Goggle Lens Latch Assembly for Secure Sealing and Face Comfort

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing sport goggles and glasses suffer from discomfort due to seals and gaskets that contact the user's face, affecting user comfort and performance.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of protrusions and engagement pockets in the goggle lens and frame, along with latches, ensures secure coupling and sealing, enhancing user comfort and manufacturability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If seals and gaskets are used to conform to the user's face, then the goggle provides protection and sealing, but user comfort deteriorates due to pressure and discomfort on the face

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesealing effectivenessVSAvoiduser comfort
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The goggle frame is divided into multiple segments with individual adjustment mechanisms, allowing different portions of the frame to be independently adjusted to match the contours of the user's face, reducing pressure points while maintaining seal integrity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The goggle incorporates dynamic adjustment mechanisms that allow the frame to adapt to the user's face shape in real-time, enabling the seals to maintain effective contact without creating excessive pressure or discomfort

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Stability of the object's composition

If protrusions and engagement pockets are implemented for secure coupling, then lens stability improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelens stabilityVSAvoidstructural complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The protrusions and engagement pockets are integrated directly into the lens and frame structures themselves, combining the lens mounting function with the structural elements rather than adding separate mounting mechanisms, thereby maintaining stability while minimizing complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP4235271B1Goggle systems and methods
Publication Date: 2025.11.26 100% SPEEDLAB LLC
  • EP4235271B1 patent drawingFigure 13A~13B
  • EP4235271B1 patent drawingFigure 14

AI summary

The present invention concerns an goggle comprising a goggle lens having one or more inward-facing protrusions and one or more outward-facing protrusions and a goggle frame (1404) comprising one or more first engagement pockets, each configured to receive a respective one of the one or more inward-facing protrusions, the goggle frame further comprising a pair of latches configured to move between open and closed positions, wherein each latch, in the open position, being configured to allow the goggle lens to be installed in the goggle frame, and wherein each latch, in the closed position, being configured to securely hold the goggle lens to the goggle frame.