AU785247B2

AU785247B2 - A pair of swimming goggles

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Publication number: AU785247B2
Application number: AU77339/01A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Herman Chiang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2001-10-02
Filing date: 2001-10-02
Publication date: 2006-11-30
Anticipated expiration: 2021-10-02
Also published as: AU7733901A

Description

S&F Ref. 572590

AUSTRALIA

PATENTS ACT 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION FOR A STANDARD PATENT

ORIGINAL

Name and Address of Applicant: Actual Inventor(s): Address for Service: Invention Title: Herman Chiang 1 I1F-2, no.634-9, Ching-Ping Rd., Chung-HO City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R4, R F Herman Chiang 2 u2) SPIT~I1 F eolvgr &TrueraA PW0M't%_ SL rVftuins~Tuwei,Levei 5xc. 2L 31 Market Street Sydney MSW 2000 (eCm 3710000177 A Pair of Swimming Goggles e.g.

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0 5845c A PAIR OF SWIMMING GOGGLES 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 the 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 20 510 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.

SoSUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is desirable to provide a pair of swimming goggles which can 25 conveniently and securely assemble a nose bridge into lens frame.

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It is also desirable to provide a pair of swimming goggles which reduce the nose bridge damage during adjustment and offer long life in use.

According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a pair of swimming goggles, comprising: S 30 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.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pair of swimming goggles comprising: two lens frames, each of having a lens unit thereon, and a chamfer S* 20 extending from the inner sides 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 25 on each end thereof, the staff has a neck portion formed on the edge of the body l°Oo 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.

o *o *o 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 a prior art of swimming goggles.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view which illustrates disassembled of the single lens frame of the present invention.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are perspective view which illustrates disassembled and assembled of duel single lens frames and the nose bridge of the present invention.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are sectional view of the present invention take along line A-A and B-B in FIG. 4.

FIGS. 7 and 8 are perspective view which illustrates disassembled and assembled of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the third preferred embodiment of the present invention.

15 FIG. 10 is a sectional view of the present invention take along line C-C in FIG.

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0 0 0 50 0 0@ 50 DETAILED DESCRIPTIION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Firstly, referring to FIG. 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 mean 3, wherein each of lens frame 10,11 has a lens unit 12,13 is formed integrally, a joining holes 14,15 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 mean 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 -3understand and describe conveniently, it will take one of two lens frames 10,11 to introduce below. Referring to FIG 2, the lens frame 10 has a chamfer 16 that extended from the inner side of a major axis of the lens frame 10 for connection the nose bridge 2, and which has a length mouth 161 disposed on the side of a major axis of the chamfer 16, and a pit 162 disposed on the end of lengthways of the length mouth 161 and the inner dimension of the length mouth 161is smaller than the pit 162 and which is generally T- shape in lengthwise section view.

The nose bridge 2 is mounted between two lens frames 10,11 has a body and a staff 21 disposed on the both end of the body 20 for engaging the length mouth 161, wherein the body 20 is arc-shape that could be fitting and contacting the ridge of the user's nose and have various size offering the user to replace for conforming own the ridge of nose. The staff 21 having a neck portion 211 which is formed the edge of the body20, and a roundness body 212 which is extend from the neck portion 211. An enlarged end 213 formed on the end of lengthways of the roundness body 212 for matching the pit 162 and stopping the staff 21 drop out thereto. Further referring to FIG. 6, the neck portion 211 will be

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able to engage the length mouth 161 and the enlarged end 213 will be able to engage the pit 162 when the nose bridge 2 connect to the lens frames 10,11 together. Referring to FIG. 5, a first positioning unit and second positioning unit which mounted between the staff 21and the chamfer 16 that can be mutually engage together, wherein the first position unit is a jutting 22 which is formed the staff 21, and the second position unit is a groove 23 which is located to the *000 chamfer 16 that can be engaged to the jutting 22, so as to enable better securing 0000 effect between the staff 21 and chamfer 16.

Referring once more to FIG. 2 and 3, the strap mean 3 comprising a strap element 30 having two free ends and a fastener 31 having a first and a second jacket sets 32,33 which are respectively mounted on the two free end of the strap

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element 30 and can be mutual connection forming one unit, each of the first and the second jacket sets32,33 has a pass through area 34 for providing each strap passing through and have a first and a second receiving portion 35,36 which are respectively mounted on the edge of the first and the second jacket sets 32,33, and each of the pass through area 34 of the first and the second jacket set 32,33 respectively have a socket 34 land a pole 342 which is mounted within the socket 341 and separated the socket 341 into two passing space, and the first receiving portion 35 of the jacket set 32 is a elongated slot which be disposed on the edge of the first jacket set 32, and the end of the elongated slot is open and the opposite end is close, and the second receiving portion 36 of the second jacket set 33 is a bar which be disposed on the edge of the second jacket set 33and can be matched with the elongated slot, such that both the first and the second jacket set 32,33can easily match each other when in assembly.

Referring to FIG. 3, during assembly, taking the staff 21 of both end of the nose bridge 2 engage to the chamfer 16 of each lens frames 10 and should be easily and conveniently assembled the nose bridge 2 and two lens frames o 10(11) into one unit. Moreover, referring to FIG. 5 and 6, the enlarged end 213 engage to the pit 162 offering the staff 21 keeping the certain position, and the jutting 22 engaged to the groove 23 providing the nose bridge 2 and two lens frames 10,11 securely position, such that the user can be convenient assembled and replaced the nose bridge 2 to conforming own ridge of nose.

FIG. 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', 25 a nose bridge 2' and a strap mean the main difference residing in the constructions of the fasten 31' of the strap mean 3'is formed integrally, the S*fasten 31' have two pass through areas 34', each of which have a socket 341 'and a pole 342' which is mounted within the socket 341'and separated the socket 341' into two passing space, two strap element 30' have two free end are respectively passing through each lens frame 10',11' and the fasten 31' for connection two lens frames 10',11' together.

FIG. 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 mouth 161"of each lens frame 10",11", the staff 21" deleted the stopper and the length mouth 161" also deleted the pit and which mounted a close end 160" on the bottom of the length mouth 161" for preventing the staff 21" from dropping the length mouth 161", such that the nose bridge and two lens frames also can be convenient connection together.

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.

20 Comprises/comprising and grammatical variations thereof when used in this specification are to be taken to specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps or components or groups thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, components or groups thereof.

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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 20 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 S 25 comprises a closed end opposite with the open end.

3. A pair of swimming goggles as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the nose bridge has a stopper on an end of the staff being an enlarged end of the rounded body. 8

4. A pair of swimming goggles comprising: two lens frames, each of having a lens unit thereon, and a chamfer extending from the inner sides 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; 20 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. 25

5. A pair of swimming goggles substantially as described herein with reference to Figures 2 to 6 of the accompanying drawings.

6. A pair of swimming goggles substantially as described herein with reference to Figures 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings.

7. A pair of swimming goggles substantially as described herein with reference to Figures 9 and 10 of the accompanying drawings.