Patent ID: 6381761
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A face mask for diving which comprises:a lens frame having a pair of annular portions intersecting each other at an intersection point provided along upper edges thereof and extending downward from the intersection point so as to describe a substantially inverted V-shaped region; a pair of lenses surrounded by the annular portions of the lens frame; a skirt extending reward from peripheral portions of the pair of lenses; a head band extending rearward from laterally opposite ends of said lens frame so as to form a loop; and a nose cover defined by a portion of the skirt that extends across the inverted V-shaped region of the lens frame, the nose cover including a pair of side walls and a bottom wall, and the lens frame having inner and outer peripheral surfaces at least inside and outside the annular portions, and an inner surface extending between the inner and outer peripheral surfaces and confronting the face of a person wearing the face mask, a portion of the skirt contiguous to respective proximal ends of the side walls of the nose cover being curved along the annular portions of the lens frame and closely in contact with the inner peripheral surface and the inner surface.