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Title: |
US6000795:
Eyeglass retainer
[ Derwent Title ]

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Country: |
US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Van Rysselberghe, Pierre C.; Portland, OR 97210

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Assignee: |
None

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Published / Filed: |
1999-12-14
/ 1998-07-13

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Application Number: |
US1998000114784

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IPC Code: |
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G02C 3/00;
G02C 5/00;
G02C 11/00;
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IPC-7:
G02C 5/14;

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ECLA Code: |
G02C3/00B; G02C5/00; G02C11/00;

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U.S. Class: |
Current:
351/123;
351/157;
Original:
351/123;
351/157;

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Field of Search: |
351/122,123,157

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Priority Number: |
| 1998-07-13 |
US1998000114784 |

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Abstract: |
A device for securing eyeglasses on a person's head. A pair of elastomeric retainers are secured along temples of a pair of eyeglasses for positioning behind a person's ears.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Kolisch, Hartwell, Dickinson, McCormack & Heuser ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Mai, Huy;

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Parent Case: |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/052,513, filed Jul. 14, 1997, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/062,665, filed Oct. 8, 1997, and U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/086,377, filed May 22, 1998, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference.

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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. An eyeglass retention device comprising
- a pair of tethers, each tether having an upper edge, and an attachment mechanism including a hole near the upper edge for receiving an eyeglass temple, and
- each tether having an elastomeric traction portion descending from the hole of the attachment mechanism, wherein a front-to-back direction is defined parallel to an axis that threads the center of the hole, the traction portion being freely yielding in the front-to-back direction so that the tether can grip by friction a wearer's back ear region without concentrating significant forward pressure behind the wearer's ear.

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