Apparel – Guard or protector – For wearer's head
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-13
2002-02-26
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Guard or protector
For wearer's head
C002S452000, C351S043000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06349419
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. Field of the invention
This invention relates to a type of swimming goggles, particularly to an innovated construction of swimming goggles which protective pad can encompass two eye frames in a same space to provide wearing comfort and a wider field of vision.
2. Background of invention
Despite the variety of different construction of conventional swimming goggles, the two lens frames cover the two eye sockets separately on the left and right. In other words, conventional design of swimming goggles is aimed at covering the eye sockets to achieve the purpose of resistance to water seepage. Therefore, the protective pads on the lens frames are independently, whether of sponge type or sucker type, are independently assembled on the left and right. When the conventional swimming goggles are worn on the user's face, the protective pad frames covering the rims of eye sockets will have a suction force that will cause discomfort after they are worn for an extended period of time, especially when the user has dived a certain depth underwater. Furthermore, the field of vision of conventional swimming goggles is limited because of the small area of lenses.
Of course, the most direct remedy to overcome the problem of limited field of vision for conventional swimming goggles is to enlarge the lens frames. After the lens frames are enlarged, however, the integral construction of the swimming goggles is also changed, which brings a new issue to ensure best wearing comfort.
OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION
The main objective of this invention is to provide a type of swimming goggles that is comfortable to wear and has a wide field of vision; the protective pad of the swimming goggles has the performance of a facemask that covers the areas beyond the eye sockets, and by encompassing the two eyes in the same space, there will be no risk of any pressure on the eyeballs.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INVENTION
The main characteristic of this invention of swimming goggles lies in that: the lenses and protective pad of the swimming goggles are compressed and fixed as one unit by the lens frame main unit, wherein the lens frame main unit comprises a center connector that joins the upper and lower rims of the lens frame main unit, embedding grooves that accommodate the lenses and protective pad, and compressing devices located on the sides of the embedding grooves, the compressing device comprising: connecting plates extending from the lens frame main unit, openings penetrating the embedding grooves and connecting plates, and a bottom cover and top cover that join the connecting plates, wherein between the bottom cover, the top cover and the connecting plates are fastening units, and the bottom cover and the top cover have a clasp member to close and engage the embedding grooves to the openings of the connecting plates;
Therefore, the lens and the protective pad can be securely assembled inside the embedding grooves of the lens frame main unit by the fastening unit between the bottom cover, the top cover and the connecting plates, and the clasp member of the bottom cover and the top cover.
Based on the above characteristic, wherein the connecting plate is an extension of the entire side of the lens frame main unit, while the opening divides the connecting plate into two areas, one large and the other small, to facilitate clasping by the clasp member between the bottom cover and the top cover. The fastening unit has fastening holes on the large area connecting plate, and fastening posts at the corresponding positions on the bottom cover, thereby to join the bottom cover with to the connecting plate.
The clasp member has pressing margin on the bottom cover opposite the upper and lower rims of the large area and small area connecting plates. The vertical distance of the pressing margin is equivalent to the closing distance of the large area and small area connecting plates. So, when the fastening post of the bottom cover is inserted in the fastening hole of the large area of the connecting plate, the pressing margin can compress the small area connecting plate to the large area connecting plate, to close the openings of the two parts and achieve the fastening performance by compression. The top cover has a pressing margin at a position opposite the pressing margin of the bottom cover, and between the pressing margin and the compressing margin are depressed grooves and protruded mounds that can be fastened to each other, to further compress the large area and small area connecting plates, and simultaneously, to fix the bottom cover and the top cover.
Another characteristic of this invention of swimming goggles is that, on opposite positions on the bottom cover and the connecting plates are inserting holes to accommodate the insertion of the headband of the swimming goggles.
Another characteristic of this invention of swimming goggles is that, on the inside of the top cover is a stop face to restrict that headband from excessive insertion, and to guide the insertion of the headband.
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patent: 5479917 (1996-01-01), Hsieh
patent: 5819321 (1998-10-01), Wang
patent: 5915540 (1999-06-01), Chou
patent: 6098206 (2000-08-01), Chou
Calvert John J.
Moran Katherine
Pro-Techtor Inter-national Services
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