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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341361 | Auxiliary light source for self-contained breathing masks An auxiliary light source includes a plurality of illuminable light-emitting sources and a plurality of opaque reflectors. A plurality of substantially rectangular transparent lenses are positioned over the light-emitting sources. Each lens includes a plurality of i... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7305719 | Protective lenses with a flexible gasket assembly Protective lenses with a flexible gasket assembly has a main lens, at least one peripheral lens, at least one hinge, a main lens gasket and at least one peripheral lens frame. Each hinge bonds to the main lens and one of the at least one peripheral lens to connect t... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300149 | Wide-angle diving lens This invention is directed to a device of “wide-angle diving lens”, primarily comprises a lens; and characterized by: the lens is made by a main lens and extended with a plurality of different angles of sub-window lens, or at the inner edge of the lens arranged ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7275536 | Device for varying the length of a strap on a mask for aquatic activities A device is disclosed for adjusting the length of a strap on a mask for aquatic activities. The mask comprises a frame for supporting one or more lenses and a plurality of fork-shaped portions extending from either side of the frame. Each portion contains a pivot ab... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7234463 | Periphery view goggle and remote breathing assembly A remote breathing assembly includes a periphery viewable goggle, an air-tube, and a remote breathing apparatus. The goggle includes a transparent lens having a front section that defines a lateral front length, and left and right sections that extend transversely f... | 06/26/2007 |
| D544896 | Lens for eyeglasses | 06/19/2007 |
| 7203973 | Swimming goggles Swimming goggles have a left frame, a right frame, head strap, a nose support connecting the left frame and the right frame. Lenses are slantwise formed in the left frame and right frame. The width between upper edges of inner surface of the lenses and upper edges o... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7188625 | Ocular surgical protective shield External ocular shields for protecting a patient's eyes from medical treatment radiation energy such as a laser during a medical procedure. Each shield has an external surface that absorbs energy that hits the shield. The shields are connected to each other by a nos... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172278 | Near-sighted lens of wide-vision diving mirror The present invention is a near-sighted lens of a wide-vision diving mirror, wherein contracted latching pieces at the upper, lower, and inner sides of a front lens of a wide-vision diving mirror are latched into the latching slots of lens frames of a mask; two asse... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168095 | Face protector and method of use A method of using a face protector includes providing a face protector including a lens and a face plate configured to protect the forehead, eyes, cheeks, jaw, chin, mouth, ears, and nose of a user without protecting substantially the remainder of the user's head; a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159250 | Swimming goggles A pair of swimming goggles includes left and right frames made of hard material, a head strap and a connection frame connecting the left and right frames and made of soft material. Supporters respectively extend from the inner ends of the peripheral surfaces of the ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7125115 | Panoramic-view diving mask with self-sealing, non-glued removable watertight lens having contoured lips A panoramic-view diving mask with self-sealing, non-glued, removable watertight lenses. The lenses are self-sealed by an assembly process in which a layer of elastic gasket medium is applied or attached to either one or both beveled contacting edges of the frontal a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7096514 | Protective goggles A goggle having features of the present invention comprises a transparent housing with an arcuate upper surface with a first end and a second end, a planar frontal surface, a centrally disposed nose bridge and a first and second lower panel disposed opposite the nos... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7080904 | One piece spectacle with temple pre-load The disposable safety eyewear has a lens portion having a bridge portion and a nose support thereon. Left and right temple bars are connected to the lens portion by living hinges. The living hinges are operable between an open position and a folded position. Mating ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078653 | Diving mask with adjustable included angle of frame An adjustable diving mask with a frame assembly has two-frames for mounting two lenses, and an angle adjusting mechanism mounted between the two frames for adjusting the included angle between the two frames, and accordingly, the included angle between the two lense... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7062797 | Multi-purpose goggle A multi-purpose goggle for protecting the eyes of the wearer in industrial and sporting environments and against glare when the wearer is viewing a computer screen for extended periods of time, for housing a virtual reality display and for use by pilots engaged in t... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7036927 | Face foam free protective eyewear with inner liner and vent The present invention provides protective eyewear for indoor and outdoor activities. In particular the present invention provides eyewear with an inner liner that protects the wearer's eyes from wind, dust, moisture, glare, allergens, and damaging ultraviolet radiat... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6996857 | Swimming goggles Swimming goggles includes a pair of lens portions, a peripheral wall portion extending rearward from a periphery of each of the lens portions, a nose belt portion, and a strap. The peripheral wall portion includes an inner peripheral wall portion which comes in cont... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6921165 | Self-sealing, non-glued removable watertight lens assembly method of a panoramic-view diving mask This watertight lens assembly structure provides panoramic-viewing for a diving mask without having the lenses glued together. The lenses are instead self-sealing, due to an assembly process in which, as the preferred embodiment indicates, at least one frontal lens ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6921164 | Underwater viewing lens A viewing lens that is divided into at least three sections such that a wearer can see through a center section with both eyes, and can see through a lateral section only with the eye immediately adjacent to that section. ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6904619 | Adhesion of diving goggle lenses A device formed of adhesion of diving goggle lenses. The device includes a goggle frame, a mask, a front lens and a lateral lens. The front and lateral lens are fixedly adhered by an L-shaped or T-shaped leak-proof gasket of a soft material with high diaphaneity so ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6820615 | Mask tightening strap A mask tightening strap, whereby a tightening device of a conventional diving face mask or swimming goggles is configured to comprise a protective sleeve attached to an inner side of a tightening strap. A fastening strap is configured on one end of the protective sl... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6735787 | Diving mask A diving mask having a framing apparatus provided on both sides of a nose portion with at least front glasses mounted in front frame; and a mask apparatus made of a soft and flexible material. The mask apparatus includes a nose portion and an edging piece extending ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6581213 | Swimming goggles A pair of swimming goggles comprises a first and a second single-eye modules, each of which includes a lens frame that has lens units mounted thereon, a module nose bridge which is mounted on the side of the lens frame, a module strap which is mounted on ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6560788 | Swimming or diving goggles Goggles for swimming or diving (1) comprising a frame (2) formed from a substantially flexible annular body made in a single piece with a surround (8) capable in use of being applied hermetically on the user's face, and a lens (3) shaped according to a cy... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6460995 | Multi-piece lens having bonded lens portions A diving mask having a lens providing a wide view field, which is formed by glueing together of multiple glasses, using a glue with elastic and flexible properties. The planes of the connection between the glasses is designed to overlap or be parallel wit... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6397847 | Customizable seal, mask with customizable seal and method of using such a seal A seal and a mask having a seal adapted for confronting engagement with a surface of a user to form an interface therewith. The seal includes a first portion defined by a gel substance and a second portion associated with the first portion. The second por... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6341863 | Diving mask A diving mask having a lens providing a wide view field, which is formed by glueing together of multiple glasses, using a glue with elastic and flexible properties. The planes of the connection between the glasses is designed to overlap or be parallel wit... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6272693 | Dive mask with inclined glasses A dive mask comprising a rigid frame (1) for supporting transparent glasses (3), and a flexible seal (5) extending from the contour of the frame (1) and fit to be secured on the diver's face by means of an adjustable strap. The glasses (3) are supported b... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6152137 | Pliable and resilient sealing pad A sealing pad (14) made of a compliant and resiliently deformable gelatinous elastomer suitable to conform under pressure to form a substantially airtight seal with at least a portion of the user's skin adjacent to the sealing pad (14). The gelatinous ela... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6008780 | Diver communication equipment Diver communication equipment comprises a diver's helmet having a display consisting of a monitor, a prism, a relay lens and an eyepiece. The relay lens and the eyepiece are mounted in a tube which extends into the helmet through a sealing bush located in... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6006367 | Swimming goggles Swimming goggles comprising first and second frame sections each having a peripheral flange adapted to effect a water tight seal with the face of a wearer, two transparent face plates and two transparent top members located above the face plates. The two ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5940892 | Eye protection device constructed from an elongated strip of translucent material An eye protection device is formed of an elongated strip of translucent material. The length of the elongated strip of translucent material is such that it will encircle the wearer's head, with strap-like portions overlapping at the back of a wearer's hea... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5915541 | Swimming or diving goggles Swimming or diving goggles comprising a one- or two-curved-lens system having a progressive cornerless curvature of cylindrical type with vertical axes and variable radius, without curvature in the vertical plane and described by a peculiar geometrical la... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5802621 | Swimming goggles with improved water-proof effect A pair of swimming goggles includes two lenses formed of transparent rigid material, a goggle frame for receiving the lenses, and a length-adjustable strap having two ends attached to one of the goggle frame and the lenses. Each lens includes a peripheral... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5564132 | Diving mask with an arcuate lens A diving mask includes an elongate arcuate frame having two rearward formed lateral sides, a strap adjustably connected to the frame, a substantially arc-shaped lens having a smooth mediate portion and two side portions and tightly coupled to a front face... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5553331 | Universal fit face mask This diverse face mask has a frontal and two optional side self sealing lenses in a pliable mask body. Two pocket hinges are located on the sides of the mask. The Teat portion of the mask contacts the head behind the concave surface of the temple. The mas... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5420649 | Diving mask with improved field of vision A diving mask has a body for sealably engaging a wearer's face. The mask has one or more transparent viewing plates supported by the body, each having inner and outer surfaces. One or more prisms or simply curved lenses are affixed to the viewing plates t... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5390373 | Swim goggles An improved pair of swim goggles, especially designed of competitive swimming, is comprised of two substantially ovoid, convex lenses secured to a soft neoprene base. The goggles are simply and easily tightened about the head by a one pull toggle mechanis... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5345615 | Wide viewfield underwater mask This invention relates to an underwater mask which has on the front two plates made of a transparent material for front vision, and two further transparent plates placed beneath the former and forming an angle greater than 90° and less than 180° therewi... | 09/13/1994 |
