| US 7,467,867 B1 | ||
| Eyewear retention device | ||
| Ronald Williams, 411 Meadowbrook La., Birmingham, Ala. 35213 (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 19, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/142,323. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 61/051539, filed on May 08, 2008. | ||
| Int. Cl. G02C 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 351—156 [351/157; D16/339] | 24 Claims |
| 1. An eyewear retention device, comprising:
a. a resilient cable;
b. a pair of temple retention tubes disposed around the ends of said cable;
c. an end bead slidably encircling each end of said cable and a grommet affixed to the end of said cable thereby preventing
said bead from sliding off said cable; and,
d. wherein each said retention tube includes a cylindrical portion and a tapered portion on one end of said cylindrical portion,
and wherein an end portion of said cable is disposed within said retention tube such that said bead is held against the interior
walls of said tapered portion and said cable extends through said tapered portion to said other retention tube.
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