A retention device for securing a pair of eyeglasses on the bill of a hat or other garment is described. A pair of retention devices may be attached to the inside of hat for receiving and releaseably holding ear pieces of a pair of eyeglasses to retain the lens frames in position on the bill of the cap. Each retention device has a socket for receiving an ear piece of the eyeglasses through an aperture provided in the crown of the hat.

A flip-to-wear eye shield system is provided. By integrating a hinge into elements of the frame and/or the lens, the eye shield can be manufactured and assembled more quickly and with less costs. In an embodiment, a lens may click (or snap) onto molded posts of a frame in a substantially flat position. An integrated living hinge in the frame may bend to allow the lens to flip downwards toward the frame to a second position for use. The posts may also click (or snap) into place in an underside of the frames. In another embodiment, a lens may click (or snap) onto molded posts of a flame in a substantially flat position. An integrated living hinge, formed by notches in the lens, may allow the lens to bend to flip downwards to the frame to a second position for use. A dispenser allows storing the eye shields in the flat position and dispensing in the second position for use.

A principal objective of the present invention is to provide system for temperately retaining eyeglasses on a user's headwear. This objective is achieved by incorporating magnetic elements on the headwear and eyewear of the user. In one embodiment of the present invention, two magnetic elements are attached to the inside surfaces of the two temple arms of a pair of eyeglasses. Another two magnetic elements are attached to the two sides of a hat permanently or removably. The polarities of the magnetic elements are arranged in such way that when the two temple arms of the eyeglasses are placed in contact to the two sides of the hat from the outside of the hat, the magnetic elements on the eyeglasses and the magnetic elements on the headwear form magnetic element coupling pairs with attraction magnetic force. When the eyeglasses are not in use and need to be temporarily stored away from the eyes, the user can lift them to the crown or above the brim of the hat. The corresponding magnetic element coupling pairs will attach the temple arms of the eyeglasses to the side of the hat.

A headwear item such as a headband or hat includes a built-in or integral magnifier such as one or more a magnifying lenses or magnifying glasses. The headwear item with the built-in magnifier provides a convenient way for people to carry a magnifier on their person such that they will be less likely to leave the magnifier behind.

A head mounted display mounting assembly for casual headwear is provided. The assembly comprises a resilient support band that is employed to secure a head-mounted display unit to a piece of casual headwear worn by a user. The head mounted display mounting assembly can be supported by pre-existing structures (e.g., sweat band) of a piece of casual headwear, and further supported and/or secured to temple regions of the casual headwear. Once seated within and secured to the piece of casual headwear, the head-mounted display unit can be secured to the head mounted display mounting assembly, providing a comfortable and integrated wearable experience for the user.

An apparatus is configured for use with a garment having an opening. The apparatus comprises a wearable device with fasteners. The device has utility separately from the garment. The fasteners are attached to the device separately form the garment, and are arranged to fasten the device to the garment at multiple locations spaced apart about a periphery of the opening to support the device in a mounted position over the opening.

A hat has two flexible tethers each connected to a different temple arm of a pair of eyeglasses, with the tethers removably or permanently fastened to a bill of the hat. The two tethers are on opposing sides of the bill, with a first tether end of each tether preferably permanently connected a bottom side of the bill by stitching or a rivet. A second end of each tether has an opening sized to receive a temple arm passing therethrough during use and may have a slide lock to change the opening size to cinch the opening and second tether end tight against the temple arm. The stitching or rivet on the top of the bill may be covered by a top layer of material on the bill, or it may pass through that top layer of material. The rivet connection is useful with hard hats.

Cloth tab with fastener sewn onto the back of headwear that serves to couple the headwear to eyeglasses straps. Either, or both, of the headwear or eyeglasses can be removed and they will hang from the tab and remain in proximity to the user without the user having to hold either item. The cloth tab is comprised of cloth and fastener such as Velcro snap, or button. The cloth tab is sewn onto the adjustment strap of headwear.

An eyeshield assembly configured to couple to a brim of a head covering includes a pivot arm with a latch surface. The pivot arm is configured to move between a latched position, when the eyeshield assembly is in a use position, and a released position, when the eyeshield assembly is in a non-use position. The eyeshield assembly also includes a latch arm with a distal end configured to receive the latch surface of the pivot arm when the pivot arm is in the latched position. Additionally, the eyeshield assembly includes a hinge assembly operably coupled to the pivot arm and including a biasing element. The biasing element is configured to pivot the pivot arm relative to the latch arm to move the pivot arm from the latched position to the released position without human intervention.

A pair of mounting pins are each inserted through the bill of a baseball hat. Each pin is releasably engaged with a base to connect to the bill at various locations. Each of the bases is connected to a flexible tether that is adjustable in length and preferably forms an elastic loop. Each temple arm of an eyeglass is inserted through a different loop, with the slide lock tightened to securely connect the loop to the temple arm of the eyeglasses and connects each temple arm the bill of the hat, at a location below the bill. The elastic loops encircling the temple arms to maintain the eyeglasses at a desired location on the cap and accommodate differing eyeglasses.