Patent ID: 6859947

Claim:
A buckle assembly for adjusting the length of a flexible band of swimming goggles, comprising: a) a buckle body further comprised of a band support portion onto which a flexible band having a plurality of stop members longitudinally disposed along said band, is wound; and b) a slider connected to said buckle body for slidably moving between a first position and a second position with respect to said band support portion, said slider having a band pressing piece which presses and holds the flexible band against said band support portion at said first position, thereby one of said flexible band stop members being stopped by said band pressing piece and said slider being moved to said second position when said flexible band is extended by being pulled, and another of said flexible band stop members being stopped by said band pressing piece and said slider being moved to said first position when said flexible band contracts by being released from pulling; wherein said buckle body comprises a rectangular frame having a first side and a second side which are parallel with each other and a third side and a fourth side which are parallel with each other, a first stopper formed on said first side of said rectangular frame to set said first position of said slider, and a second stopper formed on said second side of said rectangular frame to set said second position of said slider; and wherein said slider comprises a pair of hook pieces which are slidably connected to said buckle body on said third and fourth sides and stopped at said first position and said second position by said first stopper and said second stopper, respectively.