A clip is integrally formed with or attached to each temple piece of a pair
of eyeglass, to hold the eyeglasses to a garment, such as a pocket of a
shirt or a belt. The pocket clip member resists torsional bending stresses
caused by the constant on and off insertion or removal of the eyeglasses
and clip to and from shirt pockets or other attachments. The cantilevered
clip is twisted and stressed when the clip holds the eyeglass frame to the
shirt pocket in a strong bond. However, the clip is adapted to undergo
controlled elastic deformation from an unstressed configuration in
response to torsional bending and twisting stress when the clip is
inserted or removed from the pocket. The clip is further adapted to
resiliently return to the unstressed configuration upon removal of the
torsional bending and twisting stress, when fully inserted or removed from
the pocket. The clip may be molded of thermoplastic resins such as
polycarbonate or polyvinylchloride in a variety of colors to match
eyeglass temple pieces such as black or brown. In addition, these clips
can also be finished in a metallic tone such as gold or silver through a
well known process used in packaging for cosmetics. These latter clips
would closely match the temple pieces of gold or silver frames.