Patent ID: 6728995
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A spectacle caddy for sunglasses and prescription glasses having frames including arms comprising in combination:a two part body having a first caddy body member and a second caddy body member each shaped as a shallow half box with a base and upstanding sides and ends, and cooperating recesses in the sides of the first and second body members to receive the arms of a pair of glasses; hinge means joining the ends of the first and second body members, including an integral pin on one of the body members snapped fitted into a hook means on the other body member, the hook means extending over the pin to prevent accidental separation of the body members in an open position; wherein the hinge means limits a maximum angle of opening between the first and second body members by limiting the amount of movement of the hook means about the pin; a latch on the end of one of the first and second body members opposite to the hinge means, the latch including a pushbutton means attached to one of the body members for disengaging the latch on the other one of the body members; and integral first and second deformable means of synthetic elastomer including deformable channel members having closed faces for grasping the arms of the glasses, the first and second deformable means being folded within the caddy to provide a fold adjacent the hinge means and biasing the first and second body members to an open position when unlatched.