Including Temple Element Patents (Class 2/448)
  • Patent number: 11690762
    Abstract: Protective eyewear lens assemblies include one or more metal-detectable components and a lens body. The lens body is formed from a polymeric material and the one or more metal-detectable component are permanently encapsulated on, along or within the lens body. Protective eyewear including such lens assemblies and methods of manufacture are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Gateway Safety, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Love, Bonnie K. San
  • Patent number: 11517479
    Abstract: Goggles include a goggle frame, a goggle strap, and a goggle strap connector. The goggle strap has a direction of strap tension when the goggles are worn by a user. The goggle strap connector includes a female bracket and a male bracket. The female bracket is directly coupled to the goggle frame or the goggle strap, including first and second bracket walls, a channel defined between the bracket walls, projections, and recesses. The male bracket is configured to mateably couple to the female bracket, including a sliding bar and an enlarged bar end. First movement of the goggle strap in the strap tension direction may move at least one of the bar bumps of the enlarged bar end past at least one of the projections to position the at least one of the bar bumps within at least one of the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BELL SPORTS, INC.
    Inventors: Ximena Prugue, David M. Thompson
  • Patent number: 9709818
    Abstract: An eyeglasses with quick detachable temple has a lens and two temples. Opposite sides at both ends of the lens are defined as terminal sides respectively, and recesses are formed on the terminal sides respectively. Each recess is formed with a first and second protrusions, and a first and second niches, wherein the first protrusion is opposite to the second protrusion. The first and second niches are adjacent to the first and second protrusions respectively. A distance between the first and second niches is greater than a distance between top ends of the first and second protrusions. Each temple has a wedge unit, and the shape of the wedge unit is corresponding to the shape of the recess. The wedge unit comprises a shallow groove wall, a deep groove wall, a settling bump, and a wedging bump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: ASWAN INTERNATIONAL CORP.
    Inventor: Yung-An Chen
  • Patent number: 8959669
    Abstract: Goggles include a frame, a lens and a pair of left and right belt arms. On the frame a first stop hole is provided each left and right of a middle of each of an upper frame and a lower frame of the frame. The lens has an upper side and a lower side each of which is provided with a second stop hole at a position corresponding to each first stop hole in the frame. Each of the pair of left and right belt arms has bifurcated portions, and each end of the bifurcated portions is provided with a lock mechanism. The frame and the lens are placed on each other and the respective first and second stop holes are aligned. By the mechanisms of the belt arms, the first and second stop holes are brought into either a lock state to secure the frame, the lens and the pair of left and right belt arms, or an unlock state where the lock state is released to separate them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Yamamoto Kogaku Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Tominaga, Shinichi Hadehara
  • Patent number: 8893314
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sport goggle that includes a latching mechanism for a user to quickly release a lens from a frame without tools. The lens is released from the frame by pressing a button surface which bends a spring member in the frame unlocking the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Dye Precision, Inc.
    Inventors: Vic Chen, Yestin Wang
  • Patent number: 8850627
    Abstract: Swimming goggles includes a frame body, lenses, buckles disposed at opposite end portions of the frame body, and a head strap passed through the buckles. The frame body forms shielding portions at outer sides of the frame body. The buckles have bases and operating devices being shielded by the shielding portions. The operating devices are operated through the shielding portions so as to adjust the head strap and prevent a wearer's hair from being snapped and provide a comfort wearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Global Esprit Inc.
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 8555425
    Abstract: Aquatic goggles may incorporate a pair of eyepieces, a nosebridge extending between the eyepieces, and a headstrap. In some configurations, at least one of the eyepieces includes a lens, a gasket extending around the lens, and an extension member extending outward from the lens. The extension member defines a strap connection point, with a distance along the extension member and between the lens and the strap connection point being at least three centimeters, and the headstrap is secured to the strap connection point. In other configurations, a fairing extends outward from the lens, and a majority of the fairing may be located within an outer area of the lens. In further configurations, the gasket defines an indentation with varying depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Louis Keegan
  • Patent number: 8418323
    Abstract: A buckle includes a coupling block engaged with a body of swimming/diving goggles. A pressing block is mounted to an outer side of the coupling block. A pin is mounted to an inner side of the pressing block and has a spacing to a pressing edge of an insertion hole of the coupling block. The inner side of the pressing block includes first and second surfaces. A fulcrum is located between the first and second surfaces and abuts a pressing face on the outer side of the pressing block. A section of a head strap is received in the insertion hole and wound around the pin. The pressing block can be pivoted about the fulcrum to move the pin away from the pressing edge of the coupling block to increase the spacing between the pin and the pressing edge, allowing loosening of the head strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: Terry Chou
  • Patent number: 8407820
    Abstract: A buckle includes a base having a plate. A compartment is defined between upper and lower walls of the plate. A front end of a pressing board is engaged with a front end of the plate. A rear end of the pressing board includes a pressing face and two guiding faces. An operating button is received in the compartment and includes a resilient section having upper and lower buttons extending through slots in the upper and lower walls. The operating button can be pressed to cause two pressing surfaces of the resilient section to press against the guiding faces of the pressing board for moving the pressing board rearward relative to the base, disengaging the pressing face of the pressing board from the head strap to permit the head strap to move in a reverse direction for loosening the head strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Inventor: Terry Chou
  • Publication number: 20130074249
    Abstract: A buckle includes a base having a plate. A compartment is defined between upper and lower walls of the plate. A front end of a pressing board is engaged with a front end of the plate. A rear end of the pressing board includes a pressing face and two guiding faces. An operating button is received in the compartment and includes a resilient section having upper and lower buttons extending through slots in the upper and lower walls. The operating button can be pressed to cause two pressing surfaces of the resilient section to press against the guiding faces of the pressing board for moving the pressing board rearward relative to the base, disengaging the pressing face of the pressing board from the head strap to permit the head strap to move in a reverse direction for loosening the head strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Terry Chou
  • Publication number: 20130047322
    Abstract: A combination headgear and eyewear system including eyewear that magnetically attaches to the headgear. A magnetic ball and disc joint allows the eyewear to pivot on the headgear and into a position wherein the eyewear rests upon a user's face. Adjustable temples allow the eyewear to be configured so to accommodate a large range of head sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Donald Scott PEEBLES
  • Patent number: 8359673
    Abstract: A swimming goggle having connector members which are formed by a material which is flexible, elastically deformable and has rigidity as well as hardness higher than those of the head strap where each of the eye cups is formed on its laterally outer portion with a sloped guide depression and a stopper extending in the vertical direction so as to straddle the guide depression, and the connector member has a front end segment adapted to be connected the eye cup and a rear end segment adapted to be connected with the head strap wherein the front end segment is formed with a latching detent adapted to be engaged with the stopper while the rear end segment is formed with an insertion hole through which the head strap is inserted so that the connector member is inserted with its rear end segment ahead into a gap between the guide depression and the stopper until the latching detent is engaged with the stopper to connect the connector member to the eye cup in a detachable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Tabata Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunji Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 8316470
    Abstract: A goggle is disclosed having a frame with upper and lower frame portions with the upper frame portion being substantially more rigid than the lower frame portion. A fastener secures the upper perimeter of a lens to the upper frame portion. The lower portion includes slots receiving tabs extending from opposing sides of a notch in the lens for receiving the wearer's nose. The fastener includes an elongate member insertable within a slot formed in the lens and rotatable to a crosswise position hindering removal of the elongate member from the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Smith Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph R. McNeal, George T. Giroux
  • Patent number: 8312603
    Abstract: A buckle includes a base engaged with a body of swimming/diving goggle. A head strap is extended through a slot in a rear end of the base. A cover is engaged with the body. A space is defined between the cover and the base. A button is mounted in a groove of the cover and made of flexible material. An engagement plate is formed on the button and includes a catch releasably engaging with teeth of the head strap. First and second supporting points are defined between the button and the base. A pressing section is formed between the first and second supporting points. The catch can be disengaged from the teeth of the head strap to allow movement of the head strap in a loosening direction by pressing the pressing section or manually moving the grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Inventor: Terry Chou
  • Patent number: 8286271
    Abstract: Swimming goggles include a frame body, lenses received in the frame body, and buckles assembled on left and right sides of the frame body. Each buckle has a first cover and a second cover assembled together, and a manipulation element assembled between the first cover and the second cover. The manipulation element has a base bar, a pressing plate formed on an end of the base bar, and two control arms integrally formed on an opposite end of the base bar. Flexible branches respectively extend from the two control arms, and further connect with the base bar. When the free ends of the two control arms are pressed, the branches are pressed and deformed, the base bar being forced to move the pressing plate to a side with an end of the pressing plate as a fulcrum, whereby the pressing plate disengages from the groove of the head strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 8266725
    Abstract: Swimming goggles include a left frame, a right frame, a connecting member connecting the left frame and the right frame, a strap mechanism assembled on outward sides of the left frame and the right frame, and control members. The strap mechanism includes a head strap defining a plurality of stop grooves therein. Each control member has an engaging portion for engaging with the left frame/the right frame, an operating portion formed opposite to the engaging portion, a pivot portion provided between the engaging portion and the operating portion, and a bias portion near a side of the operating portion for abutting against stop grooves of the head strap. The pivot portion abuts against the bases of the strap mechanism and drives the operating portion upward. When the operating portion is pushed inward, the bias portion displaces inward correspondingly and disengages from the stop grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 8230528
    Abstract: Swimming goggles include a frame body, lenses received in the frame body, and buckles assembled on a left side and a right side of the frame body. Each buckle includes a first cover and a second cover assembled together for accommodating and positioning a head strap, and a manipulation element mounted between the first cover and the second cover. The manipulation element has a bias bar and a manual bar interacting with each other to form an L shape for pivoting the first cover with the second cover according to the lever principle, a link arm extending axially from the manual bar, and a first flexible arm and a second flexible arm extending obliquely from opposite ends of the link arm in opposite direction. The first flexible arm and a second flexible arm respectively form a first pressing portion and a second pressing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Global Esprit Inc.
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 8225430
    Abstract: Swimming goggles have a frame unit, lenses and buckles assembled on the frame unit, and at least a head strap with a plurality of stop grooves. Each buckle comprises an abutting arm having a stop end, an operating lever being movable transversely and bringing the abutting arm to move, and an offset portion between the abutting arm and the operating lever. When the operating lever moves transversely, the offset portion makes the stop end of the abutting arm move upward or downward to abut or release the stop grooves of the head strap. The swimming goggles adjust length of the head strap easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 8196227
    Abstract: A goggle and a strap assembly method thereof are provided. The goggle includes an eyeglass, a frame and at least one strap. The frame receives and secures the eyeglass therein and is bilaterally provided with a pair of engaging portions each having a through hole. The strap has at least one connecting portion and is passed through the through hole of a corresponding one of the engaging portions of the frame. The connecting portion of the strap is provided with a resisting portion which makes the connecting portion slightly larger than an opening of each of the through holes, so that the strap which is passed through the through hole of a corresponding one of the engaging portions can be securely attached to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: High Rainbow Ent. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Sheng Chen, Shu-Han Huang
  • Patent number: 8122521
    Abstract: Swimming goggles include a left frame, a right frame and a connecting member integrally shaped, a pair of lenses received in the left frame and the right frame, buckles assembled on outward sides of the left frame and the right frame, and a nose support. The lenses respectively have first latches beside outward sides of the left frame and the right frame, and second latches beside inward sides of the left frame and the right frame. The buckles form first embedding portions for mounting with the first latches of the lenses. The nose support forms second embedding portions for assembling with the second latches of the lenses. During manufacturing, the nose support, the buckles and the lenses are assembled together, and are then shaped with the left frame, the right frame and the connecting member when the left frame, the right frame and the connecting member are shaped integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 8117673
    Abstract: Swimming goggles include two clamp frames, two frame bodies, two lenses respectively received in the receiving slots of the frame bodies, pressing devices for pressing the first arm and the second arm to close, and a head strap. Each clamp frame defines a passageway, and has an assembling portion on an inward side thereof. A first arm and a second arm respectively extend from the clamp frame and opposite to the assembling portion. A slit is defined between joint surfaces of the first arm and the second arm and is located adjacent a user's temple when being worn. A stem extends from an end of the first arm/the second arm. An engaging portion is formed at an end of the stem. The frame bodies are respectively assembled on the passageways of the clamp frames. A receiving slot is defined in an inner surface of each frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 8051502
    Abstract: Swimming goggles are provided which include an integral left and right frames and nose bridge. The integral left and right frames and nose bridge include an outer frame and an inner frame. The outer frame includes front sections of the left and right frames, and a front section of the nose bridge. The inner frame includes rear sections of the left and right frames, and a rear section of the nose bridge. Lenses are received in the left and right frames of the outer frame and the inner frame. Pads are made of soft material and are assembled on the rear sections of the left and right frames. The outer frame and the inner frame are made of different material or of the same material with different rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 8042199
    Abstract: Swimming goggles are provided which have a frame unit, buckle units and a head strap assembled on the buckle units. The frame unit includes a left frame and a right frame respectively around a user's eyes, a connecting member detachably connecting the left frame and the right frame, and lenses assembled on the left frame and the right frame. First connecting portions are provided on sides of the left frame and the right frame. Each buckle unit includes at least a base, and a second connecting portion for engaging to or disengaging from the first connecting portion. The base defines directing holes therein for guiding the head strap. The connecting member, the first connecting portions and the second connecting portions are able to be assembled and disassembled such that the connecting member and the buckle units are assembled to or disassembled from the left frame and the right frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 8028350
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of eyewear provided for advantageous use in sports and work, as well as in casual activity. According to one embodiment, an eyeglass can include a frame and an eyecup assembly coupled to the frame. The eyecup assembly can include a resilient side member that has a first proximal portion that is fixed relative to the frame and a second distal portion that is movable relative to the frame and biased toward the frame. The eyecup assembly can also include an adjustment mechanism that is coupled to the resilient side member and positioned at least partially between the resilient side member and the frame. The adjustment mechanism can be selectively operable to flex the resilient side member to move the second distal portion away from the frame and to un-flex the resilient side member to move the second distal portion toward the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Pan-Optx, Inc.
    Inventor: John E. G. Hogen
  • Patent number: 7992228
    Abstract: Protective eyewear includes a frame having a first and second opposing sides and an eye protector joined with the frame. A flexible strap is joined with the first and second sides of the frame. The strap extends around at least a portion of a player's head to position the eye protector over the player's eyes. A connector is rotatably joined with the first side of the frame so that the connector rotates in a plane generally parallel to a temple of the player. The connector is joined with the strap so that the strap can rotate relative to the frame and includes a limiter that limits the rotation of the connector. A strap diverter is adjustably positioned along the strap and divides the strap into first and second strap portions that extend at an angle relative to one another and define a space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Warrior Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Eduard U. Milea, Kyle L. Lamson
  • Patent number: 7921476
    Abstract: Swimming goggles include a frame unit, lenses assembled on the frame unit, and a strap unit. The strap unit comprises at least a head strap with at least a free end, and a buckle for securing and adjusting the head strap. The free end defines a plurality of stop grooves therein. The buckle includes a base and a press portion movable radially relative to the base. The base has a first axis and a second axis respectively formed on opposing ends thereof for supporting the head straps. A first abut portion and a second abut portion are formed on the base. The press portion comprises a first stop portion and a second stop portion, an operating portion between the first stop portion and the second stop portion, and a first branch and a second branch respectively on opposite sides of the operating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 7921523
    Abstract: A buckle set, two of which pair off for being inset in frame of the swimming goggles on two sides so that a strap can be inserted in the buckle sets for fastening the swimming goggles on user's face. Structure of the present invention features a 2nd bump, which keeps the buckle in effective spacing even when the buckle is loaded with force and thus keeping the buckle well covered by the buckle hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: First Rank Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shu-Fang Chou
  • Patent number: 7908668
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to safety eyewear disposed in a safety helmet and including a transparent panel for positioning in front of the eyes of the wearer. At each side of the panel, arms are provided which, at their ends are pivotally connected, on the one hand to the panel and, on the other hand, to the helmet. The arms also each have an interjacent joint at a point between their respective ends. The disclosure also relates to a safety helmet provided with safety eyewear in accordance with the foregoing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Svenska Aktiebolag
    Inventor: Jan Folkesson
  • Patent number: 7900281
    Abstract: In a protective device for the human body, in particular a bow-type ear protector, a pair of safety work goggles, or the like, that includes a joint between two parts that are to be joined in articulated fashion that is formed by a film hinge in the form of a strap hinge injection-molded integrally with the parts to be joined, it is provided that in addition to the first strap hinge, a second strap hinge, also injection-molded integrally with the parts to be joined, is provided, which can be folded up and which is disposed in the joint region at a spacing from the first strap hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Cordula Wozniak
  • Patent number: 7895679
    Abstract: Goggles include a lens frame and connection arms for a wearing belt. The connection arms are provided respectively at right and left parts on a side of a front surface of the lens frame. Each of the connection arms is selectively kept in a state that the arm overlaps and rests on the front surface of the lens frame, or in a state that the arm stays at a position with a space from the front surface of the lens frame after having moved rotationally on its inner end from the front surface of the lens frame outwardly. The goggles provide a preferable fitted comfortability to a wearer's face regardless of whether he uses a helmet or not and regardless of the thickness of the inner liner of the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Yamamoto Kogaku Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuya Takeshi, Rintaro Inui
  • Publication number: 20110000007
    Abstract: Protective eyewear is configured so that interior surfaces are associated with visual characteristics based on a use environment. Eyewear includes an interior surface having two or three horizontal zones that are assigned colors, gray levels, color coordinates, or other characteristics based on playing surface characteristics. Upper, middle, and lower interior portions can be associated with blue, green, and brown, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER S. PAGE, ALAN W. REICHOW, KARL M. CITEK
  • Patent number: 7861325
    Abstract: A pair of swimming goggles includes a body having a strap coupling section formed on each of two sides thereof. Each strap coupling section includes front and rear faces, with upper and lower grooves formed in the front face. Each groove includes a slot in an outer end thereof and a through-hole in an inner end thereof. The slots and the through-holes extend from the front face through the rear face. A head strap includes two ends each extending in sequence through one of the slots, one of the grooves, one of the through-holes, the other through-hole, the other groove, and the other slot, with the head strap forming upper and lower clamping sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Terry Chou
  • Patent number: 7823224
    Abstract: A mask is described herein that uses correlated magnets which enable a person to easily secure and remove the mask to and from their head. Some examples of such a mask include a scuba mask, a welding mask, a fencing mask, a goalie mask, a paint mask, a paintball mask, a catcher's mask, a ski mask, a goalie mask, an oxygen mask, a surgical mask, a face shield, a filter mask, a theatrical mask, a costume mask, a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Cedar Ridge Research LLC.
    Inventors: Larry W. Fullerton, Mark D. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7823226
    Abstract: A strap adjusting device includes a buckle having two through-holes spaced by a partitioning wall. A pressing member is slideably and rotatably received in each through-hole. The pressing members are movable relative to the buckle to adjust a distance between each pressing member and a pressing edge in each through-hole. At least one resilient strap is mounted to a body of a pair of swimming goggles and includes two ends each of which is wound around one of the pressing members. The strap is pullable to adjust tightness of the strap when the pair of swimming goggles is worn on the head of the user. The pulling force acting on the strap urges each pressing member to move toward one of the pressing edges to tightly clamp the strap and to fix a length of the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Inventor: Terry Chou
  • Patent number: 7810175
    Abstract: Swimming goggles have a left frame and a right frame respectively receiving lenses therein, a connecting bridge between the left frame and the right frame, a head strap, and buckles for supporting the head strap. Each buckle comprises an assembling frame and a strap frame pivotably assembled to each other. The assembling frame includes a pivoting shaft, an abutting arm extending from the pivoting shaft, and a resilient arm extending from the pivoting shaft and opposite to the abutting arm. Branches respectively extend from opposite sides of the resilient arm. A first controlling arm and a second controlling arm are formed on outward sides of the assembling frame and adjacent to the branches for controlling the branches. The strap frame defines a pivoting orifice for pivoting to the pivoting shaft, and a guiding hole for guiding the head strap. The head strap is operated by a couple of fingers, making manual operation ergonomic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 7797765
    Abstract: An eyewear system includes a frame having a lens channel configured to slidably receive the lens and an opening to allow the lens to be inserted into the lens channel. The system further includes a lens configured to be slidably received into the lens channel of the frame and a latch to releasably secure the lens in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Musal, Craig M. Lawrence, Aaron A. Henningsgaard, Eamon Briggs
  • Patent number: 7698751
    Abstract: Swimming goggles include a left frame, a right frame, hard holding frames and strap elements. A connecting portion connects the left frame and the right frame. The left frame and right frame are both formed of soft material. Each of the left frame and the right frame includes an inner surface, and an outer surface, and an intermediate surface between the inner surface and the outer surface. Lenses are received between the inner surfaces and the outer surfaces of the left frame and right frame. Hard holding frames respectively clamp the left frame and right frame. Strap elements are formed on outward lateral sides of the hard holding frames for receiving a head strap. Pads are provided on the left frame and the right frame for comfortably contacting users. The connecting portion is flexible so that fitting to various users with different face profiles without hazard of water leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 7681256
    Abstract: A mask is described herein that uses correlated magnets which enable a person to easily secure and remove the mask to and from their head. Some examples of such a mask include a scuba mask, a welding mask, a fencing mask, a goalie mask, a paint mask, a paintball mask, a catcher's mask, a ski mask, a goalie mask, an oxygen mask, a surgical mask, a face shield, a filter mask, a theatrical mask, a costume mask, a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Cedar Ridge Research, LLC.
    Inventors: Larry W. Fullerton, Mark D. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7647650
    Abstract: Swimming goggles include a couple of reticulate holding frames connected by a bridge, a couple of frames assembled in the reticulate holding frames, a couple of eyeglasses assembled in the frames, and fasteners. The reticulate holding frames are made of rigid material. Each reticulate holding frame forms a first and a second locking annulus corresponding to each other. Each reticulate holding frame defines an assembling opening in outward sides of the first and the second locking annulus. A first and a second connecting sheets respectively extend from opposing sides of the assembling opening and are assembled together when the swimming goggles are assembled. The frames are made of soft material and are assembled in the reticulate holding frames. The fasteners are assembled on the first and the second connecting sheets of the reticulate holding frames, and press the first and the second connecting sheets in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Publication number: 20090260136
    Abstract: A goggle and a strap assembly method thereof are provided. The goggle includes an eyeglass, a frame and at least one strap. The frame receives and secures the eyeglass therein and is bilaterally provided with a pair of engaging portions each having a through hole. The strap has at least one connecting portion and is passed through the through hole of a corresponding one of the engaging portions of the frame. The connecting portion of the strap is provided with a resisting portion which makes the connecting portion slightly larger than an opening of each of the through holes, so that the strap which is passed through the through hole of a corresponding one of the engaging portions can be securely attached to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Wei-Sheng CHEN, Shu-Han Huang
  • Patent number: 7490365
    Abstract: Swimming goggles, wherein belts are fitted to an eye protective eye cup portion, a mounting/dismounting mechanism for mounting and dismounting the goggles on and from a head part is fitted to the belts, whereby since the mounting/dismounting mechanism for mounting and dismounting the goggles on and from the head part is fitted to the belt fitted to the eye cup part, a user can mount and dismount the goggles on and from the head part by merely slightly pulling the belt to connect and disconnect the mounting/dismounting mechanism, and must not extend the belt by pulling to such a length as to provide an allowance for installation on the head, and the swimming goggle making it hard for hairs to be disturbed more than before when installed on the head part can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Yamamoto Kogaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Matsumoto, Katsuya Takeshi, Hirofumi Tominaga
  • Patent number: 7469423
    Abstract: A multi layered lens protection system applied to protective eyewear is disclosed. Wherein safety glasses have been made receptive to a plurality of transparent lens protectors by means of two extruding posts located on the front of the main lens and the dimensionally corresponding, specifically designed notches located on the protector. As the outermost protector becomes soiled, a simple pinching motion exerted upon the entire protector, releases it from the posts, revealing another clean protector and thereby restoring a clear view. Whereby the design of the lens protectors, which eliminates the presences of tabs or extensions, facilitates and dictates this pinching motion and in turn provides a most precise and efficient manner of grasping each outermost or soiled protector in order to achieve rapid vision restoration and therefore continuous eye protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Inventor: Scott Lafayette Hughes
  • Patent number: 7444689
    Abstract: Swimming goggles include a soft lens frame with an inner section and an outer section, a hard holding frame with an upper body and a lower body, biasing blocks for pressing the upper body and the lower body, and a strap element with a head strap. The inner section defines receiving slots for receiving eyeglasses therein. A mask-like protective pad is integrated with the inner section. The outer section forms at least a stuffing portion. The holding frame clamps the outer section of the lens frame. At least a hollow-cutting portion is formed on the holding frame and corresponds to the stuffing portion respectively. The swimming goggles have reduced weight and sound flexibility because of the hollow-cutting portions, and fit to users' faces and noses suitably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Publication number: 20080263753
    Abstract: Swimming goggles include a couple of reticulate holding frames connected by a bridge, a couple of frames assembled in the reticulate holding frames, a couple of eyeglasses assembled in the frames, and fasteners. The reticulate holding frames are made of rigid material. Each reticulate holding frame forms a first and a second locking annulus corresponding to each other. Each reticulate holding frame defines an assembling opening in outward sides of the first and the second locking annulus. A first and a second connecting sheets respectively extend from opposing sides of the assembling opening and are assembled together when the swimming goggles are assembled. The frames are made of soft material and are assembled in the reticulate holding frames. The fasteners are assembled on the first and the second connecting sheets of the reticulate holding frames, and press the first and the second connecting sheets in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Herman Chiang
  • Patent number: 7356854
    Abstract: Eyewear such as goggles having a frame made of a first material and a pair of side mounting tabs secured to the frame at the respective opposite side ends thereof for attachment with a head support such as a head strap. The side mounting tabs are made of a second material which is resilient in order to provide a flexibility of the tabs to allow the tabs to flip over such that the user can comfortably wear the goggles with or without a helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Inventor: Neville Sheldon
  • Patent number: 7343631
    Abstract: A goggles structure reduces its overall weight and rigidity to improve the comfort of wearing, which provides better ventilation and prevents its wearing without a lens. The goggles comprise a goggles frame including a frame and a connecting section, a lens, a pair of head strap connecting means, and a head strap. At least one hanging hook is protruded from the top of the frame. A plurality of hanging holes corresponding to the hanging hooks is disposed at the top and bottom of the lens for fixing the lens onto the frame. The head strap latches the head strap connecting means onto both sides of the lens for preventing the lens from falling out accidentally. When the goggles are not used, the latching force disappears and allows its removal for cleaning. A ventilation structure disposed inside the lens is provided to prevent splattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Gazelle Corporation
    Inventor: Titan Lin
  • Patent number: 7331065
    Abstract: A device to aid in shifting a pair of goggles is disclosed. The device comprises two belt-connecting units attached to two lateral edges of a goggles frame, respectively. Each of the belt-connecting units is composed of abutted rigid member and flexible member, which are made of different materials. The rigid members are attached to the lateral edges of the goggles frame, respectively. Each of the flexible members has an elastic linkage part extending therefrom for connection with an elastic belt. As a result, the elastic linkage parts are flexibly deformable so as to provide convenience and comfort in shifting the goggles worn on the user's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Inventor: Chih-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 7322051
    Abstract: A headband fastening structure for ski goggles includes a lens fitted in a goggle frame and a headband. The lens and having a pair of extending segments on opposite sides, each extending segments is provided with a wedge portion upwardly sloped toward the front thereof and a recess on one side adjacent the goggle frame. A fixing hole is provided on each of the fastening segments, wherein each of the inset segments extending along the inner side of each of the fastening segments with a predetermined interval. The insert segments are inserted into the respective recesses of the extending segments of the lens. Each fixing holes is pushed toward the corresponding wedge portion smoothly and gradually along the slope of the wedge portion until the fixing hole retains the wedge portion firmly. The ski goggles and the headband are thus assembled together and positioned in a prompt and steady manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Day Sun Industrial Corp.
    Inventor: Ching-Hsiang Wang
  • Patent number: 7296306
    Abstract: A pair of swimming/diving goggles includes a goggle body, a buckle, and a head strap. A wall delimiting a through-hole in the goggle body includes a pressing face. A pin is mounted to the buckle. An end of the head strap extends through the through-hole, a gap between the pin and an inner face of the buckle, and then extending through the through-hole again. When an outer portion of the head strap is pulled and then released, a clamping force provided by an inner portion of the head strap moves the pin to a position in which the head strap is tightly clamped between the pin and the pressing face. When the buckle is moved toward an inner end of the through-hole, a gap between the pin and the pressing face becomes larger to allow loosening of the head strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Inventor: Terry Chou
  • Patent number: 7260850
    Abstract: Eyewear, such as goggles, includes a frame, a lens supported by the frame, and an outrigger that is pivotally mounted to sides of the frame. An elastic band is mounted to the outrigger. The elastic band is made from two band arms that are connected on one end to form a loop, and at the opposite end, the arms have loose ends, but can be attached and detached from the outrigger. The attachable and detachable aspect of the band provides the opportunity to interchange the band when the band is worn or broken, or alternatively, a completely different style of band can be used with the eyewear. For example, a traditional looking band having a stretchable elastic textile band can be substituted for the band with two arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: K-2 Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Ambuske, Andrew Logan, Scott McManigal