Eyeglass-holder necklace assembly

Abstract

A swivel-linker for use in a necklace assembly for holding a pair of eyeglasses includes a necklace-side connector and a holder-loop side connector. The necklace-side connector is attachable to a necklace. The holder-loop side connector has a connector opening configured to receive an eyeglass-holder loop having an eyeglass opening passing therethrough shaped and dimensioned to receive a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses. The connector opening is configured to allow the holder-loop-side connector to rotate about the eyeglass-holder loop when the eyeglass-holder loop is received in the connector opening. The holder-loop-side connector includes a pin protruding away from the connector opening. The necklace-side connector has a cavity configured to receive the pin and to rotatably connect the necklace-side connector and the holder-loop-side connector to allow a full rotation between the necklace-side connector and the holder-loop-side connector by a swivel axis. Rotation of the holder-loop-side connector relative to the necklace-side-connector and/or the holder-loop-side connector relative to the eyeglass-holder-loop relieves twisting induced in the necklace in response to the holder-loop-side connector receiving the eyeglass-holder loop, the necklace-side connector being connected to the necklace and the necklace being worn about the neck of a wearer with a pair of eyeglasses in a folded-closed configuration removably pendulously held in the eyeglass-holder loop with a temple piece extending downwardly from one side of the eyeglass-holder loop opening and a lens frame of the eyeglasses extending downwardly from an opposite side of the eyeglass opening.

1 . A necklace assembly for holding a pair of eyeglasses, the necklace assembly comprising: 
 a necklace for wearing about a neck of a wearer, said necklace having a first end and a second end; and    an eyeglass-holder assembly connected between said first end and said second end of said necklace, said eyeglass-holder assembly comprising: 
 an eyeglass-holder loop having an opening passing therethrough shaped and dimensioned to receive a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses;  
 a first swivel linker and a second swivel linker, each swivel linker having a necklace-side connector and a holder-loop-side connector, said necklace-side connector and said holder-loop-side connector being rotatably connected to each other to allow full rotation about a swivel axis;  
 said holder-loop-side connectors of said first swivel linker and said second swivel linker being connected to the eyeglass-holder loop at locations spaced apart from one another about the loop and said holder-loop-side connectors being rotatable about said loop; and  
 each necklace-side connector being fixedly connected to said necklace; and  
 wherein the necklace assembly may be worn about the neck of the wearer with a pair of eyeglasses in a folded-closed configuration removably pendulously held in said eyeglass-holder loop of said eyeglass-holder assembly with a temple piece extending downwardly from one side of said eyeglass-holder loop opening and a lens frame of the eyeglasses extending downwardly from an opposite side of said loop opening and with twisting induced in said necklace by movement of the wearer tending to be relieved by rotation of at least one of said holder-loop-side connectors relative to said necklace-side connectors and said holder-loop-side connectors relative to said loop.  
   
   
   
       2 . The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said necklace-side connector comprises a cylindrical shape and comprises an interior surface having an interior groove configured to receive a pin of said holder-loop-side connector to allow the full rotation about the swivel axis.  
   
   
       3 . The assembly of claim of  2  wherein said groove comprises a circumferential groove.  
   
   
       4 . The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said holder-loop-side connector comprises a pin, said necklace-side connector comprises an interior groove, and said pin being configured to be received within said interior groove to allow said pin to rotate within said groove.  
   
   
       5 . The assembly of  claim 4  wherein said pin comprises a head portion rotatably engageable with said groove to allow the pin to rotate within said groove.  
   
   
       6 . The assembly of  claim 5  wherein said pin comprises a neck portion extending from the head portion to an outer surface of a loop portion of said holder-loop-side connector.  
   
   
       7 . The assembly of  claim 6  wherein said head portion comprises a greater outside diameter than the neck portion.  
   
   
       8 . The assembly of  claim 7  wherein said head portion and said groove are complementarily shaped and dimensioned to allow said pin to rotate in said necklace-side connector and to retain said pin in said groove.  
   
   
       9 . The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said necklace-side connector comprises a cavity, and wherein said holder-loop-side connector comprises a pin, said pin being configured to be received within said cavity to allow said pin to rotate within said cavity.  
   
   
       10 . The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said necklace-side connector comprises a cavity, one of said first end and said second end being received within said cavity and being fixedly connected to an interior surface of said necklace-side connector in said cavity.  
   
   
       11 . The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said first end and said second end of said necklace comprise non-looped ends of said necklace, and wherein each necklace-side connector is fixedly connected to one of said first end and said second end.  
   
   
       12 . The assembly of  claim 1  wherein each of said first end and said second end of said necklace are glued to one of said necklace-side connectors to form said fixed connection between each necklace-side connector and said necklace.  
   
   
       13 . The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said swivel axis comprises an axis substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of one of said first end and said second end of said necklace.  
   
   
       14 . The assembly of  claim 1  wherein said holder-loop-side connector is rotatable relative to said loop about an axis substantially perpendicular to said swivel axis.  
   
   
       15 . A necklace assembly for holding a pair of eyeglasses, the necklace assembly comprising: 
 a necklace for wearing about a neck of a wearer, said necklace having a first end and a second end; and    an eyeglass-holder assembly connected between said first end and said second end of said necklace, said eyeglass-holder assembly comprising: 
 an eyeglass-holder loop having an opening passing therethrough shaped and dimensioned to receive a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses;  
 a first swivel linker and a second swivel linker, each swivel linker having a necklace-side connector and a holder-loop-side connector, said necklace-side connector and said holder-loop-side connector being rotatably connected to each other to allow full rotation about a swivel axis, said swivel axis being substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of one of said first end and said second end of said necklace;  
 said holder-loop-side connectors of said first swivel linker and said second swivel linker being connected to the eyeglass-holder loop at locations spaced apart from one another about the loop and said holder-loop-side connectors being rotatable about said loop; and  
 wherein the necklace assembly may be worn about the neck of the wearer with a pair of eyeglasses in a folded-closed configuration removably pendulously held in said eyeglass-holder loop of said eyeglass-holder assembly with a temple piece extending downwardly from one side of said eyeglass-holder loop opening and a lens frame of the eyeglasses extending downwardly from an opposite side of said loop opening and with twisting induced in said necklace by movement of the wearer tending to be relieved by rotation of at least one of said holder-loop-side connectors relative to said necklace-side connectors and said holder-loop-side connectors relative to said loop.  
   
   
   
       16 . A swivel-linker for use in a necklace assembly for holding a pair of eyeglasses, the system comprising: 
 a necklace-side connector and a holder-loop-side connector, said necklace-side connector being attachable to a necklace;    said holder-loop-side connector having a connector opening configured to receive an eyeglass-holder loop having an eyeglass opening passing therethrough shaped and dimensioned to receive a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses, said connector opening configured to allow said holder-loop-side connector to rotate about the eyeglass-holder loop when the eyeglass-holder loop is received in said connector opening, said holder-loop-side connector including a pin protruding away from said connector opening;    said necklace-side connector having a cavity configured to receive said pin to rotatably connect said necklace-side connector and said holder-loop-side connector and to allow full rotation between said necklace-side connector and said holder-loop-side connector about a swivel axis; and    wherein rotation of at least one of said holder-loop-side connector relative to said necklace-side connector and said holder-loop-side connector relative to the eyeglass-holder loop relieves twisting induced in the necklace in response to said holder-loop-side connector receiving the eyeglass-holder loop, said necklace-side connector being connected to the necklace and the necklace being worn about the neck of a wearer with a pair of eyeglasses in a folded-closed configuration removably pendulously held in the eyeglass-holder loop with a temple piece extending downwardly from one side of the eyeglass-holder loop opening and a lens frame of the eyeglasses extending downwardly from an opposite side of the eyeglass opening.    
   
   
       17 . The swivel-linker of  claim 16  wherein said cavity of said necklace-side connector comprises an interior surface having an interior groove configured to receive said pin to allow the full rotation about the swivel axis.  
   
   
       18 . The swivel-linker of claim of  17  wherein said interior surface comprises a circumferential groove.  
   
   
       19 . The swivel-linker of  claim 16  wherein said necklace-side connector comprises a cylindrical shape.  
   
   
       20 . The swivel-linker of  claim 16  wherein said pin comprises a head portion rotatably engageable with said cavity to allow the pin to rotate within said cavity.  
   
   
       21 . The swivel-linker of  claim 20  wherein said pin comprises a neck portion extending from the head portion to an outer surface of a loop portion of said holder-loop-side connector.  
   
   
       22 . The swivel-linker of  claim 21  wherein said head portion comprises a greater outside diameter than said neck portion.  
   
   
       23 . The swivel-linker of  claim 20  wherein said cavity comprises an interior surface having a groove and said head portion and said groove are complementarily shaped and dimensioned to allow said pin to rotate in said necklace-side connector and to retain said pin in said groove.  
   
   
       24 . The swivel-linker of  claim 16  wherein said cavity of said necklace-side connector is configured to receive a first end of the necklace and said cavity comprises an interior surface configured to be fixedly connected to the first end to retain the first end in said cavity.  
   
   
       25 . The swivel-linker of  claim 24  further comprising glue for fixedly connecting the first end to said interior surface.  
   
   
       26 . The swivel-linker of  claim 16  wherein said swivel axis comprises an axis substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of an end of the necklace in response to the end being fixedly connected to said necklace-side connector.  
   
   
       27 . The swivel-linker of  claim 16  wherein said holder-loop-side connector is rotatable relative to the eyeglass-holder loop about an axis substantially perpendicular to said swivel axis in response to the eyeglass-holder loop being received in said connector opening of said holder-loop-side connector.  
   
   
       28 . The swivel-linker of  claim 16  in combination with an eyeglass-holder loop received in said connector opening.  
   
   
       29 . The swivel-linker of  claim 28  further in combination with a necklace attached to said necklace-side connector.