Patent ID: 7866813

Claim:
An eyeglass holder for securing eyeglasses to a user's headwear, comprising: a spring clip having an inner leg, an outer leg, a closed lower end, and an open upper end configured to engage over a lower rim of headwear with the inner leg inside the headwear and the outer leg outside the headwear with a portion of the headwear gripped between the inner and outer legs; a retainer projecting from the outer leg of the spring clip which is configured to engage and releasably retain the arm of a pair of glasses with the glasses in an inverted orientation; and the retainer having an outer leg spaced from the outer leg of the spring clip and defining a generally U-shaped cavity for receiving an arm of a pair of glasses, the outer leg having an inner surface and at least one resilient fin extending transversely across the inner surface and projecting inwardly from the inner surface towards the clip, the fin being more resilient than the outer leg of the retainer and being configured to releasably retain an eyeglass arm in the cavity.