Goggle with interchangeable vent accessories
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a pair of protective eyewear that includes a frame having a brow portion with a top surface and a bottom portion with a bottom surface. The frame is configured and arranged to be secured against a wearer's face wherein the brow portion conforms to the wearer's forehead and the bottom portion conforms around the wearer's nose and cheekbones. A lens is interfittingly engaged with the frame. The frame and the lens define an interior portion of the eyewear and an exterior portion of the eyewear. The frame includes a number of vent structures, and each of the vent structures has a vent opening. The vent opening is in fluid connection between the interior portion and the exterior portion of the eyewear. The protective eyewear includes at least one vent accessory configured and arranged to releasably couple to at least one of the vent structures.
1. A pair of protective eyewear, comprising:
a frame having a brow portion with a top surface and a bottom portion with a bottom surface with a plurality of vent structures extending outwardly from the top surface and bottom surface, respectively, said frame configured and arranged to be secured against a wearer's face wherein said brow portion conforms to said wearer's forehead and said bottom portion conforms around said wearer's nose and cheekbones;
a lens interfittingly engaged with said frame;
said frame and said lens defining an interior portion of said eyewear and an exterior portion of said eyewear;
said frame including at least one recessed portion forming a pocket on the interior portion, each of said plurality of vent structures having at least one rearward facing vent opening in fluid communication between said interior portion and said exterior portion of said eyewear through said recessed portion, said at least one rearward facing vent opening oriented towards said wearer's face; and
at least one vent accessory configured and arranged to releasably couple to at least one of said recessed portion of the frame, said at least one vent accessory enclosed within said interior portion of said eyewear.
2. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein said vent accessory is a baffle structure for redirecting air through said vent structure.
3. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein said vent accessory is a filter for preventing airborne particles from entering said interior of said eyewear.
4. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein said vent accessory is a plug for substantially blocking air flow through said vent structure.
5. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein said vent accessory is a filtered baffle structure for redirecting air flow through said vent structure and trapping airborne particles within said filtered baffle.
6. The eyewear of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of vent structures comprises:
a top vent structure extending outwardly from said top surface of said brow portion; and
a left bottom vent structure extending outwardly from said bottom surface of said bottom portion of said frame to the left of said wearer's nose; and
a right bottom vent structure extending outwardly from said bottom surface of said bottom portion of said frame to the right of said wearer's nose.
7. The eyewear of claim 6 , wherein said top vent structure further comprises a plurality of rearward facing vent openings.
8. The eyewear of claim 6 , wherein said left bottom vent structure and said right bottom vent structure further comprises a plurality of rearward facing vent openings.