Patent ID: 7850302

Claim:
An eyeglass holder for holding a pair of eyeglasses, the eyeglass holder being attachable to external objects and comprising: an upper clip arm having a closing clasp at a distal end of the upper clip arm; a top lever joined to the upper clip arm at a junction point, together forming an upper crank; a lower clip arm; a bottom lever joined to the lower clip arm at a junction point, together forming a lower crank; a spring hinge bringing together the upper crank and the lower crank coaxially at the junction points, with a spring force keeping the upper clip arm and the lower clip arm closed against each other; and a loop attached to the upper clip arm for holding a temple piece of the pair of eye glasses; wherein by pressing together the top lever and the bottom lever the spring force is counteracted to form a clip arm aperture for subsequent closing on or around the external object to attach the eyeglass holder with the pair of eyeglasses to the external object; and wherein the closing clasp comprises a hinged closing clasp, the distal end of the closing clasp can be hingedly positioned to either receive or to release the distal end of the lower clip arm.