The present disclosure relates to a goggle, and more particularly to a goggle device and a buckling module thereof.
A conventional goggle includes a spectacle frame and a belt fastened to the spectacle frame. Two opposite ends of the belt are inseparably fixed at two opposite portions of the spectacle frame, respectively. Based on the above, since the belt cannot be changed from the spectacle frame in the structure of the conventional goggle, the appearance of the belt is determined after the conventional goggle is produced. Accordingly, if a user wants to have various appearances of the conventional goggle, the user would need to buy a plurality of goggles.
In response to the above-referenced technical inadequacies, the present disclosure provides a goggle device and a buckling module thereof to effectively improve the issues associated with conventional goggles.
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a goggle device, which includes a spectacle frame, a lens fastened to the spectacle frame, and a detachable belt. The spectacle frame includes two buckling structures respectively arranged on two opposite ends thereof. Each of the two buckling structures has an accommodating space and an entrance that is in spatial communication with the accommodating space. Each of the two buckling structures includes a front positioning portion and a rear positioning portion both of which are arranged at two opposite sides of the entrance, and includes a bottom wall facing the entrance. The detachable belt is detachably assembled with the two buckling structures, and the detachable belt includes an elongated and flexible belt body and two inserting members respectively fixed on two opposite ends of the belt body. Each of the two inserting members includes a front end portion and a rear end portion both of which are arranged on two opposite portions thereof, and the two inserting members are respectively inserted into the two buckling structures so as to be at a locked position. In each of the two buckling structures and the corresponding inserting member, when the front end portion is inserted into the accommodating space by passing through the entrance, the front end portion moves toward an inner surface of the front positioning portion, and a first portion of the belt body adjacent to the front end portion is resiliently squeezed by the front positioning portion, so that the squeezed first portion of the belt body drives the rear end portion to move toward an inner surface of the rear positioning portion. When each of the two inserting members is at the locked position, a movement of each of the two inserting members in the accommodating space of the corresponding buckling structure is restricted by the front positioning portion and the rear positioning portion.
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a buckling module of a goggle device, which includes a buckling structure, a flexible belt body, and an inserting member. The buckling structure is arranged on an end of a spectacle frame. The buckling structure has an accommodating space and an entrance that is in spatial communication with the accommodating space. The buckling structure includes a front positioning portion and a rear positioning portion both of which are arranged at two opposite sides of the entrance, and includes a bottom wall facing the entrance. The inserting member is fixed on an end of the belt body. The inserting member includes a front end portion and a rear end portion both of which are arranged on two opposite portions thereof, and the inserting member is inserted into the buckling structure so as to be at a locked position. When the front end portion of the inserting member is inserted into the accommodating space by passing through the entrance, the front end portion moves toward an inner surface of the front positioning portion, and a first portion of the belt body adjacent to the front end portion is resiliently squeezed by the front positioning portion, so that the squeezed first portion of the belt body drives the rear end portion to move toward an inner surface of the rear positioning portion. When the inserting member is at the locked position, a movement of the inserting member in the accommodating space of the buckling structure is restricted by the front positioning portion and the rear positioning portion.
Therefore, the spectacle frame of the goggle device in the present disclosure is formed with the buckling structure that is cooperated with an inserting member and a belt body, so that the buckling structure is capable of being stably assembled with the detachable belt. Accordingly, the detachable belt on the spectacle frame of the goggle device in the present disclosure can be changed according to different requirements, so that the goggle device 100 can have various appearances.
These and other aspects of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following description of the embodiment taken in conjunction with the following drawings and their captions, although variations and modifications therein may be affected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure.
The present disclosure will become more fully understood from the following detailed description and accompanying drawings.
The present disclosure is more particularly described in the following examples that are intended as illustrative only since numerous modifications and variations therein will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Like numbers in the drawings indicate like components throughout the views. As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, the meaning of “a”, “an”, and “the” includes plural reference, and the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on”. Titles or subtitles can be used herein for the convenience of a reader, which shall have no influence on the scope of the present disclosure.
The terms used herein generally have their ordinary meanings in the art. In the case of conflict, the present document, including any definitions given herein, will prevail. The same thing can be expressed in more than one way. Alternative language and synonyms can be used for any term(s) discussed herein, and no special significance is to be placed upon whether a term is elaborated or discussed herein. A recital of one or more synonyms does not exclude the use of other synonyms. The use of examples anywhere in this specification including examples of any terms is illustrative only, and in no way limits the scope and meaning of the present disclosure or of any exemplified term. Likewise, the present disclosure is not limited to various embodiments given herein. Numbering terms such as “first”, “second” or “third” can be used to describe various components, signals or the like, which are for distinguishing one component/signal from another one only, and are not intended to, nor should be construed to impose any substantive limitations on the components, signals or the like.
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Specifically, the two inserting members 32 of the detachable belt 3 are respectively inserted into the two buckling structures 11 of the spectacle frame 1 so as to be located at a locked position (as shown in
It should be noted that, the goggle device 100 in the present embodiment is provided with the spectacle frame 1 cooperating with the lens 2 and the detachable belt 3, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, one of the two buckling structures 11, the corresponding belt body 31, and the corresponding inserting member 32 can be jointly defined as a buckling module, and the buckling module in other embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to other devices.
Moreover, as the two buckling structures 11 are of the same or symmetrical structure, the following description discloses the structure of one of the two buckling structures 11 and a corresponding portion of the detachable belt 3 (i.e., a part of the belt body 31 and the corresponding inserting member 32) for the sake of brevity, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the spectacle frame 1 of the goggle device 100 can be formed with only one buckling structure 11 arranged on an end portion thereof, and the other end portion of the spectacle frame 1 can have a structure different from the buckling structure 11.
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The front positioning portion 111 includes a front base 1111 and two front retaining ribs 1112 that extend from the front base 1111 toward the entrance E. The two front retaining ribs 1112 are arranged apart from each other, and are respectively connected to the two long side walls 114. The front base 1111 and the two front retaining ribs 1112 surroundingly define a front slit 1113 that is in spatial communication with the accommodating space S and the entrance E.
Moreover, the inner surface of the front positioning portion 111 (e.g., a part of an inner surface of the front base 1111 facing the bottom wall 113 and a part of an inner surface of each of the two front retaining ribs 1112 that face the bottom wall 113 and is adjacent to the front base 1111) includes a first step 1114 and a second step 1115. The first step 1114 is closer to the entrance E and the bottom wall 113 than the second step 1115. Each of the two front retaining ribs 1112 includes a guiding surface 1116 arranged on the inner surface thereof facing the bottom wall 113 and connected to the first step 1114. In other words, the guiding surface 1116 slantingly extends from an edge of the first step 1114 toward the entrance E, and the edge of the first step 1114 is arranged away from the second step 1115. A virtual extension of the guiding surface 1116 passes through the second step 1115, and does not pass through the first step 1114. Accordingly, an object (e.g., the inserting member 32) contacting the guiding surface 1116 can be guided to move toward the second step 1115 by the guiding surface 1116.
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Moreover, an inner surface of the rear base 1121 is formed with a slot-like structure, and an inner surface of each of the two rear retaining ribs 1122 facing the bottom wall 113 is substantially coplanar with a surface of the first step 1114 that is arranged away from the bottom wall 113. A bottom of the front slit 1113 is substantially arranged on a center part of the surface of the first step 1114. A maximum distance D between the front slit 1113 and the rear slit 1123 (i.e., a distance D between the bottoms of the front slit 1113 and the rear slit 1123) is substantially equal to a width W of a portion of the belt body 31 adjacent to the inserting member 32 (as shown in
The bottom wall 113 includes a plane segment 1131 arranged adjacent to the rear positioning portion 112 and a slanting segment 1132 extending from the plane segment 1131. A projected region defined by orthogonally projecting the unlocking rib 1122 onto the bottom wall 113 is entirely located on the plane segment 1131, and covers at least 60% of the plane segment 1131, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Moreover, the plane segment 1131 and the slanting segment 1132 in the present embodiment have an angle α there-between that is within a range of 150-185 degrees and is preferably within a range of 181-185 degrees, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. In addition, the angle α between the plane segment 1131 and the slanting segment 1132 is preferably greater than an angle between the guiding surface 1116 of the front positioning portion 111 and the surface of the first step 1114 that is arranged away from the bottom wall 113.
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In other words, the inserting member 32 has a notch 3232 recessed in a corner of the top surface 324, and the notch 3232 is formed between the arced surface 3231 and a distal end of the rear end portion 322. Moreover, a distance between the arced surface 3231 and a distal end of the front end portion 321 gradually increases along a direction away from the top surface 324 (e.g., a rightward direction as shown in
Each component of the goggle device 100 of the present embodiment is disclosed in the above description, and the following description describes the relationship between each of the two buckling structures 11 and a corresponding portion of the detachable belt 3 (i.e., a corresponding portion of the belt body 31 and the corresponding inserting member 32).
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Moreover, the first portion of the belt body 31 is partially inserted into the front slit 1113, and a second portion of the belt body 31 adjacent to the rear end portion 322 of the inserting member 32 is partially inserted into the rear slit 1123. The first step 1114 of the front positioning portion 111 is arranged adjacent to the belt body 31, and the second step 1115 is arranged away from the belt body 31. When the first portion of the belt body 31 adjacent to the front end portion 321 is resiliently squeezed by the front positioning portion 111 (e.g., the bottom of the front slit 1113), the squeezed first portion of the belt body 31 generates an elastic force to drive the front end portion 321 to be disposed on the first step 1114, thereby effectively maintaining the relative position of the inserting member 32 and the buckling structure 11.
In addition, the concave portion 323 of the inserting member 32 is arranged adjacent to the unlocking rib 1122. When a flat structure 200 is inserted into a space (e.g., the notch 3232) surroundingly defined by the concave portion 323 and the unlocking rib 1122 and presses the arced surface 3231 of the concave portion 323 and the unlocking rib 1122, the inserting member 32 moves from the locked position to the unlocked position. The unlocking rib 1122 in the present embodiment is defined as an immovably fixed component.
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In other words, when the front end portion 321 of the inserting member 32 separates from the first step 1114 of the front positioning portion 111 and abuts against the second step 1115, the inserting member 32 receives an outwardly external force to separate the rear end portion 322 from the two rear retaining ribs 1122 of the rear positioning portion 112, so that the rear end portion 322 can move to an outer side of the accommodating space S by passing through the entrance E.
It should be noted that, the buckling structure 11 in the above description is regarded as a single component, but the buckling structure 11 in the present embodiment is formed by assembling three components. As shown in
Specifically, a side portion of each of the two positioning members 1b (e.g., an outer portion of the positioning member 1b as shown in
Moreover, the two engaging posts 12b of each of the two positioning members 1b are detachably inserted into the main frame 1a, so that the two opposite portions of the lens 2 are respectively sandwiched between the two positioning members 1b and the main frame 1a. The two opposite portions of the lens 2 are respectively received in the edge grooves 11b of the two positioning members 1b, and are respectively engaged with the engaging posts 12b of the two positioning members 1b.
In addition, the buckling structure 11 in the present embodiment is formed by assembling three components, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the buckling structure 11 can be a single component or can be formed by assembling two or more than three components.
In conclusion, the spectacle frame 1 of the goggle device 100 in the present disclosure is formed with the buckling structure 11 that is cooperated with an inserting member 32 and a belt body 31, so that the buckling structure 11 can be stably assembled with the detachable belt 3. Accordingly, the detachable belt 3 on the spectacle frame 1 of the goggle device 100 in the present disclosure can be changed according to different requirements, so that the goggle device 100 can have various appearances.
Moreover, the disassembling of the buckling structure 11 and the corresponding inserting member 32 is implemented by inserting a flat structure 200 into the buckling structure 11 as so to press the inserting member 32, thereby effectively preventing the inserting member 32 from separating from the buckling structure 11. In other words, each of the buckling structure 11 and the corresponding inserting member 32 are jointly formed as an unlock mechanism that is arranged in the accommodating space S (or the spectacle frame 1), thereby preventing the detachable belt 3 from separating from the spectacle frame 1 of the goggle device 100 by a non-unlock mechanism (e.g., collision).
The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure has been presented only for the purposes of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the disclosure to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching.
The embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the disclosure and their practical application so as to enable others skilled in the art to utilize the disclosure and various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains without departing from its spirit and scope.
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