US1269981A - Goggles. - Google Patents

Description

G. L. TULLY & P. H. HERBERT.

GOGGLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3,1914.

1 ,269,981 Patented June 18, 1918 WA MW A TTOR/VEKS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. TULLY AND PITT H. HERBERT, OF SilU'IHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS,

ASSIGNOBS T0 AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY, OF SOUTHBBIDGFE, MASSACHU- SETTS, A VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

GOGGLES.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 1 119 18, 1918.

Application filed June 3, 1914. Serial No. 842,559.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Gnonor. L. Tour! and Prrr H. HERBERT, citizens of the United States residing at Southbrid e, in the county of Worcester and State 0 Massachusetts, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Goggles,-of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in goggles and has particular reference to an improved form of go gle which may be readily adapted to t e. acial requirements of different wearers.

The leading object of our invention is the provision of an improved goggle which may be readily and easily adjusted without the necessity of the employment of tools and which may be correctly and satisfactorily fitted to varying sizes and shapes of faces.

A further ob]ect of our invention is the provision of a gog le which shall be simple and inexpensive 0 construction, shall permit of great adjustability and which shall be neat and attractive in appearance.

Another object of our mvention is the provision of a sim le one piece construction of combined bri ge, frame and bearing member for a goggle.

Other objects and advantages of our improvement should be readily apparent by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understood that we may make any modifications in the specific details of construction shown and described within the scope of the appended claims without departing from or exceeding the spirit of our invention.

Figure I represents a front elevation 0 one embodiment of our invention.

Fig. II represents a top plan view thereof.

Fig. III represents a sectional view on the line IIII'II of Fig. I.

Fig. IV re resents a front view of a slightly modified construction.

Fig. V represents a sectional view on the line VV of Fig. IV.

Fig. VI represents a fragmentary plan view of the blank for forming our combined one piece construction.

Fig. VII represents a sectional view illustrating the blank illustrated in Flg. VI in use.

Fig. VIII rep-resents aview of a slightly different bridge.

either integral therewith or separate therefrom the eye cup portions 3 if desired, although .it will be understood that our invention may be employed simply with the temples or other retainin members 4 for securing the device in position and the eye cups 3 may be dispensed with should this structure prove preferable.

Connecting the said lens engaging frames 2 is our improved brid e member comprising the central bar portlon 5 bent at its end and extending reversel in'the portion 6 and having a second bend ormed therein to rovide the outwardly extending arm 7 w ich is attached to the frame 2.

This construction will probabl be best understood by referenceto Figs. I and VII and it will be seen that our bridge, therefore, comprises a central .cross piece having a doubl folded member therebehind. Consequent y the goggle or mounting may be readily adapted to faces having different widths of noses, it being merely necessary to draw outwardly on the frame 2, thus to a greater or less degree opening up thev loops at the rear of the bar 5 and increasing the pupillary distance of the mounting as desired; on the other hand tightening up of these loops will serve to decrease the pupillary distance.

A further great advantage of, our improved construction is the possibility, how.-

- ever, of increasing the distance between the lenses without the necessity 'for disturbing these loops. This adjustment is attained by rotation or shifting of the lenses as indicated by the dotted lines inFig. I. We believe the term rotation canbest be employed to describe this adjusting movement, since the rims are grasped andv simply given a twistin or rolling movement away from each 0t er, which serves to move the same outward without substantially disturbing the horizontal alinement thereof, and consequently is a particularly desirable adjustment, this movement causing someslight moving of the arms 6 and 7 but a relatlvely small amount of bending at these arms attaining the desired adjustment without (118- turbing the symmetrical appearance of the mount1ng.. It is to be noted in the form illustrated in Figs. I to III inclusive, we have shown the frames 2 and eye cups 3 as integral with each other, and-further as having stamped therefrom the guard member 8, the whole thus being formed in a unita structure, although it will be understoo that we may dispense with the guard 8 or may form the same separate from and secured into the eye cups or the frames proper, or even to the bridge, as ma prove most desirable.

In Figs. I and V, we have illustrated a further improvement of our invention in which we cover the cross piece 5 with a -chenille or other suitable covering 9, thus rendering the appearance of the same extremely attractive and desirable, and 1mparting a rich and dressy, look to the goggle.

In Figs. VI and VII, we have illustrate a unitary one piece construction comprising the cross piece 5 of sufiicient length to permit of looping thereof into the portions6 and 7 the eye wire 2 being integral with the member so 5 and havin projecting preferably from the o posite si e thereof from that on which ,tiib member 5 is located, a second arm 10 carrying the guard 8. The use of th1s form of our invention'will probably be best un-.

8b derstood by reference to Fig. VII, from which it will be seen that the eye wiretis shaped to fit within the cup 3, althou h if preferred it may be constructed to em race the cup 3 and retain the cup and lens in po- 40 sition in correct relation to each other, while the arin 10 is preferably rearwardly looped around the cup to bring the ard into correct position to permit of ad ustment of the ard while the brid e is looped or folded m the portions 6 an 7 forwardly of the eye wire or frame 2 and has the cross extending portion 5 serving to connect the oposite eye wire or frame members 2, as will be readily understood by those conversant with the art.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and advantages of our improved goggle should be read-11y apl parent, and it will vided a neat, simple and attractive goggle which may be readily constructed,

e seen that we have prowhich will have a bridge permit of maximum adjustment of the lenses iiifiz ny desired direction either bIv rolling movement as illusmad inFig. or by opening r the bonds as ma prove most desirable'to secure the exact t, one which on account of the covermg of the bridge, as shown-lin Fi IV and V V, and the provision of the guarcFS, will be 05 extremely comfortable under all service conditions and one which may if desired be constructed from a single piece of material thus lessening the labor cost of manufacture and making a more firm and stable mounting less liable to come apart than could otherwise be provided.

We claim: a a

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with'a pair of lens-receivre ing frames, of a connecting member for said frames disposed a distance above the centers thereof and. comprisin a horizontal crosspiece terminatin at eac end into oppositely extended a'ralle arra d loops located in lo the rear 0 and conceal by the front crosspiece, said loops being disposed in substantiall parallel alinement with'the axis of the enses and secured directly to the lens frames at a point above the center thereof 86 and in substantially horizontal alinement with the centercrosspiece, whereby the loops afford satisfactory in a'ndout and twisting adjustment of the lens frames relative to each other while substantially concealed by 90 the frontal crosspiece.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a lens rim member adapted to be curved to receive the edge of a lens, of an arm extending to one side-of said N rim member and terminating in a guard orbearing member, and a second arm extending from the op osite side of the-rim mem ber at'a point a vs the point of extension of the guard member and adaptedto be formed mto oppositely extended parallel arranged loops disposed in substantially par-- alle alinement with the axis of the lenses, and a straight crosspiece connecting certain; of said 100 s to provide a bridging member '10 substantia y as and for the purpose described. In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures'in presence of two witnesses.

\ GEORGE L. TULLY.

PITT H. HERBERT. Witnesses:

Mar L. Srsasms, Harris V. Summon.

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