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US20010004774A1
US20010004774A1 US09/785,201 US78520101A US2001004774A1 US 20010004774 A1 US20010004774 A1 US 20010004774A1 US 78520101 A US78520101 A US 78520101A US 2001004774 A1 US2001004774 A1 US 2001004774A1
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
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    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
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  • Common conventional protective eyeglasses such as those used in swimming, diving, cycling, etc. generally have a cushion made of an elastic material such as a sponge or foam rubber to produce soft and comfortable feeling in wearing it on a face.
  • this invention has been devised to offer protective sports eyeglassed with buffer and shock-absorbing function, which has a cushion of hollow 3D space attached with a frame or a lens so as to produce soft and comfortable feeling in wearing it.
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of a first preferred embodiment of eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function in the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a right side view of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a bottom side view of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of line 4 - 4 in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of line 5 - 5 in FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of line 6 - 6 in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 7 is a front vies of a second preferred embodiment of eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function in the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a right side view of FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 9 is a bottom side view of FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of line 10 - 10 in FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of line 11 - 11 in FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of another preferred embodiment of FIG. 10;
  • FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of another preferred embodiment of FIG. 11;
  • FIG. 14 is a front view of a cushion provided with a hollow passageway in the protective sports eye-glasses in the present invention.
  • FIG. 15 is a front view of the hollow passageway cut off after the cushion is inflated in the present invention.
  • FIG. 16 is a front view of an air valve attached on the hollow passageway fixed with the cushion in the present invention.
  • a first preferred embodiment of protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function in the present invention includes a lens 1 and a frame 2 independent from each other and able to be firmly combined together. Further, a cushion 3 is provided with the lens 1 on the side contacting with the face of a wearer, formed integral with the lens at its peripheral edge, and having a hollow interior. The cushion 3 is shaped as an annular hollow 3D ring, sealed and endless, so its route is not a surface. Further, the cushion 3 is filled with a preset pressure, permitting it contact the face of a wearer steadily and comfortably because of 3D curvature of the cushion 3 , having buffer and shock-absorbing effect.
  • the cushion 3 is made of materials having high density and low percolation, selected from polyimide, polyethylene, polypropelene, acetic salt of ethylene, polyester, polyamide, polyurethane, chlorinated polyethylene, or butyl rubber. Or materials having good elasticity, flexibility, anti-low-temperature, and easy processibleness can be used as well.
  • FIGS. 7 - 11 A second preferred embodiment of the protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function in the present invention is shown in FIGS. 7 - 11 , includes a lens 1 and a frame 2 formed integral with the lens 1 , and a cushion 3 made independent to be attached on the frame 2 .
  • the cushion 3 is an annular hollow 3D ring with a preset curvature, not a flat two dimensions (2D).
  • the hollow interior of the cushion 3 is filled with air pressure of a preset value.
  • the frame 2 has an annular groove 21 of a preset size for the cushion 3 to fit therein with close fitness and stability.
  • FIGS. 12 and 13 Another preferred embodiment of that shown in FIG. 7 is shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, includes a lens 1 , a frame 2 having a flat surface without an annular groove 21 .
  • the annular flat surface of the frame 2 should be wide enough for attaching the cushion 3 thereon.
  • the cross-section of an inner or the outer shape at any point of the hollow 3D cushion 3 is all the same or not the same, of any geometric shape.
  • the cushion 3 is made to have a hollow 3D shape closely contacting the face of a user, and a preset pressure in the hollow interior to minimize sport harm or wound with its buffer and shock-absorbing function in practical use, thus protecting the face from hurt.
  • the inner buffer pressure filled in the cushion 3 may be preferably in the scope of 0-40 psi, and then different buffer pressure can be selected for different objects and different conditions, able to be chosen by consumers.
  • at least one hollow passageway 30 may be added to the cushion 3 , communicating the cushion 3 with outer air, as shown in FIGS. 14 - 16 , for connecting an air valve 301 , a valve, a pump, or the like so as to fill the hollow interior of the cushion 3 with a gas, a semi-fluid, a fluid, a liquid or low-percolating large particle gas such as SF6, C2F6, etc.
  • An inner pressure of the cushion 3 not communicating with outer air is produced with a special method, such as a process with a hollow mold placed in an air pressure container, forming a sealed cushion 3 with the same inner pressure as that in the air pressure container, which is preset in advance.

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Protective sports eyeglasses with buffer an shock-absorbing function includes a cushion having a a hollow sealed endless shape. The cushion has a routine of a 3D tubular space instead of 2D (two dimensions) surface. The cushion is attached on an annular edge of a lens contacting the face of a wearer so as to suit to the curvature of a face, and has an inner pressure preset in advance so that the cushion may contact closely and comfortably the face of a wearer with buffer and shock-absorbing effect.

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    BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • Common conventional protective eyeglasses such as those used in swimming, diving, cycling, etc. generally have a cushion made of an elastic material such as a sponge or foam rubber to produce soft and comfortable feeling in wearing it on a face. [0001]
  • However, when conventional protective eyeglasses receives strike or shock, a wearer may suffer pain, harm or wound because of poor elasticity the cushions have, limited by its thickness and its elasticity coefficent. [0002]
    • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • In view of the disadvantages aforesaid of the conventional protective eyeglasses, this invention has been devised to offer protective sports eyeglassed with buffer and shock-absorbing function, which has a cushion of hollow 3D space attached with a frame or a lens so as to produce soft and comfortable feeling in wearing it. [0003]
    • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
  • This invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein: [0004]
  • FIG. 1 is a front view of a first preferred embodiment of eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function in the present invention; [0005]
  • FIG. 2 is a right side view of FIG. 1; [0006]
  • FIG. 3 is a bottom side view of FIG. 1; [0007]
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of line [0008] 4-4 in FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of line [0009] 5-5 in FIG. 4;
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of line [0010] 6-6 in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 7 is a front vies of a second preferred embodiment of eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function in the present invention; [0011]
  • FIG. 8 is a right side view of FIG. 7; [0012]
  • FIG. 9 is a bottom side view of FIG. 7; [0013]
  • FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of line [0014] 10-10 in FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of line [0015] 11-11 in FIG. 7;
  • FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of another preferred embodiment of FIG. 10; [0016]
  • FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of another preferred embodiment of FIG. 11; [0017]
  • FIG. 14 is a front view of a cushion provided with a hollow passageway in the protective sports eye-glasses in the present invention; [0018]
  • FIG. 15 is a front view of the hollow passageway cut off after the cushion is inflated in the present invention; and, [0019]
  • FIG. 16 is a front view of an air valve attached on the hollow passageway fixed with the cushion in the present invention. [0020]
    • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
  • A first preferred embodiment of protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function in the present invention, as shown in FIGS. [0021] 1-6, includes a lens 1 and a frame 2 independent from each other and able to be firmly combined together. Further, a cushion 3 is provided with the lens 1 on the side contacting with the face of a wearer, formed integral with the lens at its peripheral edge, and having a hollow interior. The cushion 3 is shaped as an annular hollow 3D ring, sealed and endless, so its route is not a surface. Further, the cushion 3 is filled with a preset pressure, permitting it contact the face of a wearer steadily and comfortably because of 3D curvature of the cushion 3, having buffer and shock-absorbing effect. The cushion 3 is made of materials having high density and low percolation, selected from polyimide, polyethylene, polypropelene, acetic salt of ethylene, polyester, polyamide, polyurethane, chlorinated polyethylene, or butyl rubber. Or materials having good elasticity, flexibility, anti-low-temperature, and easy processibleness can be used as well.
  • A second preferred embodiment of the protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function in the present invention is shown in FIGS. [0022] 7-11, includes a lens 1 and a frame 2 formed integral with the lens 1, and a cushion 3 made independent to be attached on the frame 2. The cushion 3 is an annular hollow 3D ring with a preset curvature, not a flat two dimensions (2D). The hollow interior of the cushion 3 is filled with air pressure of a preset value. The frame 2 has an annular groove 21 of a preset size for the cushion 3 to fit therein with close fitness and stability.
  • Another preferred embodiment of that shown in FIG. 7 is shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, includes a [0023] lens 1, a frame 2 having a flat surface without an annular groove 21. The annular flat surface of the frame 2 should be wide enough for attaching the cushion 3 thereon.
  • The cross-section of an inner or the outer shape at any point of the [0024] hollow 3D cushion 3 is all the same or not the same, of any geometric shape. As the cushion 3 is made to have a hollow 3D shape closely contacting the face of a user, and a preset pressure in the hollow interior to minimize sport harm or wound with its buffer and shock-absorbing function in practical use, thus protecting the face from hurt.
  • The inner buffer pressure filled in the [0025] cushion 3 may be preferably in the scope of 0-40 psi, and then different buffer pressure can be selected for different objects and different conditions, able to be chosen by consumers. So at least one hollow passageway 30 may be added to the cushion 3, communicating the cushion 3 with outer air, as shown in FIGS. 14-16, for connecting an air valve 301, a valve, a pump, or the like so as to fill the hollow interior of the cushion 3 with a gas, a semi-fluid, a fluid, a liquid or low-percolating large particle gas such as SF6, C2F6, etc.
  • An inner pressure of the [0026] cushion 3 not communicating with outer air is produced with a special method, such as a process with a hollow mold placed in an air pressure container, forming a sealed cushion 3 with the same inner pressure as that in the air pressure container, which is preset in advance.
  • While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications which may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention. [0027]

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1. Protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function, comprising a lens and a frame both made independent from each other, said lens having an annular edge contacting the face of a wearer, a hollow annular cushion formed integral with said annular edge of said lens, said annular cushion being sealed and of endless shape, said cushion having a 3D space instead of two dimensions (2D) in its route, said cushion having a 3D curvature and its hollow interior filled with a gas, a fluid, a semi-fluid or a liquid, producing buffer and shock-absorbing function thereby.
2. Protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function, comprising a lens formed with an annular groove in its peripheral edge contacting the face of a wearer, an annular cushion being fitted in said annular groove, said annular cushion having an endless sealed shape, said annular cushion having a 3D route instead of two dimensions, and said hollow interior being filled with a gas, a fluid, a semi-fluid, or a liquid to produce buffer and shock-absorbing function, and said annular groove and said cushion having non-flat contacting surfaces.
3. Protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function, comprising a lens having an annular flat edge for contacting the face of a wearer, an annular hollow cushion attached on said annular flat edge of said lens, said annular cushion being sealed and endless, said annular cushion having a routine of 3D space and a flat annular surface to rest on said annular flat edge of said lens and being filled with a gas, a fluid, a semi-fluid, or a liquid for producing buffer and shock-absorbing function.
4. The protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function as claimed in
claim 1
,
2
 or 3, wherein said annular cushion has a cross-section of an inner shape and an outer shape being of a geometric shape and the same or not the same at any location.
5. The protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function as claimed in
claim 1
,
2
 or 3, wherein said annular cushion is filled with a gas, a fluid, a semifluid, a liquid or a low-percoating large particle gas.
6. The protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function as claimed in
claim 1
,
2
 or 3, wherein said annular cushion is filled with a low-percolating large particle gas such as SF6, C2F6, etc.
7. The protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function as claimed in
claim 1
,
2
 or 3, wherein said annular cushion is provided with at least a hollow passageway communicating said cushion with outer air, and said hollow passageway is attached with an air valve, a valve, a pump or the like.
8. The protective sports eyeglasses with buffer and shock-absorbing function as claimed in
claim 1
,
2
 or 3, wherein said annular cushion is made of a material of high density and low percolation, such as polyimide, polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene, acetic salt of ethylene, polyester, polyamide, polyurethane, chorinated polyethylene, or butyl rubber, or those having good elasticity, flexibility, anti-low-temperature, and easily processible charateristics.
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