Patent ID: 6343859
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: G02C

Abstract:
An eyeglass frame having a lens rim, a pair of lenses, a pair of temple bars extending from said lens rim, said eyeglass frame having a means for attaching said eyeglass frame to an article of clothing, said means comprising:a single spineless solid pocket clip member manufactured and molded integral in one piece with one of said temple bars of said eyeglass frame to engage the edge of the article of clothing, said pocket clip including a base having a cantilevered clothing engaging portion extending therefrom, said pocket clip member and integral temple bar being fabricated from a material selected from a group consisting of a thermoplastic resin and a bendable metal alloy capable of undergoing controlled elastic deformation from an unstressed configuration in response to torsional bending and twisting stress when the clip is inserted or removed from a pocket and to resiliently return to the unstressed configuration upon removal of the torsional bending and twisting stress.