Swim goggles with twistable nosebridge
AssigneeSharp Plastics Manufacturing Ltd.
InventorJoseph Haslbeck
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Abstract
Eye goggles comprising left hand and right hand eyepieces and a nosebridge interconnecting inner portions of the eyepieces. The nosebridge has at least two filaments, each filament having left hand and right hand end portions cooperating with respective eyepieces. A headband cooperates with outer portions of the eyepieces to extend therebetween. Spacing between the eyepieces is adjusted by positioning the goggles in a generally operative position and rotating one eyepiece relative to the other eyepiece through at least one revelation so that portions of the filaments are twisted together, thus tending to reduce spacing between the eyepieces.
Claims22
A nosebridge for eye goggles comprising:
- (a) left hand and right hand connector portions which are connectable to respective eyepieces of the goggles;
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- (b) first and second filaments, each filament having left and right hand end portions connected to the respective connector portions, the end portions being spaced laterally apart and having root portions which flare smoothly from an adjacent end portion of the filament to merge smoothly with the respective connector portion through a generally conical fillet whereby the root portions are non-hingedly connected to the connector portion to extend rigidly therefrom.
A nosebridge as claimed in claim 5 in which each connector portion thereof comprises:
- (a) a projection;
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- (b) the root portions have an overall size greater than the projection to provide at least one connector shoulder, the connector shoulder extending from at least one face of the projection and being locatable against a respective eyepiece to provide a rigid connection therewith.
Eye goggles comprising:
- (a) left hand and right hand eyepieces, the eyepieces having inner portions and outer portions;
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- (b) a nosebridge for interconnecting the inner portions of the eyepieces, the nosebridge having left hand and right hand connector portions and first and second filaments, each filament having left hand and right hand end portions connected to the respective connector portions;
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- (c) a headband cooperating with outer portions of the eyepieces to extend therebetween.
A method of adjusting spacing between two eyepieces of eye goggles, in which the eyepieces are interconnected with at least two filaments, the method comprising:
- (a) positioning the goggles in a generally operative position;
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- (b) rotating one eyepiece relative to the other eyepiece through at least one revolution so that portions of the filaments are twisted together, thus tending to reduce spacing between the eyepieces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.