ACCESSORY RECEPTACLE

ACCESSORY RECEPTACLE

Thomas F. Humphreys, Inventor

The present invention relates to novelty type receptacles and more particularly to a receptacle adapted for mounting to the temple of a pair of eyeglasses.

A large segment of the population currently wears eyeglasses and many of them allow the lenses of their eyeglasses to become smudged and dirty over prolonged periods of time. Various authoritative sources advise that such dirty lenses cause eyestrain and detract from the beneficial effect obtainable from clean lenses. Further, an individual who allows his glasses to remain dirty while wearing them may encounter an emergency situation where the reduced light reaching his eyes causes deleterious effects that would have otherwise been averted.

During the present time, several manufacturers market lens tissue having special treating materials therein for cleaning eyeglasses, the most popular being a silicon-treated eyeglass tissue marketed under the trademark "Sight Savers" and manufactured by the Dow-Corning Corporation. However, it has been the practice of eyeglass tissue manufacturers to package the tissue in bulky and awkward containers thereby defeating the manufacturer's intention of making the packaged tissue convenient for most eyeglass wearers. Individuals not using such specially treated tissue frequently utilize bathroom tissue which has a tendency to leave a film streak across the lenses. This causes irritating effects to the wearer.

The present invention takes the form of a simple and conveniently mounted receptacle connected to a selected temple of a pair of eyeglasses. The receptacle includes a cylindrical housing having rolled treated tissue contained therein. A slit is formed in the wall of the housing which permits withdrawal of the tissue as desireed. Thus, by utilizing the present invention, the eyeglass wearer has treated tissue available at all times.