Patent ID: 9354454
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G02C

Claim Text:
1. An eyeglass tether attachment system comprising: an attachment assembly having; wherein said eyeglass tether attachment system comprises said attachment assembly, said attachment assembly structured and arranged for providing security against a user unintentionally dropping a pair of eyeglasses; wherein said spool of said attachment assembly is attachable to an ear-piece of said pair of eyeglasses via said ear-piece of said pair of eyeglasses passing through said ear-piece through-hole and frictionally-contracting thereon said ear-piece; wherein said inner wall, said outer wall, and said spacer portion are integrally formed, said inner wall located on an inner side of said ear-piece and said outer wall located on an outer side of said ear-piece during an in-use condition and said distance between said inner wall and said outer wall maintained via said spacer portion; wherein said first coil spring anchor-hole is located in said outer wall of said spool near an outer periphery; wherein said coil spring is located between said outer wall of said spool and said inner surface of said cap; wherein said first end of said coil spring is anchored in said first coil spring anchor-hole of said outer wall of said spool and said second end of said coil spring is anchored in said second coil-spring anchor-hole of said cap; wherein said cap snaps onto said spool, said cap biasingly attached to said spool via attachment ears on said cap; wherein said attachment ring is non-removably attached to an outer periphery of said cap; wherein said graphic lens recess is concentrically located on an outer side of said cap; wherein said graphic lens snaps into said graphic lens recess of said cap; and wherein said attachment assembly is useful in pairs for removably attaching to a left said ear-piece and a right said ear-piece of said pair of eyeglasses such that a tether is able to be removably attached to said attachment ring of each respective said attachment assembly and looped around a neck of said user to prevent unintentional dropping of said pair of eyeglasses and for displaying an indicia on said graphic lens of said cap.