Eyeglass case with clip and pivotable cover

Abstract

An eyeglass case includes a case body, a cover connected pivotally to the case body, and a clip. The cover has a surrounding wall extending downwardly from a top wall and formed with an inclined bottom surface that abuts against an inclined top surface of a surrounding wall of the case body. The clip is connected fixedly to an outer surface of the surrounding wall of the cover.

1 . An eyeglass case comprising: 
 a case body including a bottom wall and a surrounding wall extending integrally and upwardly from an outer periphery of said bottom wall to define an eyeglass-receiving space therebetween, said surrounding wall of said case body including an inclined top surface having an uppermost surface portion and a lowermost surface portion, a pivotal portion adjacent to said uppermost surface portion of said inclined top surface, and a retaining portion adjacent to said lowermost surface portion of said inclined top surface;    a cover including a top wall and a surrounding wall extending integrally and downwardly from an outer periphery of said top wall, said surrounding wall including an inclined bottom surface that abuts against said inclined top surface of said case body and that has an uppermost surface portion and a lowermost surface portion, a pivotal portion that is adjacent to said uppermost surface portion of said inclined bottom surface and that is connected pivotally to said pivotal portion of said case body, and a retaining portion that is adjacent to said lowermost surface portion of said inclined bottom surface and that is locked releaseably on said retaining portion of said surrounding wall of said case body; and    a clip having a fixed portion connected fixedly to an outer surface of said surrounding wall of said cover, and a clamping portion extending downwardly from said fixed portion and disposed adjacent to said cover;    whereby, a pair of eyeglasses can be received between said case body and said cover.    
   
   
       2 . The eyeglass case as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a spring that is connected to said case body and said cover so as to bias said retaining portion of said surrounding wall of said cover to turn away from said retaining portion of said surrounding wall of said case body when said retaining portion of said surrounding wall of said cover is released from said retaining portion of said surrounding wall of said case body.  
   
   
       3 . The eyeglass case as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said retaining portion of said surrounding wall of said cover is spaced apart from said top wall by a distance which is larger than that between said pivotal portion of said surrounding wall of said cover and said top wall.