US 7,475,435 B2
	Swim goggles
Dylan S. Van Atta, Portland, Oreg. (US); Alan W. Reichow, Forest Grove, Oreg. (US); Karl M. Citek, Forest Grove, Oreg. (US); and Robert M. Bruce, Portland, Oreg. (US)
Assigned to Nike, Inc., Beaverton, Oreg. (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/785,203.
Prior Publication US 2005/0193479 A1, Sep. 08, 2005
Int. Cl. A61F 9/02 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 2—440  [2/431; 351/43]

27 Claims

1. Swim goggles comprising a pair of unconnected eyepieces, each eyepiece adapted to provide a water-tight seal around an eye of a user during use of the goggles, wherein each eyepiece has a minimum depth of less than 8 mm measured at locations above and below the eyes when the eyepieces are in an as worn orientation, and wherein each eyepiece comprises a flat anterior lens portion that is positioned in front of an eye in an as worn orientation and a flat side lens portion that extends rearwardly and temporally from the anterior lens portion at an obtuse angle.