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US 6,145,133 AGranted
Swimming goggles
AssigneeTabata Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiromasa Sato, Shunji Fukasawa
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Abstract
Swimming goggles that include a pair of lens assemblies each having an inner end portion formed with a recess and an end wall extending forward. A bridge is formed at each end with an outer leg, an inner leg and an intermediate leg. The outer leg is adapted to be firmly engaged with the recess of the lens assembly and cooperate with the inner leg to retain the end wall therebetween. The intermediate leg is adapted to be firmly engaged with a groove formed in the end wall. The swimming goggles thus constructed allow the bridge to be firmly engaged with the lens assemblies.
Claims7
Swimming goggles comprising
- a pair of lens assemblies each having transversely inner and outer ends;
- a bridge made of an elastic material to which said inner ends of the respective lens assemblies are coupled;
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- a head strap to which said outer ends of the respective lens assemblies are coupled
- each of said inner ends of said lens assemblies is provided with an end wall that extends forwardly of said respective lens assembly,
- each of said inner ends of said lens assemblies is further provided with a bridge receiving recess that lies adjacent said end wall and [extending] extends rearward from a front of said respective lens assembly, a forward end portion of each of said end walls is provided with a locking groove that has a width that is increased from a front thereof toward a rear thereof [rear;
- and]
- said bridge is provided with a pair of outer legs that lie at outermost opposite ends thereof which outer legs are configured to be insertable into the respective bridge receiving recesses
- said bridge is further provided with a pair of inner legs each located inwardly from said outer legs, each of said pair of inner legs being configured to cooperate with an adjacent one of said outer legs so as to receive and retain one of said end walls of said lens assemblies therebetween,
- said bridge is further provided with wedge structures that extend between said outer and inner legs and which have widths that are enlarged from front toward rear portions thereof so that said wedge structures can be firmly engaged with said locking grooves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.