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US3922741A
US3922741A US431693A US43169374A US3922741A US 3922741 A US3922741 A US 3922741A US 431693 A US431693 A US 431693A US 43169374 A US43169374 A US 43169374A US 3922741 A US3922741 A US 3922741A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B31/00—Swimming aids
    • A63B31/08—Swim fins, flippers or other swimming aids held by, or attachable to, the hands, arms, feet or legs
    • A63B31/10—Swim fins, flippers or other swimming aids held by, or attachable to, the hands, arms, feet or legs held by, or attachable to, the hands or feet
    • A63B31/11—Swim fins, flippers or other swimming aids held by, or attachable to, the hands, arms, feet or legs held by, or attachable to, the hands or feet attachable only to the feet
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B31/00—Swimming aids
    • A63B31/08—Swim fins, flippers or other swimming aids held by, or attachable to, the hands, arms, feet or legs
    • A63B31/10—Swim fins, flippers or other swimming aids held by, or attachable to, the hands, arms, feet or legs held by, or attachable to, the hands or feet
    • A63B31/11—Swim fins, flippers or other swimming aids held by, or attachable to, the hands, arms, feet or legs held by, or attachable to, the hands or feet attachable only to the feet
    • A63B2031/112—Swim fins, flippers or other swimming aids held by, or attachable to, the hands, arms, feet or legs held by, or attachable to, the hands or feet attachable only to the feet with means facilitating walking, e.g. rectractable, detachable or pivotable blades

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  • the present invention relates to swim fins of the kind comprising a shoe portion and a scoop portionintegr'al therewith. It is known that in order to achieve the best propulsionres ults in a swim fin it is necessary that the scoop portion be relatively rigid and elastic, whilst the shoe portion should have a certain flexibility and pliability in order that it may adapt itself to the foot without exerting any kind of abrasive friction on the foot.
  • a composite swim fin of the kind disclosed in the above mentioned Patent is difficult to be produced due to the difficulty of providing it with the complementary coupling means; it requires a subsequent assembly step of the two parts of the fin, and is therefore costly.
  • a swim fin comprising a scoop member made from a relatively stiff plastics material, and a shoe member made from a relatively soft synthetic elastomer, the said shoe member being moulded directly on the said scoop member, the said scoop member being provided at the junction areas with the shoe member with projections, recesses and/or through passages for providing an additional mechanical bond between the scoop member and the shoe member being moulded on it.
  • FIG. 1 is a longitudinal section through a swim fin according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the rear portion of the scoop member of the swim fin according to the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the rear portion of the scoop member of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the particular of one of the side webs of the rear end of the scoop member.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 are vertical sections taken along the lines V-V and VIVI of FIG. 2, before the moulding of the shoe member on the scoop member.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 are vertical sections corresponding to FIGS. 5 and 6, after the moulding of the shoe member on the scoop member of the swim fin.
  • the swim fin shown in FIG. 1 comprises a scoop portion 1, made from relatively stiff plastics material, and
  • shoe portion 2 made from a relatively soft rubberlike material, and particularly from a mixture of a copolymer ofethylene-vinylacetate and thermoplastic rubber, which shoe portion is moulded, for instance by an injection moulding process, on the previously formed scoop portion, so as firmly adhere to it.
  • the shoe portion is provided, at the toe end with an aperture for the passage of the toes, whilst at the heel end it is provided with a pull-on strap 3.
  • the rear end portion 4 of the scoop member 1 is formed as a sole for the shoe member 2, and extends for about the half of the length of this member.
  • the rear edge 6 of the terminal portion 4 of the scoop member 1 is V shaped, as clearly shown in FIG. 3.
  • the scoop member 1 is further provided with longitudinally extending side webs 5, the height of which is increasing toward the rear end of the scoop member.
  • the side webs 5 extend upwardly from the terminal portion 4 of the scoop member 1, so as to laterally surround the shoe member 2, to which they become firmly bonded during the moulding of the shoe member 2 on the scoop member 1.
  • a recess 7 is formed at the front zone of the rear portion 4 of the scoop member 1 .
  • a number of upwardly projecting pin-like members 8 are integrally formed.
  • the moulded shoe material penetrates the recess 7, whilst the projections 8 are embedded into the material of the shoe member. In this manner, in addition to the welded bond between the scoop member and the moulded shoe member, an additional mechanical bond is provided between the said parts.
  • the side webs 5 of the scoop member 1 are provided at their upper end with an inwardly projecting rim 9.
  • the upper comer portion 10 of the side webs 5 is stepped down, and at this corner an oblique opening 11 is formed in the side webs 5.
  • a vertical boring 12 is formed through the rim 9, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 6.
  • the shoe member is moulded on the scoop member 1 in such a manner as to rest under the rim 9, and to cover the stepped-down comer portion 10 of the side webs 5.
  • the material of the shoe portion 2 fills the lateral openings 11 and the vertical borings 12, as clearly shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. In this manner at the corner portions 10 of the side webs 5 a particularly firm bond between the scoop member and the shoe member is obtained.
  • the rear portion of the shoe member, which freely projects from the scoop member 1 joins laterally and at its bottom flush with the scoop member 1.
  • the said shoe member may be moulded on the scoop member so as to partially overlap the scoop member at the junction edges.
  • a swim fin comprising a scoop member made from a relatively stiff plastic material molded to a shoe member made from a relatively soft synthetic elastomer, said scoop member having two side webs laterally surrounding at least the fore end of the shoe member, the upper edge of each side web having an inwardly extending rim, said side webs having at least one side opening and at least one vertical bore passing through the side webs upper rim through which the molded shoe material on the outer surface of the shoe side wall penetrates, said scoop member having a planar portion the projections thereon are embedded into said lower surface of the shoe sole, thereby providing an additional mechanical bond between the scoop member and the shoe member.
  • a swim fin according to claim 1 in which the shoe member is moulded on the scoop member so as to partially overlap the scoop member at the junction edges.

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US4954112A (en) * 1989-03-30 1990-09-04 Giovanni Negrini Flipper for flipper swimming
US5163859A (en) * 1990-01-12 1992-11-17 Technisub S.P.A. Swimming flipper with a composite blade and a method for its manufacture
US5273469A (en) * 1992-03-06 1993-12-28 Lueschen Jeffrey D Composite swim fin with cantilevered heel
US5595518A (en) * 1992-04-23 1997-01-21 Ours; Roger Fin device, in particular for water sports, and method of manufacture of such a device
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US5290194A (en) * 1993-04-16 1994-03-01 Kransco Swim fin with differential stiffness characteristics
US5387145A (en) * 1993-07-07 1995-02-07 Wagner; John L. Swim fins
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US20040029465A1 (en) * 2002-08-06 2004-02-12 Landel Technology, Inc. Swim training fin
US8641464B2 (en) 2010-04-08 2014-02-04 Cetatek Holdings Inc. Flippers, boots, systems including same, and methods of using same
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US10675508B2 (en) 2010-04-08 2020-06-09 Cetatek Holdings Inc. Coupleable fin apparatuses and boot toe bodies
US9440114B2 (en) 2012-10-12 2016-09-13 Cetatek Holdings Inc. Boot sole system and fin for same
US9364717B2 (en) 2014-01-16 2016-06-14 Kathleen Davis Swimming fin
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