Patent ID: 6516474
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A pair of swimming goggles for use by a human wearer with a face, two eye sockets and a nose having a bridge portion, the goggles comprising:two lenses each made of rigid material and each including a main portion and an engaging portion, each of the main portions being larger than one of said eye sockets; and two frames made of soft material and connected to each other by a connecting portion therebetween, each said frame including a ring portion for receiving the main portion of an associated one of said lenses, each said frame further including a padding and sealing portion on an inner side thereof relative to the wearer, the padding and sealing portion being engaged with the engaging portion of an associated said lens and being larger than an associated one of said eye sockets, the two padding and sealing portion located apart from each other to define a space therebetween adapted to receive the bridge of the wearer's nose in spaced relationship from the connecting portion; wherein each said padding and sealing members is positionable in intimate contact with an area of the wearer's face surrounding the associated said eye socket and a lateral nose area of the wearer and not in contact with the bridge portion of the wearer's nose.