Patent ID: 6883184
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A visual protective apparatus for swimming which has a pair of lenses and a nose-bridge interconnecting the midline ends of said pair of lenses, said apparatus comprising: a) a flexible connecting band having a midline, first through-holes on lateral longitudinal ends of said flexible connecting band, and second through-holes spaced towards the midline from said first through-holes; and b) supporting members formed at the midline end of each of said pair of lenses, said supporting members adapted to connect said pair of lenses with said flexible connecting band therebetween, wherein each said supporting member comprises a knob extending from the midline ends of each of said pair of lenses, said knob having a front surface and a rear surface opposite to the front surface, a supporting hook member having an outer surface, an inner surface opposite to the outer surface, a blunt end, and a hook end, said hook end disposed opposite to the blunt end and extending laterally, and a bar member connecting the rear surface of said knob to the outer surface of said supporting hook member, and wherein each end of said lateral longitudinal ends of said flexible connecting band is supported by a respective one of said supporting members by passing said blunt end of each of said supporting hook members through a respective one of said first through-holes of said flexible connecting band, and then pushing said hook end of said supporting hook member through a respective one of said second through-holes of said flexible connecting band by stretching a portion of said flexible connecting band between each of said first through-holes and each of said second through-holes so that each of said first through-holes comes to rest around a respective one of said supporting members.