Information
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Patent Grant
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6513170
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Patent Number
6,513,170
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Date Filed
Monday, October 1, 200123 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, February 4, 200321 years ago
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Inventors
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 002 428
- 002 430
- 002 445
- 002 452
- 002 446
- 002 426
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A pair of swimming goggles includes two lens frames, each of which receives a lens unit and has a chamfer disposed on the side thereof, a nose bridge joining the two lens frames including a body with a staff on each end thereof, a stopper being located on the edge of the staff, a strap means comprising a strap element with a first and a second free end and a fastener having a first jacket assembly and a second jacket assembly mounted respectively on the first and second free end of the strap element whereby the first and second jacket assembly are connectable, such structures as the nose bridge and two lens frames can be conveniently assembled when the user replaces or adjusts the nose bridge.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pair of swimming goggles, in particular, a pair of swimming goggles which can be conveniently assembled and held fixedly through a nose bridge connection to lens frames.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The constitution of conventional swimming goggles is show in
FIG. 1
, a nose bridge
50
of the swimming goggles
5
is strip
51
which has several ribs
510
which are respectively disposed on both ends of strip
51
that can be respectively passed through and secured to a joining slot
520
of each lens frame
52
during assembly. Thus the user will be able to adjust the distance between two lens frames to conform with the ridge of the user's nose, with adjustment of position made by squeezing the ribs
510
into slots
520
on the nose bridge, so as to resist the water seepage and get fitting contact with the user's face. Since the ribs
510
are saw-tooth shape and offer the function of a stop, thereby resulting in the strip
51
being hard to pull and move its position during adjustment, especially, to adjust a big distance between two lens frames. The user must use larger force to pull for moving and squeezing the ribs
510
into the slots
520
, thereby the ribs
510
will become flattened and the function of adjustment will fail, whereby the ribs
510
would not securely connect two lens frames and facilitate disconnection together when wearing the swimming goggles on the user's head, or would be lead to water seepage when in use.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a pair of swimming goggles which can conveniently and securely assemble a nose bridge into lens frames.
The other object of the present invention is to provide a pair of swimming goggles which reduce the nose bridge damage during adjustment and offer long live in use.
To achieve the above objects, a pair of swimming goggles of the present invention is featured in that: the nose bridge has a body with a staff that is disposed on each end of the body. Two lens frames are provided, each of which has a chamfer extending from the inner side of a major axis of the lens frames and which could be engaged to the staff, and a pit is transversely disposed on and at an end of the chamfer.
According to the above features of the present invention, the staff has a neck portion which is formed on the edge of the body, and a rounded body extends from the neck. An enlarged end is formed on an end of the rounded body. The chamfer has a hollow with an open end at an inner portion of the chamfer, a stopper on an upper portion of the open end and an inner dimension of the hollow is smaller than an inner dimension of the enlarged end of the rounded body, such that the enlarged end of the rounded body will be able to engage with the stopper of the hollow.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings of which:
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of prior art swimming goggles.
FIG. 2
is a perspective view which illustrates disassembly of the single lens frame of the present invention.
FIGS. 3 and 4
are perspective views which illustrate disassembly and assembly of dual single lens frames and the nose bridge of the present invention.
FIGS. 5 and 6
are sectional views of the present invention taken along line
5
—
5
and
6
—
6
in FIG.
4
.
FIGS. 7 and 8
are perspective views which illustrates disassembly and assembly of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9
is a front view of the third preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10
is a sectional view of the present invention taken along line
10
—
10
in FIG.
9
.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Firstly, referring to
FIGS. 3 and 4
, the first preferred embodiment of a swimming goggles
1
according to the present invention is shown to comprise two lens frames
10
,
11
, a nose bridge
2
and a strap means
3
, wherein each of lens frame
10
,
11
has a lens unit
12
,
13
formed integrally, and joining holes
14
,
15
which are respectively formed on the outside of the major axis of the lens frame
10
,
11
for offering a strap element
30
of the strap means
3
passing through and positioning. A gasket
18
,
19
is fixed to the lens frames
10
,
11
and opposite the lens unit
12
,
13
for providing comfortable contacting with the user's face. In order to understand and describe conveniently, it will take one of two lens frames
10
,
11
introduced below. Referring to
FIG. 2
, the lens frame
10
has a chamfer
16
extending from the inner side of a major axis of the lens frame
10
for connection of the nose bridge
2
, a hollow
161
with an open end at an inner portion of the chamfer
16
, a stopper
163
on an upper portion of the open end and the dimension of the stopper
163
is larger than the dimension of the hollow
161
, and a pit
162
is disposed transversely and at an end of the hollow
161
.
The nose bridge
2
is mounted between two lens frames
10
,
11
and has a body
20
with a staff
21
on each end for engaging the hollow
161
and the pit
162
. The staff
21
has a neck portion
211
which is formed on the edge of the body
20
, and a roundness body
212
extending from the neck portion
211
. An enlarged end
213
on an upper portion of the rounded body
212
is capable of coupling with the stopper
163
. Further referring to
FIG. 6
, the neck portion
211
and the roundness body
212
will be able to engage to the pit
162
, and the enlarged end
213
will be able to engage to the stopper
163
when the staff
21
of the nose bridge
2
connects to the chamfer
16
of the lens frames
10
,
11
. Referring to
FIG. 5
, a first positioning unit and second positioning unit mounted between the staff
21
and the chamfer
16
can mutually engage together, wherein the first position unit is a jutting
22
formed on the staff
21
, and the second position unit is a groove
23
located with respect to to the chamfer
16
so that it can be engaged to the jutting
22
, so as to enable better securing effect between the staff
21
and chamfer
16
.
Referring once more to
FIGS. 2 and 3
, the strap means
3
comprising a strap element
30
with a first and a second free end and a fastener
31
having a first jacket assembly
32
and a second jacket assembly
33
mounted respectively on the first and second free end of the strap element
30
and can be a mutual connection forming one unit, each of the first jacket assembly
32
and second jacket assembly
33
has a pass through portion
34
for providing each strap element
30
passing through, the pass through portion
34
has a socket
341
and a pole
342
which is mounted within the socket
341
to separate the socket
341
into two passing spaces. A first receiving portion
35
is an elongated slot which can be disposed on the edge of the first jacket assembly
32
. A second receiving portion
36
is a bar which can be disposed on the edge of the second jacket assembly
33
whereby the bar is co-operable with the elongated slot, such that the first jacket assembly
32
and second jacket assembly
33
can easily match each other when in assembly.
Referring to
FIG. 3
, during assembly, the staff
21
of the nose bridge
2
engages the chamfer
16
of each lens frame
10
,
11
so as to easily and conveniently assemble the nose bridge
2
and the lens frame
10
,
11
into one unit. Moreover, referring to
FIGS. 5 and 6
, the enlarged end
213
engages the pit
162
so that the staff
21
keeps a certain position, and the jutting
22
engages the groove
23
providing the nose bridge
2
and the lens frame
10
,
11
securely in position, such that the user can conveniently assemble and replace the nose bridge
2
to match user's nose.
FIGS. 7 and 8
illustrate the second preferred embodiment of a pair of swimming goggles according to the present invention, the second embodiment is generally similar to the first embodiment, comprising two lens frames
10
′,
11
′, a nose bridge
2
′ and a strap mean
3
′, the main difference residing in the constructions of the fastener
31
′ of the strap means
3
′ being formed integrally, the fastener
31
′ having two pass through areas
34
′, each of which has a socket
341
′ and a pole
342
′ which is mounted within the socket
341
′ and separates the socket
341
′ into two passing spaces, two strap elements
30
′ having a first free end and a second free end respectively passing through each lens frame
10
′,
11
′ and the fastener
31
′ for connection of two lens frames
10
′,
11
′ together.
FIGS. 9 and 10
illustrate the third preferred embodiment of a pair of swimming goggles according to the present invention, the third embodiment is generally similar to the first embodiment, the main difference residing in the assembly style of the staff
21
″ of the nose bridge
2
″ and the length of mouth
161
″ of each lens frame
10
″,
11
″, the staff
21
″ has deleted the stopper, the hollow
161
″ has an open end and a closed end
160
″ on the bottom of the hollow
161
″, such that the nose bridge
2
″ and two lens frames
10
″,
11
″ also can be securely assembled.
While the present invention has been described in connection with what is considered the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is understood that this invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments but is intended to cover various arrangements, included within the spirit and scope of the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent arrangements.
Claims
- 1. A pair of swimming goggles, comprising:two lens frames, each of having a lens unit thereon, and a chamfer extending from the inner side of a major axis thereof, a hollow with an open end at an inner portion of the chamfer, wherein a pit is disposed transversely and at an end of the hollow, a nose bridge for joining the two lens frames including a body with a staff on each end thereof, the staff has a neck portion formed on the edge of the body and a rounded body extending therefrom, and a strap means comprising a strap element with a first and a second free end and a fastener having a first jacket assembly and a second jacket assembly mounted respectively on the first and second free end of the strap element whereby the first and second jacket assembly are connectable, wherein each of the first and second jacket assembly including: a pass through portion for receiving the strap element having a socket and a pole mounted within the socket to separate the socket into two passing spaces; a first receiving portion being an elongated slot disposed on the end the first jacket assembly, the elongated slot being open at a first and a second end; and a second receiving portion being a bar disposed on the end of the second jacket assembly whereby the bar is co-operable with the elongated slot such that the first and second jacket assembly are connectable.
- 2. The swimming goggles as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hollow further comprises a closed end opposite with the open end.
- 3. A pair of swimming goggles, comprising:two lens frames, each of having a lens unit thereon, and a chamfer extending from the inner side of a major axis thereof, a hollow with an open end at an inner of the chamfer, a stopper on an upper portion of the open end and the dimension of the stopper is larger than the dimension of the hollow, wherein a pit is disposed transversely and at an end of the hollow, a nose bridge for joining the two lens frames including a body with a staff on each end thereof, the staff has a neck portion formed on the edge of the body and a rounded body extending therefrom, an enlarged end on an upper portion of the rounded body which is capable of coupling with the stopper, and a strap means comprising a strap element with a first and a second free end and a fastener having a first jacket assembly and a second jacket assembly mounted respectively on the first and second free end of the strap element whereby the first and second jacket assembly are connectable, wherein each of the first and second jacket assembly including: a pass through portion for receiving the strap element having a socket and a pole mounted within the socket to separate the socket into two passing spaces; a first receiving portion being an elongated slot disposed on the end the first jacket assembly, the elongated slot being open at a first and a second end; and a second receiving portion being a bar disposed on the end of the second jacket assembly whereby the bar is co-operable with the elongated slot such that the first and second jacket assembly are connectable.
- 4. A nose bridge for connecting a first lens frame and a second lens frame comprising a body with a staff on each end for engaging a chamfer of the lens frames, the staff has a neck portion formed on the edge of the body and a rounded body extending therefrom, a stopper on an end of the staff being an enlarged end of the rounded body.
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