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US 11,642,570 B2Granted
Swimming goggle
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsDeborah June Yeomans, Iain James Sabberton, Simon Peter Wilsher, Keir Samuel Jackson, Oliver Nathaniel Ambrose Price, Iain Martin Hannah, Marco Albert Dittrich, Alain Walter, Jochen Suessmuth
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a swimming goggle including at least one main body including: (a) an outer lens; (b) an inner lens; (c) a sealed gap separating the outer lens and the inner lens; and (d) an inner space arranged adjacent to the inner lens.
Claims20
A method of producing a sports article for use in an athletic activity, comprising:
- scanning a body part of at least one person, wherein the body part includes an eye socket;
- creating a digital model of the body part in a digital environment;
- creating a digital model of the sports article in the digital environment, the digital model of the sports article comprising a seal that includes a first portion configured to contact the body part and a second portion adjacent to the first portion and configured to not contact the body part;
- digitally arranging the digital model of the sports article on the digital model of the body part in the digital environment;
- adjusting the digital model of the sports article in the digital environment to fit to the digital model of the body part by selecting an optimized geometry of the sports article, wherein the optimized geometry comprises a curved transition region between the first portion and the second portion of the digital model of the sports article and the adjusting includes altering the optimized geometry so that the seal has a fillet radius between 1.5 and 2.5 mm or a flange angle between 30 and 60 degrees to create an even pressure distribution of the seal on the eye socket;
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- producing the sports article based on the adjusted digital model of the sports article.
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A method of producing a sports article for use in an athletic activity, comprising:
- creating a digital model of a body part in a digital environment, wherein the body part includes an eye socket;
- creating a digital model of the sports article in the digital environment, wherein the digital model of the sports article includes a digital model of a seal for the eye socket;
- determining a distance between a part of the digital model of the body part and a part of the digital model of the sports article;
- adjusting the digital model of the sports article in the digital environment to align a centerline of sight for the part of the digital model of the body part with the part of the digital model of the sports article based on the determined distance and so that the seal has a fillet radius between 1.5 and 2.5 mm or a flange angle between 30 and 60 degrees to create an even pressure distribution of the seal on the eye socket;
- selecting an optimized geometry of the part of the digital model of the sports article based on the adjusted digital model of the sports article in the digital environment;
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- producing the sports article based on the adjusted digital model of the sports article and the selected optimized geometry of the part of the digital model of the sports article.
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