US 12,090,367 B2
Goggles
Nathan Tomlinson, London (GB); Chris Johnson, London (GB); and Thomas Frederick Osman, Rugby (GB)
Assigned to SPEEDO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/426,339
Filed by SPEEDO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052157
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/157127, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1901193 (GB), filed on Jan. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107507 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 33/00 (2006.01); G02C 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 33/004 (2020.08) [A63B 33/006 (2020.08); G02C 5/045 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Protective eyewear comprising a pair of eye pieces, each defining one of two opposing inner lateral surfaces spaced by a nose bridge, at least one of the inner lateral surfaces comprising a lower in-use end configured to be located towards a ground surface when the eyewear is worn, an upper in-use end configured to be located away from the ground surface when the eyewear is worn, and a skirt upstanding from the inner lateral surface so as to define a slot for slidably and releasably engaging a locating rib provided on said nose bridge,
wherein said slot comprises a slot locking element and said nose bridge comprises a nose bridge locking element and wherein, in a use configuration with the locating rib of the nose bridge engaged within the slot, the slot locking element and the nose bridge locking element cooperate within said slot to releasably secure the locating rib within the slot; and
wherein said slot is elongate and extends along the inner lateral surface between the upper and lower in-use ends of the inner lateral surface, an end of the skirt being open so as to allow sliding of the locating rib into the slot along an axis that extends from the upper in-use end of the inner lateral surface to the lower in-use end of the inner lateral surface.