Patent ID: 8281417
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
1. A mask for aquatic activities, which comprises a relatively rigid frame carrying at least one transparent lens, a flexible skirt joined to a perimeter of the frame for covering substantially the user's face and forming a watertight seal therewith, the skirt substantially surrounding each eye portion of the mask and including a nosepiece which covers the nose in its entirety, a strap for holding the mask against a user's head, the strap having opposing ends, and buckles mounted to the strap, one buckle in proximity to each strap end, for adjusting the length of the strap, the buckles being joined respectively to lateral sides of the frame by brackets formed in and with the lateral frame sides, adjacent the at least one lens, the brackets extending from the lateral sides, wherein the brackets are made of a flexible material such that one or more grooves formed in outwardly facing sides of the brackets, and lying parallel to the plane of the at least one lens, facilitate folding of the brackets inwardly into a generally parallel relationship with the lens.