Leader Manufacturing, Inc.

Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.

Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation

Institut De Recherche En Sante Et En . . .

Leader Sport Products Canada, Inc.

Institut De Recherche En Sante Et an Securite Du Travail Du Quebec

Martin Pernicka

Luc Bourgeois

Germain Cadotte

Eric Fournier

Luc Blanchette

Mario Gagnon

A recreational vehicle such as a snowmobile, personal watercraft, all-terrain vehicle, motorcycle, or boat has a straddle-type seat that includes a flexible sheet of material pulled tightly over a gap formed in a seat frame. In certain embodiments, a tightening mechanism ensures that the flexible sheet of material is pulled tightly over the gap. The flexible sheet of material forms a hammock-like straddle-type seat. The flexible sheet of material is a mesh material that allows water, snow, dust, and other debris to fall through the mesh to avoid debris buildup on the seat. Because water falls through the mesh material and both the top and bottom sides of the mesh material are exposed to the ambient air, the seat dries quickly.

Straddle-type mesh seat

The eyewear described comprises a lens having, at opposite lateral sides thereof, a pair of detachable ear stems which are adapted to move from an inwardly folded position to an outwardly ear contacting position. The lens displays, at each lateral side, an opening and a stem connecting portion that defines a hinge element forming an integral part of the lens. The proximal end portion of the ear stem defines a U-shaped recess which is engageable with the hinge element. The recess is formed by a pair of resilient branches which, together with a constriction at the entry of the recess, enables a snap-in engagement and a snap-out disengagement of the ear stem to and from the lens. No additional component is required for this three-piece eyewear.

Eyewear with lens hinge

Instrument for determining the arch configuration of a person's eye

The disclosure herein describes a protective accessory for mounting to the frame of sport spectacles, which is formed of a body made of resilient material and includes a bow-covering central portion and frame engaging extensions integral with the central portion on opposite sides thereof. The central portion has an opening extending transversally therethrough. The material is stretchable to allow endwise insertion of an eyeglass section through the opening until the bow of the frame is received within the central portion of the body with the extensions engaging corresponding frame portions of the eyeglass sections.

Protective accessory for sport spectacles

Glasses

Visor attachment for safety helmets

The disclosure herein describes a visor attachment for use in combination with a conventional safty helmet wherein the visor is pivotally mounted at the back of the helmet; when used, such helmet is thus worn front-to-back. The attachment body has two side extensions which are adapted to fit into rim slots usually provided in opposite sides of a conventional helmet. These extensions each include a manually releasable connecting member which engages the slot, allowing the visor attachment to be easily removed from the helmet.

Visor attachment for safety helmet

Face protecting mask

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Montreal, Canada

Martin Pernicka