Patent ID: 6918669

Claim:
An eyeglass cord winding device, for attaching to a pair of eyeglasses having a frame, comprising: a cord, having a leading end having and o-ring on said leading end for attaching to the eyeglass frame; a reel assembly housing having a curved wall; a reel assembly having a reel and a coiled spring, the cord is wound upon the reel from an end of the cord opposite from the o-ring, the coiled spring biases the reel assembly toward a storage position wherein the cord is fully wound around the reel; and a cord lock housing attached to the reel assembly housing having a shaft extending tangentially to the curved wall and a release button, the cord extending through the cord lock housing, the cord lock housing selectively pinching the cord with the shaft to prevent the cord from winding on the reel into the storage position and selectively allowing the cord to retract onto the reel by pressing the release button.