US2542689A

US2542689A - Cushion bar for goggles or the like

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Publication number: US2542689A
Application number: US65456A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lindblom Frank William
Original assignee: Welsh Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Welsh Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1948-12-15
Filing date: 1948-12-15
Publication date: 1951-02-20
Anticipated expiration: 1968-02-20

Description

1951 F. w. LINDBLOM 2,542,689

CUSHION BAR FOR GOGGLES OR THE LIKE Filed Dec. 15, 1948 INVENTOR.

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Patented Feb. 20, 1951 CUSHION BAR FOR GOGGLES OR THE LIKE Frank William Lindblom. Cranston, R. I., assignor to Welsh Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Rhode Island Application December 15, 1948, Serial No. 65,456

4 Claims. (01. 88-43) This invention relates to a goggle and more particularly to the cushion bar which extends across the upper portion of the goggle between the rims to engage the head of the wearer above the eyes.

In the manufacture of goggles having supports of this character. there is provided a non-metallic piece of material which is mounted upon a metal rod that extends from one lens to the other, with this non-metallic material at such a location that it will engage the forehead just above the eyes of the wearer to provide a support for the goggles should the goggles be urged toward the face of the wearer. In order to provide such a nonmetallic support on the rod, the non-metallic support, if in one piece, must be positioned on the rod prior to the soldering of the rod to each of the rims in which event the solder joint shows, as the coloring of the metallic parts of the goggle cannot take place after the non-metallic cushion is positioned without damage to the cushion. Further, if the non-metallic parts are assembled on the bar after the parts are secured in position, the cushion must be in two parts and a longer operation of mounting the cushion in place is necessary.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an arrangement so that the cushion does not need to be assembled about the metallic rod.

Another object of this invention is to provide a construction having a cushion bar which will be materially les expensive to produce than where the non-metallic cushion is mounted about a metallic support.

Another object of the invention is to provide a non-metallic cushion bar which may be assembled after the metal parts of the frame are in assembled relation and colored by thereafter riveting the cushion bar in place.

Another object of the invention is to conceal the riveting of the non-metallic cushion within the cushion itself.

Another object of the invention is to eliminate a metal supporting bar.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation looking at the rear side of the frame with my cushion bar in place;

Figure 2 is a top edge view shown fragmentally:

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 illustrating the non-metallic bar as spaced from the rims; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a fragmental portion of the rim showing the rivet which is used for attaching the non-metallic bar.

In proceeding with this invention, I solder a rivet to each of the rims, the rivet being of the dovetailed edge type extending rearwardly from the rim and then assemble a non-metallic cushion bar onto these rivets which, as the bar is forced onto the rivets, cause the rivets to spread and provide an enlarged area which will prevent the bar from being removed from the rivets.

With reference to the drawings, Iii designates the lens rims which are connected at their nasal edges by a bridge I l, and there are provided nose pads 12 for supporting the structure on the nose. At the temple edges of the rims, they are divided and provided with end pieces l3 which support temples for mounting upon the head of the wearer.

At the upper portion of the rims l6 and adjacent the nasal edges, rivets, studs or projections M are attached and extend rearwardly from each rim. These rivets or projections l4 have dovetailed ends l6. A cushion bar 15 of Celluloid or some similar material is secured by means of the rivets or projections l4 by the dovetailed ends I6 extending into and being spread as at IT (in Figure 2) so as to hold the rivets firmly in the cushion bar l5. By reason of this dovetailed formation, the rivets are spread prior to their passing through the bar I 5 and thus these rivets do not show nor contact the flesh of the wearer when the bar rests against the head.

I claim:

1. In a goggle, a pair of metallic rims each provided with a rearwardly extending stud at its nasal upper edge, a bridge connecting said rims, a non-metallic cushion bar having recesses adjacent its ends extending rearwardly thereinto but a portion of the thickness of the bar in which said studs are located, said studs being spread at their ends to extend into the stock of the bar to be locked therein.

2. In a goggle as in claim 1 wherein said studs are dovetailed at their ends extending into the bar recess.

3. In a goggle as in claim 1 wherein said bar being th only connection between said rims in addition to a bridge shaped to fit the nose.

4. In a goggle as in claim 1 wherein said bar is a straight line piece of material.

FRANK WILLIAM LINDBLOM.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,199,988 Brennecke Oct. 3, 1916 1,636,338 Stevens et al July 19, 1927 1,872,562 King Aug. 16, 1932 56 Baker May 23, 1933 2,066,735 Montgomery Jan. 5, 1937