Goggle with easily interchangeable lens that is adaptable for heating to prevent fogging

• US 9,693,395 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2015
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC (Abom, Inc.), Tempest Optics LLC
• Original Assignee: Abominable Labs, LLC (Abom, Inc.)
• Inventors: McCulloch, David C., Cornelius, Jack C., Orzeck, Toren P. B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Annis, Khaled
• Application Number:
  US14/710,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20150238361A1
• Time in Patent Office: 777 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/025 Special attachment of screens, e.g. hinged, removable; Roll-up protective layers
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/028 Ventilation means
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/029 Additional functions or features, e.g. protection for other parts of the face such as ears, nose or mouth; Screen wipers or cleaning devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/84 Heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas, e.g. for demisting or de-icing windows, mirrors or vehicle windshields

Abstract

Anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle adapted for use with a battery comprising: a body with a flexible posterior portion for engaging a user'"'"'s face and an anterior portion; a lens having a resistive anti-fog element thereon, the lens adapted for engaging the anterior portion of the body; an engagement mechanism for releasably interconnecting the lens and the body; an interconnection mechanism depending from the body adapted for detachably interconnecting the heating element of the lens and the battery, the interconnection means operable or integral with the engagement mechanism such that interconnecting the heating element of the lens with the battery also reinforces interconnecting of the lens with the semi-rigid anterior portion of the body; and a strap adapted for holding the goggle on a user'"'"'s head with, or without, a helmet.

Claims

1. An anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle adapted for use with a battery comprising:

a semi-flexible and resilient body having first and second ends, a flexible posterior portion adapted for engaging a user'"'"'s face adjacent user'"'"'s eyes and a bridge of a user'"'"'s nose, and a semi-rigid anterior portion;

a semi-flexible and resilient lens having first and second ends and having an anti-fog heating element thereon, said lens adapted for engaging the semi-rigid anterior portion of said body a distance from user'"'"'s eyes so as to provide a shield to the eyes;

an engagement mechanism comprising a plurality of semi-rigid loops, each said loop formed and defining a hole on each end of said lens, and a corresponding post on each end of said body, each loop and hole for releasably interconnecting said lens and said body upon flexing at least one of said lens and said body so as to position each loop around the corresponding post on each one of the first and second ends of said body;

an interconnecting mechanism depending from said body adapted for detachably interconnecting the heating element of said lens and the battery, said interconnecting mechanism operable with said engagement mechanism such that interconnecting the heating element of said lens with the battery also reinforces interconnecting of said lens with the semi-rigid anterior portion of said body, and such that disconnecting the heating element and the battery also releases said lens for disengagement from the semi-rigid anterior portion of said body, wherein said interconnecting mechanism adapted for detachably interconnecting the heating element of said lens and the battery further comprises an electrical contact on at least one of the loops on one of the first and second ends of said lens and a corresponding electrical contact on the post corresponding with the at least one of the loops, wherein each loop is operable to a first position achieved by flexing at least one of said lens and said body to allow positioning of the loop around a corresponding post to bias a portion of the lens against said body, thus reinforcing attachment of said lens on said body and to interconnect the heating element of said lens and the battery, each loop also operable to a second position achieved by flexing at least one of said lens and said body to allow disconnecting of the loop from the corresponding post to release said lens for removal from said body and to disconnect the heating element of said lens from the battery; and

a strap having first and second ends, the first end of said strap interconnected with the first end of said body, and the second end of said strap interconnected with the second end of said body, adapted for holding the goggle on a user'"'"'s head.

2. The anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of electrical contacts, at least one of said electrical contacts attached to each end of said lens, further comprising another plurality of corresponding electrical contacts, at least one of said plurality of corresponding electrical contacts attached to each of the posts.

3. The anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle of claim 2, further comprising a semi-flexible and resilient lens frame for aiding with engaging and interconnecting said lens and the heating element with the battery, wherein each said electrical contact further comprises a spring wire attached at each end of said lens frame and retained in said lens frame so as to be at least partially exposed for making contact with the corresponding electrical contact on each corresponding post.

4. The anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle of claim 1, wherein each said electrical contact comprises an upper and lower electrical contact adapted for engaging a corresponding electrical contact on the corresponding post.

5. The anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle of claim 4, further comprising a semi-flexible and resilient lens frame having a semi-rigid loop defining a hole in each end thereof for aiding with engaging and interconnecting said lens with the body and the heating element with the battery, wherein each said electrical contact further comprises a spring wire attached at the end of said lens frame and retained adjacent the periphery of the hole defined at the end of the lens frame so as to be at least partially exposed for making contact with the corresponding corresponding contact on the post.

6. An anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle adapted for use with a battery comprising:

a semi-flexible and resilient body having first and second ends, a flexible posterior portion adapted for engaging a user'"'"'s face adjacent the user'"'"'s eyes and bridge of the user'"'"'s nose, and a semi-rigid anterior portion;

a semi-flexible and resilient lens having first and second ends and having an anti-fog heating element thereon, said lens adapted for engaging the semi-rigid anterior portion of said body a distance from the user'"'"'s eyes so as to provide a shield to the eyes;

an engagement mechanism comprising a plurality of semi-rigid bands, each said band formed and defining an opening having a periphery on each one of the first and second ends of said lens, and a corresponding post on each end of said body, each band and opening for releasably interconnecting said lens and said body upon flexing at least one of said lens and said body so as to position each band over the corresponding post on each end of said body and so as to retain each post within the opening on each end of said lens;

an interconnecting mechanism depending from said body adapted for detachably interconnecting the heating element of said lens and the battery, said interconnecting mechanism operable with said engagement mechanism such that interconnecting the heating element of said lens with the battery also reinforces interconnecting of said lens with the semi-rigid anterior portion of said body, and such that disconnecting the heating element and the battery also releases said lens for disengagement from the semi-rigid anterior portion of said body, wherein said interconnecting mechanism adapted for detachably interconnecting the heating element of said lens and the battery further comprises an electrical contact on a periphery of at least one opening formed by one of the bands on one of the first and second ends of said lens and a corresponding electrical contact on the post corresponding with the at least one of the bands, wherein each band is operable to a first position achieved by flexing one of said lens and said body to allow positioning of the band around a corresponding post to bias a portion of the lens against said body, thus reinforcing attachment of said lens on said body and to interconnect the heating element of said lens and the battery, each band also operable to a second position achieved by flexing one of said lens and said body to allow disconnecting of the band from the corresponding post to release said lens for removal from said body and to disconnect the heating element of said lens from the battery; and

a strap having first and second ends, the first end of said strap interconnected with the first end of said body, and the second end of said strap interconnected with the second end of said body, adapted for holding the goggle on a user'"'"'s head.

7. The anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle of claim 6, further comprising a plurality of electrical contacts, at least one of said electrical contacts attached to each end of said lens, further comprising another plurality of corresponding electrical contacts, at least one of said plurality of corresponding electrical contacts attached to each of the posts.

8. The anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle of claim 7, further comprising a semi-flexible and resilient lens frame for aiding with engaging and interconnecting said lens and the heating element with the battery, wherein each said electrical contact further comprises a spring wire attached at each end of said lens frame and retained in said lens frame so as to be at least partially exposed for making contact with the electrical contact on each corresponding post.

9. The anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle of claim 8, further comprising a semi-flexible and resilient lens frame having first and second ends and defining a recessed area communicating with each opening in said lens, at least one recessed area located in each end of said lens frame, for aiding with engaging and interconnecting said lens with the body and the heating element with the battery, wherein each said electrical contact further comprises a spring wire attached at each end of said lens frame and retained in the periphery of the recessed area defined at each end of the lens frame so as to be at least partially exposed for making contact with the corresponding contact on the post.

10. The anti-fog, interchangeable-lens goggle of claim 6, wherein each said electrical contact comprises an upper and lower electrical contact adapted for engaging a corresponding electrical contact on the corresponding post.