JP2010178794A - Swimming goggles - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide swimming goggles which completely keeps sealability without being affected by the adhesion of a face contact pad and a face around the eye part of a wearer regardless of a recess present on the face near the nose at the lower part of the eye part of the wearer, without wearing feeling deterioration and without water leakage. <P>SOLUTION: On the face contact part 14 formed so as to be in contact along the face around the eye part of the wearer of the face contact pad 11 mounted on a goggle body 1, a raised surface part 15 corresponding to the recess present on the face near the nose at the lower part of the eye part of the wearer is provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a swimming goggle having an annular face pad.

  Conventionally, as this type of swimming goggles, for example, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 13, a pair of left and right goggles main body 21 includes a lens portion 22 and a skirt portion 23 that recedes from the periphery of the lens portion 22. There is one in which an annular face contact pad 24 that is in close contact with the face around the wearer's eye is attached to the periphery of the skirt 23 (Patent Document 1).

  The face pad 24 is provided with an annular ridge 25 projecting annularly over the entire circumference on the rear surface. Further, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the face pad 24 is formed in a flat annular shape corresponding to the outer peripheral flange 26 on the peripheral edge of the skirt portion 23 before being attached to the goggle main body 21. In order to attach to the peripheral edge of the portion 23, the outer flange 26 is bent along the curved shape and adhered to the rear surface of the outer peripheral flange 26.

  The conventional swimming goggles configured in this manner can press the annular protrusion 25 of the face pad 24 strongly against the face with a small area even if the tightening force of the tightening band or the like is weak, and the face of the face pad 24 It is said that the degree of adhesion to can be effectively increased. In addition, the face pad 24 can be easily manufactured by hot press molding or the like, and the structure is simple, the manufacture is easy, and it can be provided at low cost.

  Furthermore, as the face-contact pad 31 used in this type of swimming goggles, for example, as shown in FIGS. 14 to 19, the original shape is formed in a flat shape, and is fitted on the outer peripheral flange 33 of the goggles main body 32. There is an annular frame 34 and a face contact portion 36 formed integrally from the inner edge of the frame 34 via a cushion peripheral wall 35 (Patent Documents 2 and 3).

  As shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, the cushion peripheral wall 35 and the face contact portion 36 are formed into a thin wall that spreads from the inner peripheral edge of the frame body 34 in the original state of the face pad 31. As shown in FIG. 15, even if the face pad 31 is externally fitted to the outer peripheral flange 33, that is, in a state of being deformed into a curved shape, the cushion peripheral wall 35 has the shape of the end spread. It is still maintained. Further, the face contact portion 36 is curved in the radially outward direction so as to be easily adapted to the face.

  When the swimming goggles using the face pad 31 configured as described above are attached to the face, the face part 36 is along the face, the cushion peripheral wall 35 is deformed radially outward, and the fit to the face is achieved. It is said that improvement can be made. In addition, since the face pad 31 is formed in a flat shape, it is easy to manufacture a mold used for forming the pad.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-37669 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-42306 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-48715

  By the way, a wearer of swimming goggles has a dent on the face near the nose below the eye part even if the place is slightly different.

  However, in the above-mentioned conventional swimming goggles, all of the devices have been devised so that the face pad is in close contact with the face around the wearer's eyes, but this can be dealt with in the portion where the depression is present. It wasn't. That is, in the part where the dent is present, even if the face pad is in close contact with the face around the wearer's eye, the contact force is weak, and some force is applied to the face pad However, depending on how the force is applied, a slight gap may occur, and the sealing performance cannot be maintained completely.

  Furthermore, in the above-mentioned conventional swimming goggles, the face pad is formed in a flat shape, so that the face pad is attached to the outer peripheral flange of the goggle body, that is, in a deformed shape, The curved part may become unbalanced or slightly wrinkled, creating a slight gap between the face around the wearer's eyes and maintaining a perfect seal It had the problem that it was not possible.

  Therefore, the present invention has an object to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and the face pad and the wearer's eye part, despite the dent present on the face near the nose below the wearer's eye part. It was made for the purpose of providing swimming goggles that can maintain perfect sealing without being affected by the close contact with the surrounding face, and that does not leak and does not leak. is there.

  For this reason, the swimming goggles of the present invention are provided on the face contact portion 14 formed so as to come into contact with the face around the wearer's eye portion of the face contact pad 11 attached to the goggle body 1 below the wearer's eye portion. It is assumed that a raised surface portion 15 is provided so as to correspond to a depression existing on the face near the nose.

  In the swimming goggles of the present invention, the raised surface portion 15 is positioned at a lower portion when the face contact portion 14 is divided into two equal parts.

  Further, in the swimming goggles of the present invention, the raised surface portion 15 is positioned at a lower inner portion when the face contact portion 14 is divided into four equal parts in the vertical and horizontal directions.

  Furthermore, in the swimming goggles of the present invention, the distance X from the center line L of the wearer's pupil to the apex t of the raised surface portion 15 is set to 11 ± 5 mm.

  Further, in the swimming goggles of the present invention, the raised surface portion 15 is a curved surface having a curvature radius R of 20 to 40 mm.

  Furthermore, in the swimming goggles of the present invention, the difference Z between the upper surface curve 14a of the face-contacting portion 14 and the apex t of the raised surface portion 15 is 3.4 ± 3 mm.

  Furthermore, in the swimming goggles of the present invention, the distance Y from the center O of the wearer's pupil to the apex t of the raised surface portion 15 is set to 12 to 27 mm.

  Furthermore, the swimming goggles of the present invention are formed such that the face pad 14 of the face pad 11 contacts the face of the wearer before the face pad 11 is attached to the goggle body 1. Yes.

  The swimming goggles of the present invention are configured as described above, and the face pad and the face around the eyes of the wearer, despite the depressions present on the face near the nose below the eyes of the wearer. It was possible to keep the sealing completely without being affected by the close contact with the head, and to prevent the water from leaking without deteriorating the wearing feeling.

1 is a perspective view of a swimming goggles according to the present invention. It is a top view of the swimming goggles concerning this invention. It is a bottom view of the swimming goggles according to the present invention. It is a front view of a goggle main body. It is a top view of a goggle main body. It is a bottom view of a goggle main body. It is sectional drawing of the goggles main body by AA of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which looked at the face-contact pad isolate | separated from the goggles main body from the bottom face side. It is explanatory drawing which looked at the face-contacting pad isolate | separated from the goggles main body from the front side. It is sectional drawing which shows an example of the conventional swimming goggles. It is a rear view of the face-contact part isolate | separated from the goggles main body of the swimming goggles shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing of the face-contacting pad by the BB line of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the face-contact pad by CC line of FIG. It is a front view which shows the other example of the goggles main body of the conventional swimming goggles. It is a top view of the goggle main body shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing of the goggles main body by the DD line | wire of FIG. It is a front view of the face-contact pad isolate | separated from the goggles main body shown in FIG. It is a top view of the face-contact pad shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing of the face-contacting pad by the EE line | wire of FIG.

  Hereinafter, the form for implementing the swimming goggles of this invention is explained in detail based on a drawing.

  The swimming goggles of the present invention include a pair of left and right goggles main bodies 1 made of a hard synthetic resin such as transparent or translucent polycarbonate. The goggle body 1 has a lens portion 2 and a peripheral wall portion 3 that recedes from the periphery of the lens portion 2, and a peripheral groove 4 is provided on the rear end side of the peripheral wall portion 3 toward the inner side. A mounting flange 5 is provided so as to form the rear surface of the groove 4.

  A bracket 7 having a through hole 6 is provided at the inner end of each goggle body 1 so as to protrude from the peripheral wall 3. Further, a belt attaching portion 8 is provided at the outer end portion of each goggle main body 1 so as to protrude outward from the peripheral wall portion 3.

  A pair of goggle main bodies 1 are connected to the through-hole 6 of the bracket 7 by engaging an engaging portion 9 a of a flexible connecting body 9. Further, both end portions of a retractable fastening band 10 are connected to the belt mounting portion 8 so that the length thereof can be adjusted.

  A face contact pad 11 made of a soft synthetic resin such as an elastic elastomer is attached to the mounting flange 5 of each goggle body 1. The face pad 11 is formed by integrally forming a face frame 14 from the inner edge of the frame 12 through a cushion peripheral wall 13 through an outer frame 12 fitted on the mounting flange 5. And this face-contact part 14 is formed so that it may contact along the face around a wearer's eye part. The face pad 11 is attached to the goggle main body 1 by externally fitting the frame body 12 to the mounting flange 5, but the frame body 12 is adhered to the mounting flange 5, etc. It may be attached to the goggle body 1.

  Before the face pad 11 is attached to the goggle body 1, the cushion peripheral wall 13 is formed into a thin wall that spreads from the inner edge of the frame body 12 so that the face part 14 contacts the face of the wearer. It is formed so that the thinned part becomes wider as it gets closer to the outside. Further, the face contact portion 14 is provided with a raised surface portion 15 which corresponds to a depression existing on the face near the nose below the wearer's eye. In the illustrated example, the raised surface portion 15 is formed by curving the face contact portion 14 outward, but the face contact portion 14 of this portion may be thickened and protruded outward. In addition, in order to form so that the face-contact part 14 of the said face-contact pad 11 may contact along a wearer's face, a wearer's face is scanned three-dimensionally and a face shape is analyzed based on the obtained data Thus, the shape of the face contact portion 14 is determined in accordance with the change in the shape of each part.

  The raised surface portion 15 is positioned at a lower portion when the face contact portion 14 is divided into two equal parts, and is preferably a lower inner portion when the face contact portion 14 is divided into four equal parts. To be located. Further, the raised surface portion 15 is a curved surface having a curvature radius R of 20 to 40 mm, and preferably a curved surface having a curvature radius R of 28 to 32 mm. In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the raised surface portion 15 preferably has a distance X from the center line L of the wearer's pupil to the apex t of the raised surface portion 15 of 11 ± 5 mm, as shown in FIG. Thus, the distance Y from the center O of the wearer's pupil to the apex t of the raised surface portion 15 is 12 to 27 mm, preferably 21 to 23 mm. Furthermore, the raised surface portion 15 preferably has a difference Z of 3.4 ± 3 mm between the upper surface curve 14a of the face contacting portion 14 and the apex t of the raised surface portion 15. The radius of curvature R, the distance X, the distance Y, and the difference Z in the raised surface portion 15 may satisfy at least one of them, but more preferably satisfy more. Of course, it is more preferable to satisfy all of them.

  In the swimming goggles of the present invention configured as described above, the face contact portion 14 of the face contact pad 11 presses the face around the wearer's eye when worn, and the raised surface portion 15 provided on the face contact portion 14 further. Presses a dent on the face near the nose below the wearer's eye, so that the face-contacting pad 11 is completely sealed without creating a slight gap with the face around the wearer's eye. It can be kept at the same level, and no water leaks.

  Furthermore, the swimming goggles of the present invention are formed so that the face contact portion 14 of the face contact pad 11 contacts the wearer's face before the face contact pad 11 is attached to the goggle body 1. The fit to the wearer's face is further improved and the wearing feeling is not deteriorated.

  In addition, the swimming goggles of the present invention are formed so that the face contact portion 14 of the face contact pad 11 contacts the wearer's face before the face contact pad 11 is attached to the goggle body 1. Even after the face pad 11 is attached to the goggles body 1, the face part 14 of the face pad 11 does not change, and the face part 14 becomes unbalanced or slight wrinkles occur. Therefore, the sealing property can be completely maintained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Goggles body 11 Face-contact pad 14 Face-contact part 14a Upper surface curve 15 Raised surface part L Center line of a wearer's pupil t Distance from the vertex X of a raised surface part L to radius R Curvature radius O From the center of a wearer's pupil Y Distance to t Difference between Z 14a and t

Claims (8)

  The face pad (11) of the face pad (11) attached to the goggle body (1) is formed on the face part (14) formed so as to contact the face around the eye part of the wearer. Swimming goggles characterized by providing a raised surface portion (15) adapted to correspond to a depression existing on the face.   The swimming goggles according to claim 1, characterized in that the raised surface portion (15) is positioned at a lower portion when the face contact portion (14) is divided into two equal parts.   The swimming goggles according to claim 1, characterized in that the raised surface portion (15) is positioned at a lower inner portion when the face-facing portion (14) is divided into four parts in the vertical and horizontal directions.   The swimming goggles according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the distance (X) from the center line (L) of the pupil of the wearer to the apex t of the raised surface portion (15) is 11 ± 5 mm.   The swimming goggles according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the raised surface portion (15) is a curved surface having a radius of curvature (R) of 20 to 40 mm.   The difference (Z) between the upper surface curve (14a) of the face contact portion (14) and the apex (t) of the raised surface portion (15) is set to 3.4 ± 3 mm. The swimming goggles described in Crab.   The swimming goggles according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a distance (Y) from the center (O) of the pupil of the wearer to the apex (t) of the raised surface portion (15) is 12 to 27 mm. . Before the face pad (11) is attached to the goggle body (1), the face part (14) of the face pad (11) is formed so as to come into contact with the face of the wearer. The swimming goggles according to any one of claims 1 to 7, which are characterized.

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