Pair of swimming goggles

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6513170
  • Patent Number
    6,513,170
  • Date Filed
    Monday, October 1, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, February 4, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Nerbun; Peter
    Agents
    • Troxell Law Office PLLC
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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