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WO/2006/044316A2
The present invention relates to a swim fin apparatus for use by a swimmer in which a foot pocket is adapted to interface with a tapered blade, with a possible tail fin further enhancing lift, and the incorporation of an interface sectio...  
WO/2005/082467A1
A swimmer's hand paddle (10), including a generally planar paddle body (12) that is generally at least as wide as a wearer's hand. The paddle body (12) is divided approximately into a finger contact region (16) and a flexible palm contac...  
WO/2005/079927A1
An improved amphibious shoe (10) with a swim fin structure which extends for swimming and folds for walking. The amphibious shoe has, in one embodiment, an elastic connection member (27A, 27B) movably connecting the shoe portion (40) of ...  
WO/2005/065784A1
An apparatus for use in exercising in water, preferably deep water running, includes a shoe that is configured to be worn by the user. The shoe includes a plurality of drag-generating elements attached to and extending from each side of ...  
WO/2005/056381A1
The invention relates to an elongated buoyant body. The surface of the swimming aid device has knobs.  
WO/2005/039708A1
The ergonomical flippers for swimming or diving of the type comprised of a nautical shoe and a fin forming a single part of the same material, essentially characterised in that the fin emerges from the sole of the nautical shoe with an i...  
WO/2005/034669A1
Footwear, such as sandals (10) has soles (11) with shapes replicating surfboard designs, such as 'pintail', 'swallow tail' and 'square tail' and may incorporate leg ropes (16), stringers (620), hips or flyers (430, 431), raised heel grip...  
WO/2005/014121A1
The present invention relates to a swimming auxiliary apparatus, in doing that one has a swim, which enables one to be above water with an easier way and to enjoy swimming and aquatic leisure on water with an easier way. It forms a swimm...  
WO/2005/005245A2
A personal floatation apparatus, as shown in Figure 1, comprising a central body portion (11), adapted to float in a body of water, with a propulsion structure (20) pivotally coupled to the body having an elongated rod member (21) with u...  
WO/2004/091735A1
The invention relates to swimming and diving flippers for distribution of force of a type comprising: a boot (1), for housing the foot of a user and extending forwards with a fin (2) to give a mobile propulsion unit, said both being embo...  
WO/2004/071587A2
Apparatus and method are provided for teaching and/or improving upon the mechanics of the whip kick that may be used while performing the breaststroke and training the competitive breaststroker. The tool includes a fin that is configured...  
WO/2004/064943A1
A flipper (10) for assisting a person whilst swimming is disclosed. The flipper comprises a flexible sheath (12) that is arranged to accommodate the front half of the foot of the person and a blade (20) extending from the sheath. Signifi...  
WO/2004/037355A1
This invention describes a swim ring for infant which is an aerated circle ring, wherein the circle ring comprises inter ring and outer ring, and the outer ring is thicker than that of the inter ring. A cut is mounted on the inner ring a...  
WO/2004/031265A2
A buoyant silicone rubber compound -and process for preparing same- is disclosed wherein hollow micro spheres are incorporated into the formulation in order to decrease the specific gravity of the compound to less than 1.0. The disclosed...  
WO/2004/024242A1
A swim fin (30) formed from laminated rubberized layers; the fin, comprising; a) a fin body including a foot pocket (33), which includes an opening to receive the foot of a wearer; b) fin body including a distal trailing region integral ...  
WO/2004/018052A1
A swimming aid (10) including a body portion (11), upon which is situated a locating means (12) for the foot of the wearer. The swimming aid (10) also includes a lobular flexible web (13) and at least two ribs (14), each of which contain...  
WO/2004/014496A1
Shoe (1) comprising: a vamp (2); a sole (3); and a flipper member (4) apt to assume a walking configuration, in which it is overlapped to the vamp (2), and a swimming configuration, in which it projects frontally with respect to the vamp...  
WO/2004/012822A1
A swim and dive fin that includes a foot pocket and a blade portion, characterized in that it includes at least one tab and at least one receptacle, the fin being associable with a matching fin that includes at least one matching tab and...  
WO/2004/011101A1
Disclosed herein are swim fins having a length corresponding to about one and half times of a shoe length thereof. The swim fin comprises a silicone rubber shoe (1) and a hooked short plastic fin panel (2), which are formed by compressio...  
WO/2004/009185A1
Designs and methods are disclosed for permitting permit scooped shaped swim fin blades (184) to flex around a transverse axis to a significantly reduced angle of attack while reducing or preventing the scooped blade portion (254) from co...  
WO/2004/002582A1
A fin for use by a swimmer is disclosed. The fin comprises a foot pocket adapted to receive a foot of the swimmer, a blade extending from the foot pocket, and a biasing system configured to control the bending of the blade to within a pr...  
WO/2003/059457A2
An aquatic exercise device providing uniform resistance under water when moved in any direction while concurrently preventing erratic movements which can damage the wrist of the individual using it. The unique design featuring a pluralit...  
WO/2003/039682A1
The present invention comprises an arm fin, designed for the improvement and enhancement of the swim perfornance. The fin id hold by the swimmer hand and secured to the forearm through a band. The handgrip may be temporarly left free in ...  
WO/2003/022374A1
The invention relates to a device for keeping the human body near the surface of the water. The device comprises a float, a collar, and a flexible connection between the float and the collar. During swimming, the float is movable unimped...  
WO/2003/013660A2
A fin for assisting swimming and diving includes a blade and a foot pocket, the latter being rigid at least as far as the rear heel zone is concerned and a strap which passes from the rear zone over the instep and one or more straps to s...  
WO2002074395B1
My invention is unification of shoe and swimming enforcing elements comprising water shoe to assure unconstrained and protected walking and promotion for swimming due to generating of additional tractive force in consequence of foot swim...  
WO/2002/038226A2
An aquatic propulsion device (32) includes an elongate member(40) secured to a forearm support (42) and a paddle (34). The paddle(34) and elongate member (40) include a grip (36) positioned such that a person may place their forearm in t...  
WO/2002/026331A2
A swim fin is provided that is placed between a user's foot and the sole of a foot covering. The fin is generally planar and fin-shaped, having a heel end and a toe end, with opposing lateral sides extending between the toe end and the h...  
WO/2001/089635A2
The invention relates to a swim fin, comprising a blade part (1) and a seat (2) for housing the foot of a user, wherein the walls (102, 402, 502) of said seat (2) encircle the foot at least partly, leaving at least the upper heel and the...  
WO/2001/085267A2
Methods are disclosed to design resilient hydrofoils (164) which are capable of having substantially similar large scale blade deflections under significantly varying loads. The methods permit the hydrofoil (164) to experience significan...  
WO/2001/085266A2
A swim fin (10) having a foot-pocket formation (12) and a fin blade (14). The foot-pocket formation (12) defines a foot-receiving cavity in which a foot can be received. The fin blade (14) comprises a frontal blade portion (30) and a pai...  
WO/2001/078844A1
A swim fin (20) has articulating wing members (24) articulated by means of clock washers (70) or the like with respect to a foot pocket (22) to provide, among other things, adjustment of pitch and tension of such wing members or other fi...  
WO/2001/078845A1
Spear-bladed swim fins provide new means by which divers may propel themselves through the water. Spear-bladed swim fins generally provide a lower surface area to a high perimeter edge length. By reducing the effective surface area of th...  
WO2000062868A9
An amphibious shoe-like structure (8) for swimming and walking having a shoe-like structure (10) for receiving a foot and a fin structure (12) that provides a fin blade surface that expands in the swimming mode and collapses in the walki...  
WO/2001/068190A1
A swim fin (14) having a foot section (16) with a foot cavity (18), a soft rubber foot pocket (12), and a blade section (20) composed of blended cured layers of rubber sheet materials of selected durometer hardness. The swim fin (14) is ...  
WO/2001/062354A1
The invention relates to a swim fin, comprising a seat for the foot, the so-called footpocket (1) and a propelling blade (2), which has a central longitudinal member (3) for supporting and stiffening the blade (2). According to the inven...  
WO/2001/056665A1
The invention concerns a pair of swim fins for breaststroke or various movements in an aquatic medium, exhibiting minimum resistance thereby enabling the free movement of legs and a support for the breaststroke kick and the leg closing m...  
WO/2001/052941A1
A buckle with strap for diving fin, wherein a heal strap (3) comprises first engaging teeth (21) and the inner surface of a buckle (6) facing the heel strap (3) near the rear end of a top part (31) of the buckle (6) is scooped out deeper...  
WO/2001/043831A1
This invention relates to a non-mold method of forming articles and to the articles themselves wherein various configured articles may be fashioned with conformable material which may be easily fabricated by sewing, or heat, or sonic wel...  
WO/2001/005260A1
The invention concerns an insole for, or of, footwear or shoe having a non-uniform thickness. The sole comprises at least two substantially flat and parallel levels whereof the planes are separated by 0.8 to 3.0 mm. The largest thickness...  
WO/2000/001447A1
A multipurpose swimmers aid, characterized in that, the two identical plastic bottles (1), preferably (dry) air-pressurized, are interconnected by a suitably designed joint/handle. The extensions (3) are sometimes necessary for accomodat...  
WO/1999/058203A2
Methods are disclosed to design resilient hydrofoils (164) which are capable of having substantially similar large scale blade deflections under significantly varying loads. The methods permit the hydrofoil (164) to experience significan...  
WO/1999/058206A1
An aquadynamic swim apparatus (10). A foil (18) projects outwardly from a swimmer's leg, the foil having the shape of an airfoil and being adapted for a controlled angle of attack and rate of change thereof in response to forces applied ...  
WO/1999/052603A1
The invention relates to flipper for swimming and diving purposes, comprising a shoe part and a flipper blade, whereby the flipper blade can be pivotally mounted on the shoe part via a joint and fastened to the tip of said shoe part. The...  
WO/1999/039780A1
A swim fin which automatically locks into a rigid configuration when pressure is exerted against the blade (10) during the propulsion stroke, transferring the forces and stresses past the foot to the ankle area and lower leg of the weare...  
WO/1999/035924A1
A swimwear garment made of ultra-violet resistant material encloses the body of a child when fastened-up, and has a back zip (3), sleeves (2A), leg openings and a neck opening (4). The garment incorporates buoyant panels (8) at its back ...  
WO/1999/034880A1
Amphibious shoes (8) which may be used as walking shoes with easy convertibility to swim fins. The amphibious shoes of the present invention comprise a shoe-like structure (10) and a one-piece continuous sole-fin structure affixed to the...  
WO/1999/024123A1
A pair of swim fins is disclosed with each fin (1) comprising a blade (3) having a first planar surface (x-x) and defined by an elongated front edge (5) terminated by inner (7) and outer (9) corners and a rear portion (13), the front edg...  
WO/1999/019029A1
A flipper for aquatic use made of two hingedly connected parts (3, 5) which enable to folding the blade of the flipper sideways.  
WO/1999/012612A1
Footwear, such as a swimming fin, is described with a means for fastening to a user's foot (10) that comprises a mechanical clamp (5), operable between a fastening position and a release position by the user's other foot.  

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