US 12,383,797 B1Granted

Shock absorbing swim goggles with independently movable lenses and method of use

OwnerEric Feldman, Everly Feldman +1inventors

InventorsEric Feldman, Everly Feldman, Michael Levin

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Abstract

This invention pertains to an improved design for goggles featuring a base frame with two generally cylindrical eye portions connected by a vertical support post. Each eye portion has an oval cross-section and includes a proximal opening fitted with a flexible oval eyepiece made from neoprene or similar material. The goggles incorporate hinge barrels and pins allowing for pivotable attachment of lens housings, which include distal windows and frustoconical seals to ensure a watertight fit. A magnetic support spacer mechanism provides stability and ease of use, enhancing the user experience in high-impact and aquatic environments by facilitating quick drainage of intruding water without removing the goggles.

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Dependent claims

A pair of swim goggles comprising:

a first rigid oval eye portion;
a second rigid oval eye portion, connected to the first rigid oval eye portion by a support post;
a hinge barrel positioned on the support post;
a first hinge pin, pivotally positioned in the hinge barrel;
a second hinge pin, pivotally positioned in the hinge barrel;
a first lens housing, rigidly fixed to the first hinge pin;
a second lens housing, rigidly fixed to the second hinge pin;
a first multi-surface annular seal releasably sealed to a first exterior of the first rigid oval eye portion and permanently sealed to a first interior of the first lens housing;
a second multi-surface annular seal releasably sealed to a second exterior of the second rigid oval eye portion and permanently sealed to a second interior of the second lens housing;
a first transparent lens fixed in the first lens housing;
a second transparent lens fixed in the second lens housing;
a first resilient oval eye piece fixed to a second interior of the first rigid oval eye portion;
a second resilient oval eye piece fixed to a third interior of the second rigid oval eye portion;
and
wherein the first lens housing, independently from the second lens housing, may be rotated from a closed configuration, adjacent the first rigid oval eye portion, to an open configuration, away from the first rigid oval eye portion;
wherein the second lens housing, independently from the first lens housing, may be rotated from the closed configuration, adjacent the second rigid oval eye portion, to the open configuration, away from the second rigid oval eye portion.

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A method of use of a pair of swim goggles comprising:

providing a first rigid oval eye portion;
providing a second rigid oval eye portion, connected to the first rigid oval eye portion by a support post;
providing a hinge barrel positioned on the support post;
providing a first hinge pin, pivotally positioned in the hinge barrel;
providing a second hinge pin, pivotally positioned in the hinge barrel;
providing a first lens housing, rigidly fixed to the first hinge pin;
providing a second lens housing, rigidly fixed to the second hinge pin;
providing a first multi-surface annular seal releasably sealed to a first exterior of the first rigid oval eye portion and permanently sealed to a first interior of the first lens housing;
providing a second multi-surface annular seal releasably sealed to a second exterior of the second rigid oval eye portion and permanently sealed to a second interior of the second lens housing;
providing a first transparent lens fixed in the first lens housing;
providing a second transparent lens fixed in the second lens housing;
providing a first resilient oval eye piece fixed to a second interior of the first rigid oval eye portion;
providing a second resilient oval eye piece fixed to a third interior of the second rigid oval eye portion;
rotating the first lens housing from a closed configuration, adjacent the first rigid oval eye portion, to an open configuration, away from the first rigid oval eye portion;
and
rotating the second lens housing from the closed configuration, adjacent the second rigid oval eye portion, to the open configuration, away from the second rigid oval eye portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.