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WO2010068165A1 - Protective eyewear with exchangable lens and strap - Google Patents

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WO2010068165A1
WO2010068165A1 PCT/SE2009/051384 SE2009051384W WO2010068165A1 WO 2010068165 A1 WO2010068165 A1 WO 2010068165A1 SE 2009051384 W SE2009051384 W SE 2009051384W WO 2010068165 A1 WO2010068165 A1 WO 2010068165A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting in contact-lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/02—Goggles
    • A61F9/027—Straps; Buckles; Attachment of headbands
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting in contact-lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A61F9/02—Goggles
    • A61F9/028—Ventilation means

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  • the invention relates generally to protective eyewear.
  • Protective eyewear is often necessary in recreational activities which involve speeds and/or risk of particles or debris affecting the eyes of the person. Particles could include snow, rain, hail, dust or sand whereas debris most commonly are branches, sticks and gravel.
  • the protective eyewear is also used to enhance the eyesight of the person in conditions such as intensive sunlight, mist, wind, glare, darkness and many other types of conditions and environments. Often, an individual may need multiple lenses to accommodate the needs of different environments.
  • Another aspect is that some conditions and/or individuals might require the use of a first lens for changing light conditions and a second lens for protection from debris. Also, many individuals require a first prescription lens and a second protective lens.
  • Another aspect is that moisture and vapor can sometimes build up on the lens of protective eyewear, which can impair the vision of the user. This often occurs from non- ventilated lenses acquiring vapor from the individual and the environment.
  • Protective eyewear is often used with helmets for activities such as recreational sports. A common issue arises with the use of protective eyewear in a comfortable and effective manner with helmets. Sometimes the protective eyewear is worn with the strap beneath the helmet while other times the strap is worn over the helmet. If the strap is worn beneath the helmet, it may be bulky and compress uncomfortably against the sides of the wearer's head. If the strap is worn over the helmet, it may pull away from the wearer's face and break the sealing engagement between the eyewear and the wearer's face.
  • a protective eyewear for a human user suitable for use in recreational activities is provided.
  • the protective eyewear comprises a base part, a lens member and a strap system.
  • the base part could be adapted to be in contact with the face of a human user and the lens member could be adapted to be in contact with the base part.
  • the strap system comprises a strap and a strap holder. The strap could be attached to the strap holder which is detachably fixated to the base part and the lens member could be fixated to the base part through the strap holder being detachably fixated to the base part.
  • the strap holder could be adapted to position the strap at a distance from the base part, when said protective eyewear is in use, whereas according to another embodiment said strap holder could be adapted to position the strap in contact with said base part, when said protective eyewear is in use.
  • the strap holder further comprises a lens holding member adapted to fixate the lens member to the base part.
  • the lens holding member could be a section of the strap holder.
  • the strap holder further comprises a strap attachment section adapted to movably attach the strap to the strap holder.
  • the distance between the lens member and the strap attachment section is more than one centimeter.
  • the strap holder in any of the embodiments could be adapted to be fixated to the base part by means of an elastic section of the base part fixating the strap holder to the base part.
  • the strap holder is an outrigger, in which case the protective eyewear has an outrigger design.
  • the lens member is cylindrical.
  • fig. 1 shows the base part of the protective eyewear in a perspective view, according to one embodiment
  • fig. 2 shows the strap holder in a perspective view, according to one embodiment
  • fig. 3A shows the protective eyewear in a rear view, according to one embodiment
  • fig. 3B shows the protective eyewear in a frontal view, according to one embodiment
  • fig. 4A shows the protective eyewear in a side view, according to one embodiment
  • fig. 4B shows the protective eyewear in a top view, according to one embodiment
  • fig. 4C shows the protective eyewear from underneath, according to one embodiment
  • fig. 5 shows a perspective view of the protective eyewear in its entirety, according to one embodiment.
  • a lens member is to be understood as a transparent material adapted to be placed in front of at least a part of the vision scope of the user.
  • the lens member could be adapted to protect against particles or wind and it could also be adapted to be tinted or colored to be protective against radiation such as sunlight, UV-radiation and IR-radiation.
  • Base part is to be understood as the framework of the protective eyewear on to which the lens is applied.
  • the base part could be a whole frame; however it is also conceivable that the base part extends in a non-continuous way around the eye area of a user.
  • the base part comprises a compressible lining material, such as a porous polymer material, adapted to be in contact with the face when the protective eyewear is in use.
  • the compressible lining material is adapted to increase the comfort of the protective eyewear and to serve as a sealing against the outside environment.
  • Strap is to be understood as an elastic or adjustable member adapted to, in use, be in connection with the head, or a helmet placed on the head, of a user.
  • the strap is an elastic member, which is elastic by means of an elastic polymer material.
  • Strap system is to be understood as the parts which assist in the attachment of the base part to the head of the user, or a helmet worn by the user.
  • the strap system comprises the strap holder, which is adapted to be in connection with the strap and the base part.
  • the strap holder could be adapted to facilitate the wearing of the protective eyewear beneath a helmet, or outside of a helmet.
  • said adaptation is done through the adjustment of the size of the strap holder.
  • the strap holder could be adapted to enable the fixation of a lens member with a specific thickness, or it may be adapted to enable the fixation of multiple lens members.
  • said adaptations is done through the adjustment of the size of a lens holding member of the strap holder.
  • said strap attachment section is moved away from the base part by means of a strap holder
  • said strap holder is denoted outrigger.
  • the outrigger design enables the strap to be placed at a distance from the base part and/or the lens member which could be advantageous when using the protective eyewear with a helmet.
  • Detachably fixated is to be understood as a fixation which allows for detaching without destroying the parts involved in said detachable fixation.
  • Fig.l shows the base part B of the protective eyewear, according to an embodiment wherein the base part B comprises a frame that extends continuously around the eye-area of the user.
  • the outer surface 1 is adapted to be in contact with a lens member (not shown), and the inner surface 2 is adapted to be in contact with the face of the user.
  • the inner surface 2 could be adapted to be in direct contact with the face of the user; however it is also conceivable that the inner surface 2 is adapted to be in indirect contact with the face of the user, in which case a material could be placed between the inner surface 2 and the face.
  • the material adapted to be placed between the inner surface 2 and the face could be a compressible lining material, such as a porous polymer material, the compressible lining material could be adapted to increase the comfort of the protective eyewear and to serve as a sealing against the outside environment.
  • the base part B comprises an elastic member adapted to fixate the strap holder 3a,3b to the base part B.
  • Said elastic member could be a part or section of the base part B, which could be made of the same material as the rest of the base part B.
  • Fig. 2 shows two strap holders 3a, 3b according to one embodiment, wherein the strap holders 3 a, 3b is connected to each other by means of an interconnecting part 5 adapted to be positioned on the upper end of the base part B and to connect the first strap holder 3 a with the second strap holder 3b.
  • the strap holders 3a,3b further comprises lens holding members 6 adapted to fixate a lens member to the base part B.
  • each of the lens holding members 6 comprises a slit 11 in which a lens member is adapted to be fixated.
  • the lens holding members 6 can be adapted to hold lens members of different size and thickness by means of adapting the depth and the width of the slit 11.
  • the lens holding members 6 are adapted to hold an inner lens member and an outer lens member, in which case the lens holding members 6 can comprise two slits, for fixating each of the two lens members.
  • the strap holder 3a,3b is adapted to be fixated to the base part B by means of an elastic section of said base part B fixating the strap holders 3a,3b to the base part B.
  • Fig. 3A shows a rear view of the protective eyewear according to one embodiment.
  • the base part B comprises a frame that extends continuously around the eye-area of the user.
  • the inner surface 2 is adapted to be in contact with the face of the user.
  • the strap holders 3a,3b is according to this embodiment adapted for outside of a helmet use.
  • the strap attachment section 7 is located at a distance D from the base part B which enables the strap to be placed at a distance from the base part B and/or the lens member 8 which could be advantageous when using the protective eyewear with a helmet.
  • This design is denoted an outrigger design and according to this embodiment the outriggers are the strap holders 3a,3b comprising the strap attachment section 7.
  • Fig. 3B shows a frontal view of the protective eyewear according to one embodiment.
  • the lens member 8 is detachably fixated to the base part B by means of the lens holding members 6 on the strap holders 3a,3b.
  • the strap attachment section 7 of the strap holder 3a,3b is according to this embodiment placed at a distance from the lens member 8, an embodiment which is suitable for placing the strap 4 outside of a helmet.
  • the strap attachment section 7 is placed closet to the lens member 8 which is suitable for placing the strap 4 outside of a helmet.
  • the distance between said lens member 8 and said strap attachment section 7 is more than five millimeter for outside of a helmet use.
  • the distance between said lens member 8 and said strap attachment section 7 is more than one centimeter for outside of a helmet use.
  • the strap holder 3a,3b could be adapted to fixate a lens member 8 with a specific thickness, for which the size of the strap holder 3a,3b needs to be adapted. It is also conceivable that the strap holder 3a,3b needs to be adapted to enable the fixation of a lens member 8 larger than the base part B.
  • the lens member 8 may need to be quickly exchanged. There may also be times when a single lens member 8 is sufficient, whereas other times the conditions and/or user may require an additional lens member 8 for protection or comfort. According to the embodiment shows in fig.
  • the base part B further comprises a center support 10 which is adapted to provide additional support to the lens member 8.
  • the lens member is cylindrical, i.e. a length axis of the lens member is shaped as a section of the periphery of a circle.
  • Fig. 4A shows a side view of the protective eyewear wherein the lens member 8 is detachably fixated to the base part B by means of the lens holding members 6 on the strap holders 3a,3b.
  • the base part B further comprises a center support 10 which is adapted to provide additional support to the lens member 8.
  • Fig. 4B shows a top view of the protective eyewear
  • the strap holders 3a,3b is connected to each other by means of an interconnecting part 5 adapted to be positioned on the upper end of the base part B.
  • the lens member 8 is fixated to the base part B by means of the lens holding members 6 which, according to this embodiment, are sections of the strap holders 3a,3b.
  • the strap attachment section 7 of the strap holder 3a,3b is according to this embodiment placed at a distance from the lens member 8, an embodiment which is suitable for placing the strap 4 outside of a helmet.
  • Fig. 4C shows the protective eyewear from underneath in an embodiment where the strap attachment section 7 of the strap holder 3a,3b is placed at a distance from the lens member 8. Furthermore fig. 4C shows a center support 10 which is adapted to provide additional support to the lens member 8.
  • Fig. 5 shows the protective eyewear according to one embodiment
  • the protective eyewear according to this embodiment comprises two strap holders 3a,3b connected to each other through an interconnecting part 5 which in turn is connected to the base part B.
  • the two strap holders 3a,3b according to this embodiment comprises four lens holding members 6 which are adapted to hold a lens member 8 having a perimeter with equal length as the perimeter of the outer surface 1 of the base part B.
  • lens holding members 6 and/or the entire strap holder 3a,3b needs to be adapted therefore.
  • lens holding members 6 can be adapted to hold lens members of different size and thickness by means of adapting the depth and width of a slit 11 (shown in fig. 2) adapted to assist in the fixation of said lens member 8. It is furthermore conceivable that some uses of the protective eyewear require two or more lens members 8. According to one embodiment a second lens member is placed outside of a first lens member (not shown) in which case the lens holding members 6 and/or the entire strap holder 3a,3b needs to be adapted therefore.
  • the strap 4 is attached to a strap attachment section 7 of the strap holder 3 which allows the strap 4 to slide in the strap attachment section 7 for adjustment of said strap 4.
  • the strap holder 3a,3b and the strap 4 constitutes the strap system.
  • the base part B comprises a compressible lining material, such as a porous polymer material.
  • the compressible lining material is adapted to be in contact with the face when the protective eyewear is in use to increase the comfort of the protective eyewear and to serve as a sealing against the outside environment.

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Abstract

A ventilated protective eyewear for a human user, suitable for use in recreational activities is provided. The protective eyewear comprises a base part (B), a lens member (8) and a strap system. The base part (B) is adapted to be in contact with the face of said human user, the lens member (8) is adapted to be in contact with the base part (B), the strap system comprises a strap (4) and a strap holder (3a, 3b). The strap (4) is attached to the strap holder (3a, 3b), the strap holder (3a, 3b) is detachably fixated to the base part (B), and the lens member (8) is fixated to the base part (B) through the strap holder (3a,3b) being detachably fixated to the base part (B).

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Protective eyewear with exchangable lens and strap
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates generally to protective eyewear.
BACKGROUND
Protective eyewear is often necessary in recreational activities which involve speeds and/or risk of particles or debris affecting the eyes of the person. Particles could include snow, rain, hail, dust or sand whereas debris most commonly are branches, sticks and gravel. The protective eyewear is also used to enhance the eyesight of the person in conditions such as intensive sunlight, mist, wind, glare, darkness and many other types of conditions and environments. Often, an individual may need multiple lenses to accommodate the needs of different environments.
Changing conditions, from e.g. direct sunlight to a clouded sky, or from snow to a clear environment might require a quick change of lenses to accommodate the needs of the present conditions.
Another aspect is that some conditions and/or individuals might require the use of a first lens for changing light conditions and a second lens for protection from debris. Also, many individuals require a first prescription lens and a second protective lens.
Another aspect is that moisture and vapor can sometimes build up on the lens of protective eyewear, which can impair the vision of the user. This often occurs from non- ventilated lenses acquiring vapor from the individual and the environment.
Protective eyewear is often used with helmets for activities such as recreational sports. A common issue arises with the use of protective eyewear in a comfortable and effective manner with helmets. Sometimes the protective eyewear is worn with the strap beneath the helmet while other times the strap is worn over the helmet. If the strap is worn beneath the helmet, it may be bulky and compress uncomfortably against the sides of the wearer's head. If the strap is worn over the helmet, it may pull away from the wearer's face and break the sealing engagement between the eyewear and the wearer's face.
For a practitioner of a recreational activity such as skiing, snowboarding or cycling, carrying of many different pairs of protective eyewear to suit the conditions that could be encountered is cumbersome.
It would therefore be advantageous to have a pair of protective eyewear that could enable a quick exchange of lens as well as a quick exchange of straps. It would further be advantageous to have a system that could make it possible to change from beneath the helmet use to outside of the helmet use, from multiple to a single lens and/or from a thicker to a thinner lens, without having to change the entire protective eyewear.
SUMMARY
A protective eyewear for a human user suitable for use in recreational activities is provided.
According to one embodiment the protective eyewear comprises a base part, a lens member and a strap system. The base part could be adapted to be in contact with the face of a human user and the lens member could be adapted to be in contact with the base part. The strap system comprises a strap and a strap holder. The strap could be attached to the strap holder which is detachably fixated to the base part and the lens member could be fixated to the base part through the strap holder being detachably fixated to the base part.
According to one embodiment the strap holder could be adapted to position the strap at a distance from the base part, when said protective eyewear is in use, whereas according to another embodiment said strap holder could be adapted to position the strap in contact with said base part, when said protective eyewear is in use.
According to one embodiment the strap holder further comprises a lens holding member adapted to fixate the lens member to the base part. The lens holding member could be a section of the strap holder.
According to one embodiment the strap holder further comprises a strap attachment section adapted to movably attach the strap to the strap holder. According to one embodiment the distance between the lens member and the strap attachment section is more than one centimeter. The strap holder in any of the embodiments could be adapted to be fixated to the base part by means of an elastic section of the base part fixating the strap holder to the base part.
According to one embodiment the strap holder is an outrigger, in which case the protective eyewear has an outrigger design.
According to one embodiment the lens member is cylindrical. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
Embodiments now described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
fig. 1 shows the base part of the protective eyewear in a perspective view, according to one embodiment,
fig. 2 shows the strap holder in a perspective view, according to one embodiment,
fig. 3A shows the protective eyewear in a rear view, according to one embodiment,
fig. 3B shows the protective eyewear in a frontal view, according to one embodiment,
fig. 4A shows the protective eyewear in a side view, according to one embodiment,
fig. 4B shows the protective eyewear in a top view, according to one embodiment,
fig. 4C shows the protective eyewear from underneath, according to one embodiment,
fig. 5 shows a perspective view of the protective eyewear in its entirety, according to one embodiment.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
A lens member is to be understood as a transparent material adapted to be placed in front of at least a part of the vision scope of the user. The lens member could be adapted to protect against particles or wind and it could also be adapted to be tinted or colored to be protective against radiation such as sunlight, UV-radiation and IR-radiation.
Base part is to be understood as the framework of the protective eyewear on to which the lens is applied. The base part could be a whole frame; however it is also conceivable that the base part extends in a non-continuous way around the eye area of a user. According to one embodiment the base part comprises a compressible lining material, such as a porous polymer material, adapted to be in contact with the face when the protective eyewear is in use. The compressible lining material is adapted to increase the comfort of the protective eyewear and to serve as a sealing against the outside environment.
Strap is to be understood as an elastic or adjustable member adapted to, in use, be in connection with the head, or a helmet placed on the head, of a user. According to one embodiment, the strap is an elastic member, which is elastic by means of an elastic polymer material.
Strap system is to be understood as the parts which assist in the attachment of the base part to the head of the user, or a helmet worn by the user. According to one embodiment the strap system comprises the strap holder, which is adapted to be in connection with the strap and the base part. The strap holder could be adapted to facilitate the wearing of the protective eyewear beneath a helmet, or outside of a helmet. According to one embodiment said adaptation is done through the adjustment of the size of the strap holder. The strap holder could be adapted to enable the fixation of a lens member with a specific thickness, or it may be adapted to enable the fixation of multiple lens members. According to one embodiment said adaptations is done through the adjustment of the size of a lens holding member of the strap holder.
In embodiments where the strap attachment section is moved away from the base part by means of a strap holder, said strap holder is denoted outrigger. The outrigger design enables the strap to be placed at a distance from the base part and/or the lens member which could be advantageous when using the protective eyewear with a helmet.
Detachably fixated is to be understood as a fixation which allows for detaching without destroying the parts involved in said detachable fixation.
In the following a detailed description of embodiments will be given. In the drawing figures, like reference numerals designate identical or corresponding elements throughout the several figures. It will be appreciated that these figures are for illustration only and are not in any way restricting the scope. Thus, any references to direction, such as "up" or "down", are only referring to the directions shown in the figures. Also, any dimensions etc. shown in the figures are for illustration purposes.
Fig.l shows the base part B of the protective eyewear, according to an embodiment wherein the base part B comprises a frame that extends continuously around the eye-area of the user. The outer surface 1 is adapted to be in contact with a lens member (not shown), and the inner surface 2 is adapted to be in contact with the face of the user. The inner surface 2 could be adapted to be in direct contact with the face of the user; however it is also conceivable that the inner surface 2 is adapted to be in indirect contact with the face of the user, in which case a material could be placed between the inner surface 2 and the face. The material adapted to be placed between the inner surface 2 and the face could be a compressible lining material, such as a porous polymer material, the compressible lining material could be adapted to increase the comfort of the protective eyewear and to serve as a sealing against the outside environment. According to one embodiment the base part B comprises an elastic member adapted to fixate the strap holder 3a,3b to the base part B. Said elastic member could be a part or section of the base part B, which could be made of the same material as the rest of the base part B.
Fig. 2 shows two strap holders 3a, 3b according to one embodiment, wherein the strap holders 3 a, 3b is connected to each other by means of an interconnecting part 5 adapted to be positioned on the upper end of the base part B and to connect the first strap holder 3 a with the second strap holder 3b. The strap holders 3a,3b further comprises lens holding members 6 adapted to fixate a lens member to the base part B. According to the embodiment shown in fig. 2 each of the lens holding members 6 comprises a slit 11 in which a lens member is adapted to be fixated. The lens holding members 6 can be adapted to hold lens members of different size and thickness by means of adapting the depth and the width of the slit 11. According to another embodiment the lens holding members 6 are adapted to hold an inner lens member and an outer lens member, in which case the lens holding members 6 can comprise two slits, for fixating each of the two lens members. According to one embodiment the strap holder 3a,3b is adapted to be fixated to the base part B by means of an elastic section of said base part B fixating the strap holders 3a,3b to the base part B.
Fig. 3A shows a rear view of the protective eyewear according to one embodiment. The base part B comprises a frame that extends continuously around the eye-area of the user. The inner surface 2 is adapted to be in contact with the face of the user. The strap holders 3a,3b is according to this embodiment adapted for outside of a helmet use. The strap attachment section 7 is located at a distance D from the base part B which enables the strap to be placed at a distance from the base part B and/or the lens member 8 which could be advantageous when using the protective eyewear with a helmet. This design is denoted an outrigger design and according to this embodiment the outriggers are the strap holders 3a,3b comprising the strap attachment section 7.
Fig. 3B shows a frontal view of the protective eyewear according to one embodiment. The lens member 8 is detachably fixated to the base part B by means of the lens holding members 6 on the strap holders 3a,3b. The strap attachment section 7 of the strap holder 3a,3b is according to this embodiment placed at a distance from the lens member 8, an embodiment which is suitable for placing the strap 4 outside of a helmet. According to another embodiment (not shown), the strap attachment section 7 is placed closet to the lens member 8 which is suitable for placing the strap 4 outside of a helmet. According another embodiment the distance between said lens member 8 and said strap attachment section 7 is more than five millimeter for outside of a helmet use. According yet another embodiment the distance between said lens member 8 and said strap attachment section 7 is more than one centimeter for outside of a helmet use. Furthermore, the strap holder 3a,3b could be adapted to fixate a lens member 8 with a specific thickness, for which the size of the strap holder 3a,3b needs to be adapted. It is also conceivable that the strap holder 3a,3b needs to be adapted to enable the fixation of a lens member 8 larger than the base part B. For the user to be able to adapt to changing conditions, the lens member 8 may need to be quickly exchanged. There may also be times when a single lens member 8 is sufficient, whereas other times the conditions and/or user may require an additional lens member 8 for protection or comfort. According to the embodiment shows in fig. 3B, the base part B further comprises a center support 10 which is adapted to provide additional support to the lens member 8. Furthermore, according to the embodiment shown in fig. 3B the lens member is cylindrical, i.e. a length axis of the lens member is shaped as a section of the periphery of a circle.
Fig. 4A shows a side view of the protective eyewear wherein the lens member 8 is detachably fixated to the base part B by means of the lens holding members 6 on the strap holders 3a,3b. According to the embodiment shows in fig. 4A, the base part B further comprises a center support 10 which is adapted to provide additional support to the lens member 8.
Fig. 4B shows a top view of the protective eyewear, The strap holders 3a,3b is connected to each other by means of an interconnecting part 5 adapted to be positioned on the upper end of the base part B. The lens member 8 is fixated to the base part B by means of the lens holding members 6 which, according to this embodiment, are sections of the strap holders 3a,3b. The strap attachment section 7 of the strap holder 3a,3b is according to this embodiment placed at a distance from the lens member 8, an embodiment which is suitable for placing the strap 4 outside of a helmet.
Fig. 4C shows the protective eyewear from underneath in an embodiment where the strap attachment section 7 of the strap holder 3a,3b is placed at a distance from the lens member 8. Furthermore fig. 4C shows a center support 10 which is adapted to provide additional support to the lens member 8.
Fig. 5 shows the protective eyewear according to one embodiment, the protective eyewear according to this embodiment comprises two strap holders 3a,3b connected to each other through an interconnecting part 5 which in turn is connected to the base part B. The two strap holders 3a,3b according to this embodiment comprises four lens holding members 6 which are adapted to hold a lens member 8 having a perimeter with equal length as the perimeter of the outer surface 1 of the base part B. However, for some applications it could beneficial to have a lens member 8 having a perimeter longer than the perimeter of the outer surface 1 of the base part B, in which case the lens holding members 6 and/or the entire strap holder 3a,3b needs to be adapted therefore. It is also conceivable that some applications require the use of a thicker or thinner lens member 8 in which case the lens holding members 6 and/or the entire strap holder 3a,3b needs to be adapted therefore. The lens holding members 6 can be adapted to hold lens members of different size and thickness by means of adapting the depth and width of a slit 11 (shown in fig. 2) adapted to assist in the fixation of said lens member 8. It is furthermore conceivable that some uses of the protective eyewear require two or more lens members 8. According to one embodiment a second lens member is placed outside of a first lens member (not shown) in which case the lens holding members 6 and/or the entire strap holder 3a,3b needs to be adapted therefore. The strap 4 is attached to a strap attachment section 7 of the strap holder 3 which allows the strap 4 to slide in the strap attachment section 7 for adjustment of said strap 4. According to one embodiment the strap holder 3a,3b and the strap 4 constitutes the strap system. According to another embodiment (not shown) the base part B comprises a compressible lining material, such as a porous polymer material. The compressible lining material is adapted to be in contact with the face when the protective eyewear is in use to increase the comfort of the protective eyewear and to serve as a sealing against the outside environment.

Claims

1. Ventilated protective eyewear for a human user, suitable for use in recreational activities, said protective eyewear comprising a base part (B), a lens member (8) and a strap system, wherein: a. said base part (B) is adapted to be in contact with the face of said human user, b. said lens member (8) is adapted to be in contact with said base part (B), c. said strap system comprises a strap (4) and a strap holder (3a,3b), characterised in that: i. said strap (4) is attached to said strap holder (3a,3b), ii. said strap holder (3a,3b) is detachably fixated to said base part (B), and iii. said lens member (8) is fixated to said base part (B) through said strap holder (3a,3b) being detachably fixated to said base part (B).
2. Ventilated protective eyewear according to claim 1, wherein said strap holder (3a,3b) is adapted to position the strap (4) at a distance from said base part (B), when said protective eyewear is in use.
3. Ventilated protective eyewear according to claim 1, wherein said strap holder (3a,3b) is adapted to position the strap (4) in contact with said base part (B), when said protective eyewear is in use.
4. Ventilated protective eyewear according to any of claims 1-3, wherein said strap holder (3a,3b) further comprises a lens holding member (6) adapted to fixate said lens member (8) to said base part (B).
5. Ventilated protective eyewear according to claim 4, wherein said lens holding member (6) is a section of said strap holder (3a,3b).
6. Ventilated protective eyewear according to claim 4, wherein said lens holding member (6) comprises at least one slit (11) adapted to assist in the fixation of said lens member
(8).
7. Ventilated protective eyewear according to any of claims 1-6, wherein said strap holder (3a,3b) further comprises a strap attachment section (7) adapted to movably attach said strap (4) to said strap holder (3a,3b).
8. Ventilated protective eyewear according to claim 7, wherein said lens member (8), and said strap attachment section (7) is separated by a distance (D).
9. Ventilated protective eyewear according to claim 8, wherein said distance between said lens member (8) and said strap attachment section (7) is more than 5 millimeter.
10. Ventilated protective eyewear according to claim 8, wherein said distance between said lens member (8) and said strap attachment section (7) is more than 1 centimeter.
11. Ventilated protective eyewear according to any of claims 1-10, wherein said strap holder (3a,3b) is adapted to be fixated to the base part (B) by means of an elastic section of said base part (B) fixating said strap holder (3a,3b) to said base part (B).
12. Ventilated protective eyewear according to any of the claims 1-11, wherein said strap holder (3a,3b) is an outrigger.
13. Ventilated protective eyewear according to any of the claims 1-12, wherein said protective eyewear has an outrigger design.
14. Ventilated protective eyewear according to any of the claims 1-13, wherein said lens member (8) is shaped as a section of the periphery of a circle.
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