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Title
An innovated type o:f swimming goggles
[Field of the Invention]
This invention relates to a type of swimming goggles, particularly the one
that is
innovated and formed in a monobloc including a main unit of lens frame, a nose
bridge and a protective pad, wherein the protective pad serves to combine the
two
lenses in a same space of frame to provide wearing comfort, while the lenses
are
assembled firmly with thE; main unit of lens frame to prevent water seepage.
[Background of the invention]
As it is generally known, svvimming goggles can be used in swimming pools, for
snorkeling or scuba diving. For pool swimmers who need to regulate their
breathing
above water, swimming goggles must have a nose bridge to facilitate the
breathing.
For snorkelers or scuba divers who spend much more time in deep water,
swimming
goggles are made to cover their eyes and nose, to avoid water pressure causing
discomfort to the nose. t~onventional swimming goggles for pool swimmers have
two lens frames pressing; on the muscles around the eyes, but the installation
of a
protective pad may press the muscles around the eyes, the user may feel
discomfort,
or even water seeping inside due to muscle twitches caused by the discomfort.
[Objectives of the invention]
The major objective of this invention is to provide a type of swimming goggles
exclusively for swimming pool swimmers, involving a protective pad that serves
simultaneously as a facemask to provide a comfortable face contact, meanwhile,
the
two lens frames are combined in one space to enable a unique way of assembling
the
lenses with the lens frames, and provide convenient and firm assembling
effects.
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[Characteristics of the invention]
The subject inv~tion of innovated swimming goggles is characterized by the
fact that: the lens frame main unit, the nose bridge and the protective pad
are formed
in a monobloc and made of a flexible material, and the said protective pad
involves a
single covering space; the two lenses made of a rigid material are joined by a
joint
part, wherein in the frame openings of the lens frame main units are inserted
grooves,
the edges are on the rim of the two lenses, so that the two lenses can be
assembled
and fitted into the lens frame main unit.
Another characteristic of the invention of innovated swimnning goggles is
that,
l0 between the frame openings of the lens frame main units is at least one
positioning
groove, on the joint part between the two lenses and opposite to the
positioning
groove is a stop unit, so designed that the two lenses and the lens frame main
units
can be assembled more firmly.
A fiuther characteristic of the invention is that, on the outside of the
longer axis
of the two lenses is a fixing device used to connect the headband, so that the
force
when the swinoming goggles are worn is resting on the two rigid lenses, to
ensure no
risk of water seeping through.
Yet another characteriistic of the invention lies in that, on the inserted
grooves on
two sides of the two lens ,frame main units and near the nose bridge is a
reinforcing
unit to reinforce the strength of its neighborhood area.
[Brief description of drawings]
The invention can be fully understood by reading the following detailed
description of the preferred embodiments, with reference made to the
accompanying
drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective-disassembled view of this invention of innovated
svvimming goggles.
FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a snap piece in the fixing device of this
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invention of swimming goggles.
FIG. 2 is a perspective-assembled view of the invention of swimming goggles.
FIG. 3 is a close-up oiP a part of the lens frame unit in this invention of
swimming
goggles.
FIG. 4 is a section viE;w of the part marked A-A in FIG. 2.
FIGs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 illustrate how this invention of swimming goggles is
assembled.
FIG. 9 is a close up of the fixing device when it is assembled onto the lens
frame
unit of this invention of swimming goggles.
l0 FIG. 10 illustrates how this invention of swimming goggles are worn on a
user's
face.
[Preferred embodime~]
Referring to FIG. l, this invention of swimming goggles 1 includes the
following: a main unit formed in a monobloc of two lens frames 10 and 10', a
nose
bridge 11 and a protective pad that are made of a flexible material, two
lenses 13, 13'
(to be described later) that are formed in a monobloc and made of a rigid
material, a
joint part 14 joining the tv~ro lens frames 13, 13', and a headband device 18,
the said
lens frame units 10, 10' have frame openings 101, 101' respectively, and
inside the
frame openings 101, 101' grooves are inserted 102,102' in order to position
the two
lenses 13, 13'. Referring scimultaneously to FIG. 3, at the frame openings
101, 101'
and near the nose bridge 1 a is a first positioning groove 103, the said first
positioning
groove 103 has a recessE;d dent formed on the frame openings 101, 101', then
between the left and right: positioning grooves 103 is a second positioning
groove
104 in the shape of a V, where the first and second positioning grooves 103,
104 can
be assembled with the joint part 14 in connection with two lenses 13, 13' to
solidify
the assembly of the whole: unit (to be described later). On the frame openings
101,
101' and near the nose bridge 11 is installed a reinforcing unit 15 to
intensify the
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strength of the frame openings 101, 101'. The protective pad 12 extends
outwardly
from the edge of the fi-ame openings 101, i01' of the main lens frame units
10, 10',
creating a height difference from the lens frame main unit and an excellent
flexibility,
and covering the upper and lower edges of the user's eyes (as shown in FIG.
10) to
provide comfortable face contact.
On the rims of the tv~ro lenses 13, 13' are edges 131, 131' that can go into
the
inserted grooves 102, 102'', and on the joint part 14 between the two lenses
13, 13' is
a first stop part 141 that can be fitted on the first positioning groove 103
on the frame
openings 101, 101'. On the joint part 14 is a V-shaped stop unit 142 that can
be fitted
on the V-shaped second positioning groove 104. As shown in FIG. 4, it can be
understood clearly that the: V-shaped stop unit 142 after being assembled, is
securely
fitted on the V-shaped second positioning groove 104. As shown clearly in FIG.
2,
the first stop part 141 is fitted on the dent-shaped first positioning groove
103.
Looking back to FIG. l, o:n the outside edge of the longer shaft of the two
lenses 13,
13' is a fixing device 16, the said fixing device 16 includes: a snap groove
161 on the
lenses 13, 13' and a joining; plate 162 that can be fitted on the snap groove
161; on the
two sides of the joining plate 162 are a combining arm 163 and a leading
surface 164,
the combining arm 163 has two opposite snap units 166, the said snap units 166
are
protruded from the outside of the combining arm 163, so positioned that it can
rest on
the rear of the bottom of the guide surface 167 on the two sides of the snap
groove
161 (not shown in drawing). On the leading surface 164 are several through
holes
165 to accommodate the insertion of a headband 180 in the headband device 18.
Opposite to the lens flame main unit 10,10' of the combining unit 166 are snap
holes
168, to accommodate the combining unit 166 after the combining arm 163 is
assembled, and achieve the; function of accommodation and positioning (refer
to FIG.
5). Furthermore, as shown in FIG. lA, between the two combining arms 163 is a
stop
plate 169 that can push each other against the stop plate 109 on the lens
frame main
units 10, 10', as shown in FIG. 9, to prevent loosening of the inserted groove
102
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(102') on the lens frame main unit 10, 10'; in other words, the stop plate 169
will
press against the stop plate 109 after the joining plate 162 is fixed onto the
snap
groove 161; as a result, the inserted groove 102 (102') will not slip
outwardly and
escape. Furthermore, the joining plate 162 presses against the rear of the end
of the
guide surface 167 by means of a snap unit 166 on the combining arm 163 on both
sides, meanwhile, the snap unit 166 and the snap holes 168 are fastened in
position,
to prevent the joining plate 162 from escaping. Please refer to FIGs. 5, 6, 7
and 8,
which illustrate how thc; invention is assembled. To avoid sophistication, the
drawings show only the :lenses 13, 13' and the lens frame main unit formed in
a
monobloc 10 and 10', the nose bridge 11 and the protective pad 12, as shown in
FIG.
5; to assemble, a section of the twin lenses 13, 13' is pulled out from one
side of the
protective pad 12, then, as indicated by the arrow, the inserted groove 102 on
the lens
frame main unit 10 is inserted into the edge 131 of the lens 13 (shown in FIG.
6).
Then, the lens frame 10' on the other side is pulled back as in FIG. 7, so
that the lens
13' on the other side is located at the front, as indicated by the arrow in
FIGs. 7 and 8,
the inserted groove 102' is fitted on the edge 131', then the twin lenses 13,
13' can be
assembled as one unit with the lens frame main unit formed in a monobloc 10
and
10', the nose bridge 11 an<l the protective pad 12. One point worth mentioning
is that,
in addition to the engagement between the aforementioned inserted grooves 102,
102' with the edges 131, 131', by way of fiuther connection between the first
stop
part 141 on the joining pout 14 and the dent-shaped first positioning groove
103 of
the frame openings 101, 101', and the connection between the V-shaped stop
unit
142 and the V-shaped second positioning groove 104 on the joint part 14
pushing
against each other, as shown in FIGs. 2 and 4, the twin lenses 13, 13' and the
lens
frame main unit formed in monobloc 10 and 10', the nose bridge 11 and the
protective pad 12 can be assembled more firmly as one unit. Thus, the
aforementioned construction of the invention of swimming goggles will not only
provide the user with better comfort and freedom from water leakage, it also
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provides more convenience and firm assembly.
The invention has been described using exemplary preferred embodiments.
However, it is to be unde~~stood that the scope of the invention is not
limited to the
disclosed embodiments. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various
modifications and similar arrangements. The scope of the claims, therefore,
should
be accorded to the broadest interpretations so as to encompass all such
modifications
and similar arrangements.
[Brief
description
of
numerals]
1 swimming goggles 10, 10' lens fi~ame main
unit
11 nose bridge 12 protective pad
18 headband device lenses 13, 13'
101, 102, 102'
101' inserted
frame groove
opening
131, 103 first positioning
131' groove
edge
104 second positioning groove 109 stop plate
14 joint part 141 first stop unit
142 second stop unit 15 reinforcing unit
16 combining device 161 snap groove _
162 joining plate 163 combining arm
ZO 164 leading surface 165 through hole
166 snap unit 167 guide surface
168 snap holes 169 stop plate
18 headband device 180 headband
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