Goggle attachment system
A goggle ( 12 ) having removable/replaceable outriggers ( 16 ) conveniently detachably engaged with the sidewalls ( 14 ) of the goggles. The outriggers ( 16 ) have an aperture ( 26 ) in communication with a venting aperture ( 30 ) communicating through the sidewall ( 14 ) to the eye cavity ( 28 ). Pins ( 18 ) project from flexible/compressible top and bottom walls of the outrigger ( 16 ) to engage within receiving cavities ( 24 ) formed in the goggle sidewalls ( 14 ).
1 . A goggle engageable mounting system comprising:
an outrigger, said outrigger having an attachment end, a trailing end, and having a venting aperture communicating therethrough;
finger releasable means for detachable engagement of said outriggers to the sidewall of a goggle;
means for attachment of said outrigger to the head of a wearer engaged with said trailing end; and
one or both of said sidewall and said aperture dimensioned on an exterior surface creating a low air pressure area immediately adjacent to said venting aperture when moving air travels over said exterior surface, whereby air flow exhausting from the interior of a goggle to said side aperture is enhanced by the force of said low pressure area acting to draw higher pressure air in said interior of a goggle through said side aperture.
2 . The goggle of claim 1 , wherein said finger releasable means for engagement of said outriggers to the sidewall of a goggle comprises:
said outrigger having a top side and a bottom side;
said outrigger having pins projecting at said engagement end from said top side and said bottom side; and
said top side finger compressible toward said bottom side whereby said pins may be engaged or disengaged from mating cavities in said sidewall of a goggle.
3 . The helmet engageable goggle of claim 1 , further comprising fins located in said side aperture to direct airflow therethrough.
4 . A sport goggle, comprising:
a goggle body having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said interior surface defining an eye cavity with the face of a wearer, said goggle body having side portions;
an outrigger having a ventilation aperture communicating with the eye cavity;
means for releasably attaching the outrigger to the goggle body to utilize different outrigger configurations with the goggle body; and
wherein one or both of the goggle body side wall portions and outrigger apertures are shaped and dimensioned to form an exterior surface that creates a low air pressure area immediately adjacent the ventilation aperture of the outrigger when moving air flows over the exterior surface of the goggle body and the outrigger, whereby air flow exhausting from the eye cavity through said outrigger aperture is enhanced by the force of the low pressure area acting to draw high pressure air from said eye cavity through said outrigger aperture.
5 . A goggle according to claim 4 , further comprising fins positioned in the outrigger venting aperture to direct air flow therethrough.
6 . The goggle according to claim 4 , wherein said releasable attaching means, comprising:
said outrigger having a top side and a bottom side;
said outrigger having pins projecting from said top and bottom sides of the outrigger, said pins positioned and sized to be receivable within correspondingly shaped apertures formed in the goggled body; and
wherein said outrigger top and bottom sides being compressible, whereby said pins may be engaged into or disengaged from said mating apertures.