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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5120119 | Spectacles having head retainers The present invention provides a pair of spectacles comprising a pair of lenses held by the respective lens frames, a side extending ackwardly from each of said lens frames and balancing means for eliminating or reducing the load on the nose of a user. Th... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5092668 | Eyeglass cord retainer apparatus An apparatus including an elongate securement cord with a ring formed at each end and each ring mounted to an elastomeric loop. Each elastomeric loop includes a spring member encompassing each elastomeric loop medially thereof to effect an upper and lower... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5092667 | Eyeglass retainer/ears protector An eyeglass retainer, which also provides protection for the ears, comprising an adjustable two-piece headband having tubular members for receiving and holding the temples of a pair of eyeglasses threaded therethrough, and wherein the tubular members hook... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5087118 | Article holder An article holder for eyeglasses in which an elongated cord has opposite end portions and means for releasably connecting a cord to each temple bar of a pair of eyeglasses with the cord extending around the head or neck of the wearer. A sleeve is disposed... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5074656 | Buoyant eyeglass holder apparatus A buoyant eyeglass retainer apparatus (10) for suspending a pair of eyeglasses (100) at, or near, the surface of a body of water, including an elongated core member (15) fabricated from a material (16) having a positive buoyancy approximately equal to, or... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5032018 | Eyeglass strap apparatus An eyeglass strap apparatus (10) for frictionally securing the arms (101) of a pair of eyeglasses (100) to the sides of a user's head wherein the apparatus includes an elongated strap member (13) having a pair of friction members (17) formed on opposite e... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5015085 | Floatable retainer for eyeglasses A floatable eyeglass retainer comprising an elongated, solid cord that is covered with tubular fabric. The cord is made of a buoyant material, which is also flexible. An oval shaped piece of resilient material is fastened directly to each end of the cord ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5009496 | Eyeglasses and headgear combination An eyeglasses and headgear combination is disclosed. The eyeglasses may be worn alone or in combination with the headgear. The temple member of the eyeglasses is alternatively positionable behind the ear of the user or attached to the headgear. When the t... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5002381 | Eyewear retainer An eyewear retainer of fabric-covered elastic foam material or molded soft elastic and flexible plastic or rubber-like material, for holding eyeglasses and the like securely in place on wearer's head and providing padding for the bow portions of the eyegl... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4998816 | Attachment for spectacles An attachment to assist in holding spectacles on the head of a wearer. The attachment has at least one anchor member to grip the ear pieces of the spectacles and a retaining member, usually a cord, extends from the anchor member or members. A neck band is... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4986650 | Sun glasses for water sports The invention relates to sun glasses that are particularly designed for use in water sport activities such as surfboarding and bodysurfing or other activities where the user thereof might inadvertently lose the glasss while in worn in the normal manner or... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4978210 | Retainer for eyewear An eyewear retainer of elastic-type material comprised of a first elongated strap that fits around the head of a person and containing closed loops at each end for engaging the bows of a eyewear; a second elongated strap that fits around the neck of a per... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4976531 | Eyeglasses retainer strap The novel eyewear retainer strap is usable with all spectacle frames and sunglasses. It has an elongated strip of stretchable neoprene material. The respective ends of the elongated member are folded back upon themselves to form a loop that passes through... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4974956 | Eyeglass holder An article holder for eyeglasses in which an elongated cord has opposite end portions and means for releasably connecting a cord to each temple bar of a pair of eyeglasses with the cord extending around the head or neck of the wearer. A sleeve is disposed... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4955710 | Adjustable headband assembly attached to spectacles frame stems An adjustable retainer for a spectacles frame, which comprises an elongated band assembly including multiple bands, the assembly being generally U-shaped; at least two of the bands having adjustable, lengthwise, relatively slidable interfit; whereby the o... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4938581 | Holder for use with eyewear A holder for use with eyewear having spaced apart lens portions connected by a nose portion in which the eyewear, when not in use, is conveniently suspended form the user's neck, the holder being in the form of a member of flexible plastic material, such ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4930885 | Eyeglasses with releasable headband support arrangement Eyeglasses with a releasable support headband arrangement including a frame provided at each side with an integral connector member extending therefrom. An attachment member adapted for releasable securement to each connector member is releasably securabl... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4927258 | Eyeglass holder An eyeglass holder includes an elongated, flexible, hollow tube for containing a sunscreen or suntan product. Caps are attached to the ends of the tube for removably covering the open ends of the tube, and flexible straps are used to attach the caps to th... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4881803 | Ornamental sunglasses retainer An ornamental sunglasses retainer comprising tubular stretchable material with the ends that fit over the sunglasses temple pieces treated with a stretch reducing prepolymer and threaded through either side of a manually releaseable friction catch and the... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4848861 | Earpiece cushion apparatus for eyeglasses A cushion apparatus (10) for the ear hook portions (101) of the temple pieces (100) of a pair of eyeglasses wherein the cushion apparatus (10) comprises an elongated hollow body member (11) having an enlarged head portion (12) and a downwardly depending r... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4820036 | Headband for retention of glasses A headband for retaining glasses on the head of a user is formed of a closed cell foam material which is highly buoyant in water. The band has a series of nipples or studs formed into its surface which contacts the back of the head, and these both engage ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4818094 | Eyeglass retainer A retainer for a pair of spectacles comprises two separate strips of fabric, each of which includes a portion at one end by which it is connected to one of the temples of the spectacles, and a retaining ring through which the free ends of the fabric strip... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4793702 | Eyeglass stem holder An eyeglass retainer which is an elongated band of stretchable material formed to have a pair of oppositely positioned tubes, each of which tubes can receive a portion of an eyeglass frame. The tubes are formed from two materials of differing stretchabili... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4790646 | Eyeglass holder An eyeglass holder including a temple receiving fixture formed of a body of elastomer and having an elongated slot through which the temple of an eyeglass may be passed along with a long narrow recess. An elongated strap having a long narrow cross section... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4783164 | Adjustable retaining strap for eyeglasses An adjustable retaining strap for eyeglasses includes an elongated tubular member formed of a flexible resilient material. End portions of the tubular member are reverse-fold to define end loops that are retained by end sleeves each having a passageway th... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4779971 | Eyeglass frame front assembly The front assembly of an eyeglass frame comprises two rim members. Each of these is adapted to hold a respective lens. The two rim members are joined together by a bridge member. Each rim member comprises at least one part made from a shape memory alloy a... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4761068 | Eyeglass frame holder An eyeglass frame holder having a quick release two piece band with mushroomed shaped flexible tips mountable upon each of two bands, or eyeglass supports which tips are interconnected with eyeglass temple stems or supports through a hole in each of the s... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4743105 | Device for securing the ends of a strap detachably to eyeglasses legs The device comprises a sleeve element locatable on a portion of each eyeglasses leg coaxially therewith, and a half-tubular element provided with a plate-like end for connection to the end of the strap, said half-tubular element having an inside profile t... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4696556 | Eyeglass retainer The present invention provides an eyeglass retainer headband comprised of a tube of pliable material having two open ends, a tube segment at each end being turned into itself to form a double walled end portion of somewhat reduced inner diameter and incre... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4692002 | Headband attachable to spectacles frame stems An eye glass frame retainer comprising (a) an elongated band that is lengthwise stretchable, the band of a length to extend about the back of the wearer's head, (b) the band having substantially the same width throughout its length, including end portions ther... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4684226 | Temple end piece for a temple of a spectacle frame A temple end piece for a temple of a spectacle frame is comprised of a first segment running essentially straight in the longitudinal direction of the temple, a connecting segment extending downward from the first segment, and a fitting segment intended f... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4603951 | Spectacle frame with securing band Spectacle frame with a removable elastic securing band which attaches to the temples of the frame. Each of the two temples of the spectacle frame has a hole in the vicinity of the temple end on the ear side, of which at least one extends substantially in ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4515449 | Head harness for glasses A head harness for glasses comprised of a first elongated strap that fits over the head of a person and containing closed loops at each end for engaging the midsection of the temple pieces of a pair of eyeglasses frames; a second elongated strap that fits... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4136934 | Eyeglass holder An eyeglass holder having an elongated, flexible band terminated in opposed ends each having eyeglass receiving and holding fixtures, the fixtures comprising unitary elastomeric molded parts having disc-like portions and integral tail-like projections ext... | 01/30/1979 |
| 3979795 | Decorative eyeglass holder A decorative eyeglass holder of the type worn around the neck to suspend spectacles and including a long band. A pair of one-piece molded clasps are interlinked via the band and each has an elongated slot extending through a flexible head portion to recei... | 09/14/1976 |
