Patent ID: 8960420
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A45C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for protecting at least one lens of a set of lenses, the at least one lens having a thickness and a perimeter thereabout, comprising: a base having a pocket sized to contain one lens; a lid rotatably attached along at least a first portion thereof to at least a first portion of the base, the lid having a pocket sized to contain one lens; wherein at least one of the base and the lid has (i) a bumper adapted for supporting one lens of the set of lenses thereon and (ii) at least one magnetic mating element attached thereto on a first end of the at least one of the base and the lid, the at least one magnetic mating element for detachably attaching to and providing a magnetic hinge for at least one coupling element of the one lens, wherein the apparatus is in a closed position when a second portion of the lid, which is opposite the first portion of the lid, is in contact with a second portion of the base and an open position when the second portion of the lid is not in contact with the second portion of the base, and wherein the first end and a second end opposite the first end are on different sides of the one of the base and the lid than the second portion of the one of the base and the lid such that upon attachment of the one lens to the at least one magnetic mating element, the one lens extends from the first end to the second end.