Swim fin with flexible fin member having movable tips
US4857024A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 21, 1985 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B31/11
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A swim fin adapted to be mounted on a foot of a swimmer including a foot receiving portion having a substantially planar base section terminating at one end thereof in a heel section which extends downwardly therefrom and which terminates at the other end thereof in an open toe section and an elongated flexible fin member formed of a resilient material and which extends from the open toe section and which is integral with the substantially planar base section of the foot receiving portion wherein the elongated flexible fin member is generally trapezoidal in shape with the smaller end thereof contiguous the open toe section of the foot receiving portion and with the longest end of the elongated flexible fin member forming a deflecting end which terminates in a pair of movable tips wherein the cross-sectional shape of the elongated flexible fin member in a direction which is normal to the center line extending substantially perpendicular from the smaller end to the deflectable end which is thicker at the center thereof and which tapers in thickness therefrom to each side of the elongated flexible fin member to define a relatively thin edge wherein the flexible fin member is capable o…
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