Patent ID: 7380932

Claim:
A buoyant device for connection to a lanyard attached to the two elongated earpieces of a pair of eyeglasses wherein a closed-loop configuration is formed and maintaining the lanyard and eyeglasses on or near the surface of water should they become inadvertently separated from a user and land in the water, said device comprising: at least one float member constructed so that it is able to float on water, quick-release connection means adapted for easy and rapid attachment to the eyeglass lanyard, adapted for maintaining said at least one float member in close association with the lanyard, adapted for secure engagement with the lanyard, and adapted for being sufficiently larger than the cross-section of the lanyard to allow for free and loose gliding capability along the length of the lanyard; and attachment means adapted for secure association of said connection means to said at least one float member, so that when the eyeglasses become separated from a user and land in water, said at least one float member will support the eyeglasses on or near the surface of the water where they can be easily retrieved.