such as to prevent them from falling down during the physical activities mentioned above.
It is an object of this invention to provide a simple, inexpensive, and expedient means for supporting a pair of eyeglasses on the front side of a garment such as a T-shirt or a polo-shirt, primarily worn by men, to momentarily or temporarily free up the use of a person's hands in order to perform certain activities such as moving or lifting objects with both hands.
It is another object of this invention to provide a holder for a pair of eyeglasses on the front side of a T-shirt or polo-shirt which holder will support the pair of eyeglasses in a generally sturdy and vertical position while performing certain activities that momentarily or temporarily require the use of a person's hands. However, this invention is also applicable for women T-shirts and polo-shirts.
It is a further object of this invention to hold and suspend a pair of eyeglasses from an opening in the front side of a T-shirt or polo-shirt, which opening is a threaded opening similar to a button hole in a garment, from which opening one temple leg of the pair of eyeglasses can be inserted such that it can be securely supported therein when a person is doing physical work that requires some degree of forwardly bending his/her body or when that person is running.
Other objects and advantages of this invention will become more apparent from a reading of the following description of which the attached drawings form a part.
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As mentioned in the prior Summary of the Invention the garment eyeglass holder is also adaptable for a women T-shirt and polo-shirt.
The button-hole of the eyeglass holder of this invention can be either eye-shaped as shown in
Although the eyeglass holder of this invention was described mainly for a pocketless garment such as a T-shirt and a polo-shirt, this invention is also adaptable to other pocketless garments such as sweatshirt, a sport shirt or a sweater.
Modifications of this invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the clothing art and it is intended that the invention be not limited by the embodiments disclosed herein but that the scope of the invention be defined by the appended claims.
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