Patent Publication Number: US-7210175-B2

Title: Swimming goggles

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
   The present invention relates to a pair of swimming goggles, and particularly to a pair of swimming goggles comprising glass frames made of flexible material, wherein eyeglasses received therein and through reticulate clipping frames and fasteners to assembled together. 
   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   Formations of swimming goggles are various but are generally classified as three types in accordance with means of assembling eyeglasses, that is, an integral formation in which the eyeglass is integral with a glass frame, an embedding formation in which the eyeglass is integrally embedded in the glass frame, and an assembling formation in which the eyeglass is assembled to a veil-shaped protection pad and then is assembled to the glass frame and fixed by a fastener. However, in the above formations of the conventional swimming goggles, the glass frame is made of rigid material. Since the glass frame is a main body of a pair of swimming goggles and takes up almost half weight of the pair of swimming goggles, the weight of the pair of swimming goggles is hard to reduce and so cannot provide light and comfortable wearing. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a pair of swimming goggles with two glass frames made of flexible material and two clipping frames made of light material for reducing weight of swimming goggles thereby providing light and comfortable wearing. 
   To achieve the above object, a pair of swimming goggles includes: 
   two reticulate clipping frames each having two snapping rings with a plurality of ribs connected therebetween, an assembling opening being defined in the outer side of the snapping ring, first and second connecting plates extending from the assembling opening and being connectable together; 
   a bridge connected between the clipping frames; 
   two glass frames made of flexible material and assembled in the clipping frame respectively, each glass frame having an outer surface and an inner surface, a receiving groove being defined in the inner surface, a plurality of positioning grooves is defined in the outer surface corresponding to the ribs of the clipping frame, two clipping grooves being defined in the glass frame corresponding to the snapping rings; 
   two eyeglasses received in the receiving grooves of the glass frames respectively; and 
   two fasteners assembled in the first and the second connecting plates of the clipping frame and at least including first and second covers which are engageable and provide connection with a strip. 
   Other objects, advantages and novel features of the present invention will be drawn from the following detailed embodiment of the present invention with attached drawings, in which: 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       FIG. 1  is a perspective exploded view of a pair of swimming goggles of the present invention; 
       FIG. 2  is an assembled view of  FIG. 1 ; 
       FIG. 3  is a front elevational view of  FIG. 2 ; 
       FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view of  FIG. 3  along line  4 — 4 ; and 
       FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional view of  FIG. 3  along line  5 — 5 . 
   

   DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
   Referring to  FIG. 1 , a pair of swimming goggles  1  includes two reticulate clipping frames  2 , a bridge  3 , two glass frames  4 , two eyeglasses  5  and two fasteners  6 . Each clipping frame  2  is formed with two snapping rings  20 ,  21 . A plurality of ribs  22  is connected between the snapping rings  20 ,  21 . The distance between the snapping rings  20 ,  21  is less than the length of the rib  22 . The ribs  22  are evenly spaced and parallel. An assembling opening  23  is respectively defined at the outer sides of the snapping rings  20 ,  21 . First and second connecting plates  24 ,  25  extend from the assembling openings  23  and are connectable together. Each connecting plate  24 ,  25  is defined with a first connecting member  26  which is an elongate hole, and a second connecting member  27  which is a semi-cylinder. When the first and the second connecting plates  24 ,  25  are closed together, the second connecting members  27  are combined to be a cylinder. The bridge  3  is connected between the clipping frames  2  and is integral with the clipping frames  2 . A flexible pad  30  is integrally formed at the bridge  3  for providing comfortable accommodation to a nose. 
   Each glass frame  4  is made of flexible material and is assembled in the corresponding clipping frame  2 . Each glass frame  4  has an outer surface  40  and an inner surface  41 . A receiving groove  42  is defined in the inner surface  41  for receiving the eyeglass  5 . A plurality of positioning grooves  43  is defined in the outer surface  41  corresponding to the ribs  22  of the clipping frame  2 . Two clipping grooves  44  are defined in the side edge of the glass frame  4  corresponding to the snapping rings  20 ,  21 . A protection pad  45  integrally extends from a side of the inner surface  41  for providing comfortable contact with a face. 
   The fastener  6  is assembled in the first and the second connecting plates  24 ,  25  of the clipping frame  2  thereby fixing the first and the second connecting plates  24 ,  25  together. Each fastener  6  includes a first cover  60  and a second cover  61  matable with the first cover  60 . The first cover  60  has a bottom surface  601  with a first jointing member  602  which is an elongate cylinder for connecting with the first connecting member  26 . A first engaging member  603  which is a recess is defined in opposite sides of the first cover  60  respectively. The second cover  61  has a bottom surface  611  and two side surfaces  612 ,  613 . The bottom surface  611  is disposed with a strip seat  610  for connecting with a strip (not shown). A second engaging member  614  is respectively defined in the side surfaces  612 ,  613  corresponding to the first engaging member  603  and is a protrusion for engaging with the first engaging member  603  thereby combining the first and the second covers  60 ,  61 . A second jointing member  615  is formed at the bottom surface  611  corresponding to the second connecting member  27  (semi-cylinder) and is a circular hole for receiving the second connecting members  27  when the first and the second connecting plates  24 ,  25  connect together. A barb  604  and a mating groove  616  matable to the clip  604  are respectively disposed at the front edges of the bottom surfaces  601 ,  611  of the first and the second covers  60 ,  61 . 
   In assembly, the eyeglasses  5  are respectively received in the receiving grooves  42  of the glass frames  4 . The glass frame  4  extends from the assembling opening  23  of the clipping frame  2  to the side of the clipping frame  2  connecting the bridge  3  thereby being received in the clipping frame  2 . Also referring to  FIGS. 3–5 , the ribs  22  of the clipping frame  2  are received in the positioning grooves  43  through the circular outer surface  40  of the glass frame  4  (see  FIG. 4 ). The snapping rings  20 ,  21  of the clipping frame  2  are received in the clipping grooves  44  of the glass frame  4  (see  FIG. 5 ) thereby effectively securing the glass frame  4 .The first jointing member  602  (elongate cylinder) of the first cover  60  is received in the first connecting member  26  (elongate hole) of the first and the second connecting plates  24 ,  25  thereby connecting the first and the second connecting plates  24 ,  25  together. The second connecting members  27  (semi-cylinder) are combined to be a cylinder and are received in the second jointing member  615  (circular hole) of the second cover  61 . The first engaging member  603  (recess) of the first cover  60  is engaged with the second engaging member  614  (protrusion) of the second cover  61 .The clip  604  is engaged with the mating groove  616  of the bottom surfaces  601 ,  611 . Therefore, the assembling opening  23  of the clipping frame  2  is closed thereby securely fixing the glass frame  4  and the eyeglass  5 . Thus, the glass frame  4  of the present invention is made of flexible material and the clipping frame  2  is made of light material for reducing weight of the pair of swimming goggles thereby providing light and comfortable wearing. 
   While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been set forth for the purpose of disclosure, modifications of the disclosed embodiment of the invention as well as other embodiments thereof may occur to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to cover all embodiments which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention.