Clip holder for eyeglasses

A clip holder for eyeglasses, comprising a holding assembly comprising a wall. Protruding from the wall are first and second lateral walls having a ridge. Extending from the first and second lateral walls and the ridge is a retaining wall having a front wall. The retaining wall and the front wall merge together and terminate at a top wall. The holding assembly further comprises a bracket that extends from the wall. The ridge and the retaining wall have a cooperative shape and dimension to securely suspend eyeglasses. A swivel assembly comprises a hinge and a base wall. A clip assembly has a base wall and a concave wall. The clip assembly is mounted onto the bushing. The clip assembly is mounted onto a car visor, whereby a sufficient force is placed onto the clip assembly to cause the car visor to squeeze in between the ledge and a base wall.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to clip holders, and more particularly, to a clip holder for eyeglasses that can be mounted onto a car visor for easy access.

2. Description of the Related Art

Often times, especially when driving an automobile or similar vehicle, the driver needs to access his/her eyeglasses for vision improvement, protection against sunlight, or for fashion. Applicant is not aware of a clip holder for eyeglasses that can be mounted onto a car visor for easy access.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The instant invention is a clip holder for eyeglasses, comprising a holding assembly comprising a wall. Protruding outwardly from the wall are first and second lateral walls having a ridge. Extending from the first and second lateral walls and the ridge is a retaining wall having a front wall. The retaining wall and the front wall merge together and terminate at a top wall. The holding assembly further comprises a bracket that extends from the wall. The ridge and the retaining wall have a cooperative shape and dimension to securely suspend eyeglasses. The retaining wall is a predetermined distance from the wall. A swivel assembly comprises a hinge and a first base wall. The first base wall has a bushing secured thereon by a restraining pin. A clip assembly has a second base wall and a concave wall. The clip assembly is mounted onto the bushing at the first base wall.

The retaining wall is kept in a spaced apart relationship from the wall by the ridge. The swivel assembly is hingedly mounted to the holding assembly by the hinge that is secured at the bracket. The second base wall is sandwiched in between the bushing and the restraining pin. The clip assembly rotates upon a first axle defined by the restraining pin, and the holding assembly rotates upon a second axle defined by the hinge. The concave wall has a ledge that terminates at an end, and the ledge provides a resilient action and is biased against the second base wall. The clip assembly is mounted onto a car visor, whereby a sufficient force is placed onto the clip assembly to cause the car visor to squeeze in between the ledge and the second base wall.

It is therefore one of the main objects of the present invention to provide a clip holder for eyeglasses that can be mounted onto a car visor for easy access.

It is another object of this invention to provide a clip holder for eyeglasses that can be vertically and laterally adjusted.

It is another object of this invention to provide a clip holder for eyeglasses that is volumetrically efficient for transportation and storage.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring now to the drawings, the clip holder for eyeglasses is generally referred to with numeral10. It can be observed that it basically includes holding assembly20, swivel assembly50, and clip assembly70.

As seen inFIGS. 1 and 2, holding assembly20comprises wall22. Protruding outwardly from wall22are lateral walls24having ridge26. Extending from lateral walls24and ridge26is retaining wall28having front wall30. Retaining wall28and front wall30merge together and terminate as top wall32. In the preferred embodiment, retaining wall28is a predetermined distance from wall22and further is kept in a spaced apart relationship by ridge26. Extending perpendicularly from an upper edge of wall22and opposite in direction from lateral walls24, is bracket34.

As better seen inFIG. 2, swivel assembly50is hingedly mounted to holding assembly20by hinge54that is secured at bracket34. Extending from hinge54is base wall52. End caps56cover the ends of hinge54. Bushing58is centrally disposed at base wall52and is secured thereon by restraining pin60.

Clip assembly70comprises base wall72and concave wall74that join at edge80. Clip assembly70is mounted onto bushing58at base wall72, whereby base wall72is sandwiched in between bushing58and restraining pin60, as best seen inFIG. 1. In this configuration, clip assembly70may rotate upon a first axle defined by restraining pin60, thus on a horizontal plane. Concave wall74has ledge76that terminates at end78. Ledge76provides a resilient action and in the preferred embodiment is biased against base wall72. Clip assembly70is made out of a flexible material such as plastic or other material having similar characteristics such as flexibility.

As seen inFIG. 3, clip assembly70is mounted onto a car visor V, whereby a sufficient force is placed onto clip assembly70to cause visor V to squeeze in between ledge76and base wall72. As seen in this illustration, ridge26and retaining wall28have a cooperative shape and dimension to securely suspend eyeglasses E. Eyeglasses E may of course be corrective vision glasses, sunglasses, or non-corrective glasses. Once mounted onto visor V, clip assembly70may rotate upon the first axle defined by restraining pin60, thus on a horizontal plane, and holding assembly20may rotate upon a second axle defined by hinge54, thus on a vertical plane.