US1843847A - Goggles - Google Patents

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Feb. 2, 1932. w, c, SUTTON 1,843,847

GOGGLES Filed Feb. 18 1950 ATTORNEY or the skin.

Patented Feb. 2, 1932 1W A1LTER 6'. when, or oLnvELAivn Emeline, OHIO Goeetns Ap ncatio fiid l EebruarYIS, 930. Serial memes.

This invention relates to goggles.

lt has b'een thepractice top'rovide goggles for, the protection of the eyes during-treat ment by the suns rays, either artificial or nat-iv i5 ural, in which the goggles are provided with 1 a smoke-colored glass to eliminate certain rays'ofthe sun and such goggles are provided with a suitable backingwhich covers a por-.

tion of the face surrounding-the eyes, By a 10 this means the portions of the face beyond the backing of the goggles are tanned, while the'portion which is protectedhas its normal color, thereby leaving clear cutidivisions be; tween the tanned and the untanned portions It is-an object 'ofthe present invention to provide goggles having portions extending from the usual'eye pieces that willpermitj the passage of the suns rays to the skin whereby the untanned portions will merge or blend 7 into the tanned portions and thereby leavev no line of demarkation.

A further object of the invention is the pro vision of a goggle having amask including 5 eye-pieces which are embracedbysuitable material having perforations so arranged to permit the passage of sunlight that the tanning eifect during exposure tothe suns rays will cause a blending between the tanned and maybe progressively stepped in thickness in order to provide for the gradual blending, it also being possible to serrate the edges of the material in such a manner that the blending may be'accomplished." v I This' invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, in view of the" acconi= panying drawings forming a part of the specification; nevertheless it is to be understood'that the invention is not confined tothe disclosure, being susceptible of such changes and modifications which shall defineno mate} rial departure-from-the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims- In the drawings"; v j c A Figure. 1 is a-view in elevation of a pair of goggles construct-ed in accordance with the principles of my invention,

' invention shown in elevation, and

taken alongthe line 66 of Figure 5.

untanned portions of the skin or'the material FigureQ is a partial vertical sectiontaken along the line 2- 2 of Figure 1, t

' Figure 3*is'a fragmentary view irrelevati'on showing a modified formof'the goggle, Figure 4; is a partial vertical section taken along the'line 4'4 of Fig. 3', 1 Figurefi is a'further modified form of the "Figure 6 is a" partial horizontal section Referring -more particularly to the drawings, 10'- desiig nates a mask or shield formed preferablyof flexible material such'as leather or fabric and which h as'its'opposite ends,as

shown at 11 and 12, enlarged to embrace'the eyes and extend beyond the contour of the eyes; A reduced portion'13 connects the portlons 11 and 12 together and is bridge the nose of dreamer The materi'alis provlded W1 sages in which aremounted casings 141.to reh a pair of pas l adapted to ceive fglass'plates 15 which conform' to the shape ofthe casing and these glasses may be either a well known smoke type or they may P be colored for the purpose of eliminating certain rays of thesunor of a lamp which pro:

duces artificialsunlight. If desiredtheimem bers 15 may beformed of opaque material.

The edges of the shield 10 are serrated and 5 it will bejnoted that the serrations 16 at the widest portion of the shield are longerand moreextensive thanthe' serrations 17 at the reduced portion. It will be further noted that the'reduction in size betweenthe serra tions 16and '17 is gradual, for a purpose which wi'll be presently explained; v A cordor rubf her, or any other suitable element, as shown at 18, is providedand has its ends received with in'p rforations 19 within the sections llran'd '12 ofr the shield for the purpose of securing the goggles tothe head .ofthe wearer.

It will bel noted bythis construction whenthe goggleshave been applied tojthe head of'the wearer and saidwearer is exportions of thesk-in and those portions which are completely covered by the material of the shield.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be seen that a modified form of the device is disclosed in which ashield 20 is formed of leather, fabric, or any suitable ma-, terial, and is provided with a plurality of perforations 21, 22, which are so arranged that the perforations 21 are spaced closer together than the perforations 22 which are near the frame 23 of the eye-piece 24.

The portion 25 of the shield which bridges the nose is reduced in a manner similar to that shown at 13 in Figure 1', while the outer ends of the material are enlarged to completely cover not only the eyes but portions of the skin embracing the eyes. r

A cord 26 is secured, at 27, to the opposite ends of the shield 20 for attaching the goggles to the head of the wearer.

The periphery of the-entire shield is serrated, asshown at 28, and co-operates with the perforations 21 and 22 for causing a gradual blending of the untanned portions of the skin into the tanned portions. It will be noted that the perforations 22 gradually increase in number and in a definite arrange ment from the periphery of the casing 23 towards the periphery. of the outer ends ofthe shield. 7

Referring more particularly to Figs. 5 and 6, it will be seen that afurther modified form of the invention is disclosed. In this form the casing 30, which receives the eye-piece 31, is set in a perforation and secured to the material which forms theshield 32. This shield is made of fabric of a definite thickness and is formed in layers which are progressively stepped. The inner section 33 of the shield is formed of thin fabric which will permit a predetermined quantityof light rays to pass through and for affecting the skin of the wearer. The second layer 34 is placed upon the top of the inner layer and has its periphery spaced from the periphery of the section 33 so that only a portion of the section is exposed while another portion in connection with the section 34: forms a double layer which will increase the amount of sunlight passing through the exposed portion of the section 33. Two other layers 35 and 36 are disposed in superimposed relation upon the section 34% and are smaller in area than the section 34 while the section 36 has less area thanthe section 35. By this construction it will beseen from Fig. 6 that four layers of the fabric are included within the section 36 while three and two layers, respectively, are included within the exposed portions of the sections 35 and 34;. V

A cord or similar device 37 is connected to the outer end of the shield32 for securing a pair of goggles to the head of the wearer.

It is well known that the invisible rays of the sun, known as ultra-violet rays, are particularly beneficial to human beings and it is these rays which cause the tanning of the skin when the skin is so exposed. During the application of the ultra-violet rays goggles are worn due to the fact that portions of the goggles embracing the eye pieces do not transmit ultra-violet rays, the skin remains light in color while the surrounding portions are tanned. The material described in the present case and which embraces the various transparent members 15, 24 and 31 do not transmit theultra-violet rays but passages are provided in the material which will transmit the ultra-violetrays, and these passages increase in number and in area from the outer peripheries of the material towards the transparent members so that the areas of exposure of the skin to light rays will increase gradually from the transparent member towards the periphery of the material. In

other words, the openings are progressively restricted in number and size so that the exposure of the skin to the light rays willbe gradually restricted.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a mask for the eyes formed of a strip of material, semi-transparent members carried by the mask and disposed in line with the pupils of the eyes of the wearer, the material gradually increasing in thickness from the periphery towards the semi-transparent members for progressively decreas ing the quantity of light rays passing through the mask from the periphery towards the center.

2. A device of the character described comprising a mask for the eyes formed of a strip of material and provided withspaced openings, semi-transparent members carried by the mask and received Within the open ings, said material being provided with means for causing a gradual increase of light rays passing through the mask from points adjacent the semi-transparent portions towards the periphery of the mask.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a mask for the eyes formed of a strip of material, semi-transparent members carried by the maskand disposed in line with the eyes of the wearer, the material being provided with restricted openings, gradually increasing in number from "points adjacent the semi-transparent lmembers towards the periphery of the mask.

i. A, device of the characterdescribed, comprising a mask for the eyes formedof a strip of material, semi transparent members carried by the mask anddisposed in line with the eyes of the wearer, the material being provided with serrations Whichgradually increase 1n wldth as said serrations approach the semi-transparent members.

WALTER o. SUTTON.

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