Patent ID: 6560788
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
Goggles for swimming or diving (1) comprising:a lens (3) shaped according to a cylindrical surface with substantially rectilinear vertical generating lines with progressively variable radius of curvature, much greater corresponding to the front portion and less corresponding to the lateral portions, a frame (2) carrying the lens (3) and substantially shaped and disposed according to the same cylindrical surface of the said lens (3), a surround (8) carried by the frame (2) and capable, in use, of being applied hermetically on the face of a user, positioning being such that during use the lens (3) is kept very close to the surface of the user's face, characterized in that: the said frame (2) is formed from an annular body that is substantially flexible, made as a single piece with the said surround (8) by injection moulding of an elastomeric and preferably thermoplastic material, surround (8) has an annular shape that describes a single continuous perimeter, substantially in a horizontal figure-of-eight shape not closed at the centre, in use surrounding both eyes of the user, the said lens (3) consists of a substantially flexible sheet with a peripheral edge formed with a large number of through-holes (9, 9a, 9b) and embedded hermetically by simultaneous moulding in the said frame (2).