# US 5,706,527 A · Goggles having greater pivotal adjustability

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- Number: US 5,706,527 A
- Document ID: US5706527A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/762,960
- Filed: 1996-12-10
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1995-12-25
- Assignees: Yamamoto Kogaku Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Tadashi Kita; Tomoyuki Yashiro
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5706527A

## CPC

- A61F 9/02: Goggles (for swimming A63B33/00)
- A61F 9/027: {Straps; Buckles; Attachment of headbands}
- A63B 33/004: {comprising two separate lenses joined by a flexible bridge}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

Goggles allowing their eyecups and nasal belt to be adaptable to vertical movements and providing an increased degree of fitting freedom onto wearer's face are provided including a pair of right and left eyecups, a nasal belt interconnecting respective opposing inner end portions of the eyecups, and an elastic band connecting to respective outer end portions of the eyecups, the connection between each of the eyecups and the nasal belt being achieved by a stick-like projection having a substantially circular cross sectional configuration and a projection engaging hole in which the stick-like projection is rotatably fitted.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Goggles comprising a pair of right and left eyecups having respective lens portions, a nasal belt interconnecting respective opposing inner end portions of the eyecups, and an elastic band connecting to respective outer end portions of the eyecups, the connection between each of the eyecups and the nasal belt being achieved by an elongate projection extending substantially perpendicular to one of said lens portions, said projection having a substantially circular cross sectional configuration and a projection engaging hole in which the elongate projection is rotatably fitted, said eye cups and elastic band being constructed and arranged such that said connection is a freely pivotal connection.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

Goggles as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of the eyecups has a nasal belt mount portion on which the elongated projection is provided, while the nasal belt has opposite end portions each defining the projection engaging hole.

### Claim 3

Goggles comprising a pair of right and left eyecups having respective lens portions, a nasal belt interconnecting respective opposing inner end portions of the eyecups, and an elastic band connecting to respective outer end portions of the eyecups, the connection between each of the eyecups and the nasal belt being achieved by an elongate projection having a substantially circular cross sectional configuration and a projection engaging hole in which the elongate projection is rotatably fitted, wherein the elongate projection is provided at a top end thereof with an engaging protrusion slanted at an acute angle with respect to the long axis of the elongate projection, while each of the opposite end portions of the nasal belt is slanted rearward, and the engaging protrusion detachably engages a slanted surface of the corresponding end portion of the nasal belt.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

Goggles as set forth in claim 1, wherein the eyecups each have a peripheral wall having a rear edge face adapted to come into direct contact with a wearer's face.