Patent · US Expired

Swim fin

US6814640B1 · kind B1 · utility

12Cited by
32References
34Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 7, 2003
Grant dateNov 9, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 7, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2031/115
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A swim fin comprises a foot portio and a web portion. The foot portion has a shoe for receiving the foot of a wearer and has a plurality of openings in a toe end of the foot portion. The web portion extends from the foot portion and has a first end, a second end, a plurality of support members having web material associated therewith, and a plurality of bosses positioned adjacent the first end connected with the plurality of openings. In an embodiment of the swim fin, a toe end of the foot portion is curved relative to an imaginary plane extending along a lower surface of the foot portion and has the plurality of openings along a surface of the toe end.

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