Patent ID: 7159978

Claim:
A retractable eyewear retaining strap assembly for an eyewear frame comprising in combination: A. a hollow temple having a strap receiving end and an eyewear frame attachable end hingeably attachable to said frame, said temple composed of two hollow halves separated lengthwise along the longitudinal axis of said temple; B. a rotatable bearing mounted within said temple between said temple halves at said frame attachable end positioned transverse the longitudinal axis of said temple; C. a longitudinal eyewear retaining strap disposed within one of said halves of said hollow temple, said strap withdrawable from said hollow temple at said strap receiving end; D. a longitudinal stretchable retracting member connected to said strap and disposed within the opposite of said hollow halves from that of said retaining strap, said member connected to said temple at said strap receiving end, said strap and said stretchable member arranged in combination to pass around said bearing at said frame attachable end; and E. fastening means attached to said eyewear retaining strap, said fastening means attachable to said eyewear.