Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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This invention relate Jo timing device, and in
particular, to a timing device which can be viewer by a person
independently of head movement
wrier are Syrian circumstances when a person who
wives Jo know the time or ascertain a lapse of time, it
unable to do Jo because a White or clock is not in view. One
such situation it in the cave of a swimmer who desires to know
a lap time. The usual citation when womb is aomp~tin~
10 Ann the clucks it that kiwi or distant holes a
tippet end I us the iamb to the swimmer
~lter~tively, a crook it peeved near the pool to provide a
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continual revolt of the searcher ' 8 lop times . However, for
the swimmer to I 1 a clock, conscious effort must be Rudy
to lift the he from the war. this it not only
inconvenient, but is not good practice in comp~itive
5 swimming. There are alto other circumstances in which an
indication of the time is required yet the person desiring to
know the time it incapable ox making the necessary head or
body movement to bring ho clock or watch into view. Pro
instance, runners or joggers who run at nigh frequently
wryness decal in reading two time on a Roy. watch due
to both the solute movements of toe writ and head undo the
lack of light.
Toe present invention provides an aid to the above
problems.
Coring owe ho pronto invention there it provide
a timing device çomprL~ing housing adapted in use to be attached
in front of an eye of the user to allow vision there through,
said oiling having therein a solid state timing enwomb an
tire Rudy trollop which in use may be viewed ho the user.
Preferably the housing it sealed from the exterior
end inkwell therein a witch to Hart end stop the -timing
mechanism, the switch being ~ctuatable externally of the
housing. In a preferred 0rr.~0diment the switch is a reed
witch actuat~ble by on external magnet
The housing may include A least one lens Jo ensure
that the eye can focus on the readout trip. Preferably a
planar lent is provided at one end of the sousing and convex
lent at the end against the Ursa eye, the readout strip
being positioned adjacent the planar lens.
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In a preferred embodiment the housing is secured to
one lens of swimmer goggles
The housing it priorly constructed Of light
Perle bye Molly and the readout trip is in the Norm of a
5 liquid crystal
he prune invention will now be describe my way
of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in
Welch
inure 1 is a partially cut-away perspective view ox
10 a timing device constituting an embodiment ox thy invention;
and
ire 2 it a plan view ox part of swimmers'
goggles incorporating the timing device shown in Figure lo
Rough the pro en invention in it broadest
15 aspect I considered to embrace many timing Dow Tao may
worn on the head to provide an indication ox time
independently of he'd movement toe preferred embodiment
relate to ~wimmersl goggle O
In Figure I, there it illu3trat~d swimmers' joggles
20 10 comprising an eta tumor swap 11~ the end 12 ox which
are attache re3pec~ively to Hun asset 14 and 15
wow integrally support the lens 16 and 17 of the goggles.
ho housing embowel 14 And 15 ore interconnected by a
flexible trap 18 that, in use, extends Assyria the bridge ox
25 the nose ox the wirer.
A timing device in the Norm of on acrylic watertight
hulling 40 it cured to project outwardly prom the lent 16
Thy housing my be framed in egrAlly wow thy lens 16 ox
priorly I Dow succeed or welder to thy lo
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A shown in Figure 1, the housing 40 colrlpri~s
tapered rec~ar~g~llar enclosure, one end 41 ox which include a
rectangular putter 43 which, Howe a doubly convey lent 48.
Roy other en 47 of the housing include planar lent 44
mounted at the extremity of the Hanukkah 40. behind the lens
44 is positioner 'eke digital readout trip I what, as Sweeney
in Figure 1, induct rninu~:es end second Toe solid tote
timing Doris end battery are housed within a small circa r
unit 49 thaw comprise a threaded boy I that proves
10 ordeal from one idea ox the housing 40 Jo support a sure
threaded cap 46 with an ION ring snot one thereabout
The sucking it Syria out by use of rued witch (not:
shown) housed within the housing 40 and opened end Clyde ho
use ox a magnet The magnet can be carried by ring which
15 would be worn on a inure of the user so that the user may
witch thy stopwatch on and ox my simply bringing thy: ring
into proximity with the reed switch in the Ron the
housing 40. Tore are number ox suitable reed eta that
may be l~sesl to privately this witching ~unctiorl and it i
I cvn~idered that the ennui of such switches is well knt~m to
persons Willed irk the rut
The hying 40 it bonded or Theresa secured Jo the
outer race of the lent 16 the goggle 15 and project B
shown in Ego 2, forwardly from the housing. The doughtiness
25 between the readout strip 31 and thy eye of the user is
surf latently large to allow the eye to readily foe on the
Italy readout or the strip 31 through the lent 48 which hug
curvature to produce the dullard vat length to produce
Cal or Meg ox toe reedit Trip . It envy d that to
30 Hun 40 could he fold as a ~ep~rat~ entity or attachment
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to extolling ogle or alternatively the goggle Gould be
marketed with the housing already attached on the lens of the
goggle 8 .
The housing it constructed of acrylic plastics to
5 allow the entry of light 'co illuminate ho liquid crystal
display. Alternatively ' it it intended Jo use the as~Pmbly
in toe dark, battery operated L~13.D.~ may I explored housed
in dark hying
With the joggle embowel described above, a swirruner
10 can simply tart the clock at the star ox a rice or time
Rowley, thy elapse of time will when eye continuously shown cover
the on eye of the swimmer in~lepend~ntly of the movement arid
activities of the swimlTIerO There it no r~guirement for Tao
swimmer to look up end out of the water at a clock or listen
15 Jo audible sunless Thea resilient location of the joggles con
the qkul l ~nç~re~ agony undried movement TV the readout
trip relative kiwi thy eye ur~hermore the en~ap~ula~ion of
the clock components withirl the tardy Satyr of the
ogles projects thy symbol prom accidental damage.
To it understood thy the immune devise may also ye
incorporated in other types of goggle such a Connally lent
driving, skiing or even motor-cycle goslglesO In eye kiwi
the housing would project prom one slide of the lens opiate
one yo-yo EYE thy wearer.
Although the readout strip induct elapse of lima
it it underrated that thy ~imlng mechanism may lncorporat~3
ocher feature such a real 'crime / up time and alarm time .
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