Ornamental eyeglass retainer and necklace

Abstract

An ornamental eyeglass retainer and necklace for surrounding a user's neck to suspend a pair of eyeglasses or for wear about a user's neck, as an adornment. A pair of ornamental bodies each conceal one or more interconected rings within a vertical through bore. A transverse bar spans the through bore, at an upper end and passes through one of the rings, for retaining the ring in position. One of the rings protrudes from a lower end of the through bore for attaching a decorative neck surrounding cord or chain. The ring, at the upper end of the through bore, of each body, may be slideably engaged on each eyeglass temple and the cord or chain may be attached to a ring at the lower end of the through bore, on each body, to suspend the pair of eyeglasses. The ends of the cord or chain may be connected to form a necklace.

1 . A combination eyeglass retainer to suspend a pair of eyeglasses from a user's neck and, alternatively, or to wear as a necklace, comprising: 
 an ornamental cord terminating at both ends by a pair of end pieces, each of said end pieces having an eye;    a pair of releasable fasteners each permanently attached at one end to one of said end pieces and adapted at another end for selective coupling; and    an eyeglass attachment assembly, including, 
 a body having a through-hole, and a transverse bar spanning an opening of said through hole; and  
 at least one loop disposed partially inside the through hole of said body, said at least one loop being elastic and encircling said transverse bar;  
   whereby said combination eyeglass retainer/necklace may be attached to eyeglasses by inserting the elastic loop of said eyeglass attachment assemblies onto said eyeglasses to suspend said eyeglasses from a user's neck and, alternatively, worn as a necklace by removing said eyeglass attachment assemblies and attaching said pair of releasable fasteners together.    
   
   
       2 . The combination eyeglass retainer/necklace according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one loop comprises a plurality of interconnected loops.  
   
   
       3 . The combination eyeglass retainer/necklace according to  claim 2 , wherein only one of said plurality of loops is elastic.  
   
   
       4 . The combination eyeglass retainer/necklace according to  claim 1 , wherein the through-hole of said body is sized for frictional insertion of said at least one loop therein.  
   
   
       5 . The combination eyeglass retainer/necklace according to  claim 2 , wherein one of said loops sits atop the transverse bar and is accessible by fingers at a top of said body, and another of said loops is accessible at a bottom of said body for connecting said releasable fastener.  
   
   
       6 . The combination eyeglass retainer/necklace according to  claim 1 , wherein said cord comprises any one from among a group of nylon, cotton and silk.  
   
   
       7 . The combination eyeglass retainer/necklace according to  claim 6 , wherein said cord is braided.  
   
   
       8 . The combination eyeglass retainer/necklace according to  claim 1 , wherein said cord comprises a chain.  
   
   
       9 . The combination eyeglass retainer/necklace according to  claim 1 , wherein said releasable fastener comprises a lobster claw clasp.