Eyeglass holder for apparel

Abstract

A shirt having a loop located on the front panel thereof for temporarily supporting eyeglasses by gravity. The loop is flexible, may be affixed to the shirt at two spaced apart points, and may be horizontally oriented when the shirt is worn with the neck opening facing upwardly. The loop may be permanently affixed such as by stitching or alternatively may be removably affixed such as by comprising spring loaded clips each of which releasably affixes one end of the loop to the shirt. The loop is preferably located about four inches below the neck opening and is preferably centered with respect to right and left sides of the shirt. Where the neck opening of the shirt includes a placket, the loop may overlie the placket.

1 . A shirt adapted to provide anchorage for eyeglasses, comprising:
 a shirt having a torso encircling component having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and front panel and a rear panel, the torso encircling component defining therein a neck opening, a torso opening, a right arm opening, and a left arm opening; and   a closed loop disposed on the exterior surface of the front panel of the torso encircling component, wherein the loop comprises a flexible strip of material which is affixed to the front panel such that the loop may present a bottomless receptacle for receiving the arm of the eyeglasses when the eyeglasses are installed in engagement with the closed loop, and is serviceable to serve as a suspension support for suspending eyeglasses so installed by gravity when the shirt is in an upright orientation with the neck opening facing upwardly and the torso opening facing downwardly, wherein the closed loop is an entity unto itself and is not a continuation or part of other structure associated with the shirt for a purpose other than anchorage for eyeglasses.   
     
     
         2 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the closed loop is located below the neck opening. 
     
     
         3 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the flexible strip of material has a first end and a second end each affixed to the front panel at two spaced apart points. 
     
     
         4 . The shirt of  claim 3 , wherein the closed loop is stitched to the front panel at each of the first end and the second end. 
     
     
         5 . The shirt of  claim 3 , wherein the closed loop extends horizontally between from the point at which the first end is affixed to the front panel to the point at which the second end is affixed to the front panel when the shirt is in an upright orientation with the neck opening facing upwardly and the torso opening facing downwardly. 
     
     
         6 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the closed loop is located between two and six inches below the neck opening and is centered on the shirt with respect to right and left sides of the shirt. 
     
     
         7 . The shirt of  claim 6 , wherein the closed loop is located about four inches below the neck opening. 
     
     
         8 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the closed loop is between one and five inches long when drawn straight. 
     
     
         9 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the closed loop is between two and three inches long when drawn straight. 
     
     
         10 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the shirt has a placket extending downwardly from the neck opening, and the closed loop overlies the placket and is attached to the shirt at the right side of the placket and at the left side of the placket. 
     
     
         11 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the closed loop is fabricated from the same type of constituent fabric as the torso encircling component. 
     
     
         12 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the closed loop is removably attachable to the torso encircling component. 
     
     
         13 . The shirt of  claim 12 , wherein the closed loop comprises a first clip located at the first end thereof and a second clip located at the second end thereof, and wherein the first clip and the second clip are movable between an opened condition and a closed condition, and the first clip and the second clip each have a spring member urging the respective first clip and second clip into the closed condition. 
     
     
         14 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the closed loop is between one half and one inch wide along its length.