US20190071158A1

US20190071158A1 - Snorkeling mask

Info

Publication number: US20190071158A1
Application number: US15/855,571
Authority: US
Inventors: Gyu Won LEE
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-09-05
Filing date: 2017-12-27
Publication date: 2019-03-07
Also published as: JP3215517U; CN207482158U; KR20190026313A

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a snorkeling mask. The snorkeling mask includes: goggles configured to enable a wearer to see underwater while surrounding the facial region of the wearer; a snorkel configured such that one end thereof is connected to the mouth of the wearer and the other end thereof is exposed out of a water surface; and a connection tube configured to connect the goggles and the snorkel to each other so that the insides of the goggles and the snorkel communicate with each other, and configured such that a portion thereof is inserted into the snorkel to a predetermined length. When an inspiratory breath of the wearer passes over the inserted portion of the connection tube while passing through the inside of the snorkel and being discharged to an outside, moisture inside the goggles passes through the connection tube and is discharged to the outside according to Bernoulli's principle.

Description

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The present disclosure relates generally to a snorkeling mask, and more specifically to a snorkeling mask which is capable of minimizing a fogging phenomenon on mask lenses by means of Bernoulli's principle.

2. Description of the Related Art

Snorkeling is a type of leisure sport which enables a user to enjoy underwater sightseeing at a depth of about 5 m in water via only simple equipment. Snorkeling is a leisure activity enjoyed by many people because it can be easily learned by anyone regardless of age and physical strength without requiring a separate diving technique or swimming capability.
Snorkeling is easily accessible to anyone because a user can enjoy swimming at a depth of about 5 m in water while wearing only simple equipment, such as fins, a snorkel, and goggles, and can breathe freely via a snorkel while putting his or her face in the water without lifting his or her head above a water surface. A user can breathe freely via the snorkel, and thus snorkeling is characterized in that it does not consume a large amount of physical strength even when the user floats on the water for a long period of time.
FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing typical snorkeling equipment. The typical snorkeling equipment includes goggles 10 composed of transparent lenses so that a wearer can see a front area underwater while surrounding the eyes and nose of the wearer so that water is prevented from infiltrating thereinto, and a snorkel 20 configured to be connected to the mouth of the wearer so that the wearer can breathe freely underwater.
However, the conventional snorkeling equipment is problematic in that the use thereof is inconvenient because moisture is easily generated due to a difference between an inner temperature and an outer temperature when a wearer wears the goggles 10 or because the wearer cannot see an area in front of the lenses due to a fogging phenomenon or the like.

SUMMARY

The present invention has been conceived to overcome the above-described problems, and an object of the disclosure is to provide a snorkeling mask which is capable of preventing a fogging phenomenon on mask lenses by means of Bernoulli's principle.
In order to accomplish the above object, the present disclosure provides a snorkeling mask including: goggles configured to enable a wearer to see underwater while surrounding the facial region of the wearer in order to prevent water from infiltrating thereinto; a snorkel configured such that one end thereof is connected to the mouth of the wearer and the other end thereof is exposed out of a water surface so that inspiratory and expiratory breaths of the wearer pass therethrough; and a connection tube configured to connect the goggles and the snorkel to each other so that the insides of the goggles and the snorkel communicate with each other, and configured such that a portion thereof is inserted into the snorkel to a predetermined length; wherein when an inspiratory breath of the wearer passes over the inserted portion of the connection tube while passing through the inside of the snorkel and being discharged to an outside, moisture inside the goggles passes through the connection tube and is discharged to the outside through the snorkel according to Bernoulli's principle.
The connection tube may have a diameter which is equal to or smaller than that of the snorkel.
The connection tube may be made of a rubber or silicon material.
The connection tube may include at least two connection tubes.
One side of the connection tube which is connected to the goggles so that the connection tube communicates with the inside of the goggles may extend to a predetermined length along the circumferential surface of the goggles.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing typical snorkeling equipment;

FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing a snorkeling mask according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 3 is a reference view illustrating a principle by which internal moisture is discharged according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

An embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Furthermore, in the following description of the present disclosure, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related well-known function or configuration may unnecessarily make the gist of the present invention obscure, the detailed description will be omitted.
FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing a snorkeling mask according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
As shown in this drawing, the snorkeling mask according to the embodiment of the present disclosure includes goggles 11, a snorkel 21, and a connection tube 30 configured to connect the goggles 11 and the snorkel 21 to each other.
The goggles 11 are configured to surround the facial region of a wearer in order to prevent water from infiltrating into the snorkeling mask, and are made of a transparent material so that the wearer of the goggles can see the outside underwater. The goggles 11 include transparent lenses configured to have an area which surrounds the eyes and nose of a user, and a frame configured to fasten the transparent lenses and to maintain airtightness in a shape which surrounds areas around the eyes and the nose. Alternatively, the goggles may be formed in a mask shape which surrounds the overall face of the wearer including the eyes, the nose, and the mouth.
Typically, it is important to the goggles to maintain an airtight characteristic. When a wearer wears the goggles, a fogging phenomenon occurs on the lens portions of the goggles due to a sealed structure intended to achieve the above airtight characteristic. The wearer suffers from cumbersomeness and inconvenience in that he or she often needs to take off the goggles, to clean the lens portions, and to wear the goggles again. In the present disclosure, a configuration in which the connection tube 30 is connected to one side of the goggles 11 to communicate with the inside of the goggles 11 is proposed in order to minimize the above moisture or fogging phenomenon on the goggles lenses.
Meanwhile, the snorkel 21 is configured such that in order to enable a wearer to breathe underwater, one end thereof is connected to the mouth of the wearer and the other end thereof is exposed out of a water surface so that the inspiratory and expiratory breaths of the wearer can pass therethrough. In this case, the other end of the snorkel 21 may be formed in a lid shape or bent shape in order to prevent impurities to be introduced thereinto. Furthermore, the goggles 11 and the snorkel 21 may be integrated with each other, or may be formed to be selectively coupled to and separated from each other via a separate fastening means.
The connection tube 30 connects one side of the goggles 11 and the center portion of the snorkel 21 to each other, and is connected such that the insides of the goggles 11 and the snorkel 21 communicate with each other. In this case, the connection tube 30 is inserted into the snorkel 21 to a predetermined length. The connection tube 30 may function as a type of coupling means which couples the goggles 11 and the snorkel 21 to each other so that the snorkel 21 is coupled to the goggles 11 and thus it is not separated from the snorkel 21 in use.
In this case, the diameter of the connection tube 30 may be formed to be equal to or smaller than that of the snorkel 21.
FIG. 3 is a reference view illustrating a principle by which internal moisture is discharged according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
As shown in this drawing, one end of the connection tube communicates with the inside of the goggles 11 and the other end of the connection tube 30 communicates with the inside of the snorkel 21, with the result that moisture inside the goggles 11 can be discharged to the outside through the snorkel 21. In this case, the other end of the connection tube 30 is inserted into the snorkel 21 to a predetermined length. Accordingly, for example, when an inspiratory breath of a wearer passes over the inserted portion of the connection tube while passing through the inside of the snorkel 21 and being discharged to the outside, moisture inside the goggles can pass through the connection tube and be discharged to the outside through the snorkel according to Bernoulli's principle.
In other words, when an inspiratory breath which is generated when a wearer wearing the snorkel 21 breathes passes over the inserted portion of the connection tube 30 while passing through the inside of the snorkel 21 and being discharged to the outside, a pressure in region A of the connection tube 30 decreases below a pressure in region B of the connection tube 30 according to Bernoulli's principle while the inspiratory breath is passing through the portion of the snorkel 21 which is narrowed by the inserted portion of the connection tube 30. Accordingly, a difference in pressure occurs between both ends of the connection tube 30, and thus suction force F is naturally generated. Due to this suction force F, moisture accumulated inside the goggles 11 can be rapidly moved from region B to region A through the connection tube. The moisture inside the goggles 11 moved through the connection tube 30 is discharged from the snorkel 21 to the outside along with the inspiratory breath of the wearer.
Although FIG. 3 illustrates only the discharge of moisture from the inside of the goggles 11 by means of an inspiratory breath, moisture inside the goggles 11 can be also discharged by means of an expiratory breath according to the same principle. A detailed description thereof is omitted.
Meanwhile, the connection tube 30 is preferably made of a rubber or silicon material so that the connection tube 30 is coupled to the goggles 11 and ensures flexible movement to some extent in the state in which a wearer wears the goggles 11.
Furthermore, for ease of description, only the single connection tube 30 is illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3. Alternatively, in order to further improve the performance of the discharge of moisture from the goggles 11, a plurality of connection tubes may be provided.
Furthermore, although the connection tube 30 is illustrated as being disposed on the left side of the goggles in FIGS. 2 and 3 for ease of description, the location where the connection tube 30 is disposed is not limited thereto, but may be disposed on any one of the right side, upper side and bottom side of the goggles 11. Furthermore, in order to uniformly eliminate a fogging phenomenon on the left and right lenses of the goggles, one side of the connection tube which is connected to the left side of the goggles so that the connection tube communicates with the inside of the goggles may further extend up to the right side of the goggles 11 to a predetermined length along the circumferential surface of the goggles.
The embodiment of the present disclosure is advantageous in that even when the snorkeling mask is worn for a long period of time, a fogging phenomenon on goggles lenses can be minimized.
The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described herein. The scope of the present invention should be defined based on the claims, and all technologies falling within ranges equivalent to the claims should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A snorkeling mask comprising:

goggles configured to enable a wearer to see underwater while surrounding a facial region of the wearer in order to prevent water from infiltrating thereinto;

a snorkel configured such that one end thereof is connected to a mouth of the wearer and a remaining end thereof is exposed out of a water surface so that inspiratory and expiratory breaths of the wearer pass therethrough; and

a connection tube configured to connect the goggles and the snorkel to each other so that insides of the goggles and the snorkel communicate with each other, and configured such that a portion thereof is inserted into the snorkel to a predetermined length;

wherein when an inspiratory breath of the wearer passes over the inserted portion of the connection tube while passing through the inside of the snorkel and being discharged to an outside, moisture inside the goggles passes through the connection tube and is discharged to the outside through the snorkel according to Bernoulli's principle.

2. The snorkeling mask of claim 1, wherein the connection tube has a diameter which is equal to or smaller than that of the snorkel.

3. The snorkeling mask of claim 1, wherein the connection tube is made of a rubber or silicon material.

4. The snorkeling mask of claim 1, wherein the connection tube comprises at least two connection tubes.

5. The snorkeling mask of claim 1, wherein one side of the connection tube which is connected to the goggles so that the connection tube communicates with the inside of the goggles extends to a predetermined length along a circumferential surface of the goggles.