EP2062491A1 - Chaussure et réglage de palme - Google Patents

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EP2062491A1
EP2062491A1 EP07121576A EP07121576A EP2062491A1 EP 2062491 A1 EP2062491 A1 EP 2062491A1 EP 07121576 A EP07121576 A EP 07121576A EP 07121576 A EP07121576 A EP 07121576A EP 2062491 A1 EP2062491 A1 EP 2062491A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/08—Bathing shoes ; Aquatic sports shoes
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to a shoe, in particular a beach shoe, and a flipper set-up, which shoe has a sole portion, and which flipper set-up comprises a fin part and a fixing part, said sole portion comprising first connecting members and said fixing part comprising second connecting members, said first and second connecting members together forming a releasable connecting mechanism permitting said flipper set-up to be releasable secured to said shoe.
  • Beach shoes are typically worn by people spending their holiday on the coast. They allow those people to comfortably walk on hot and sandy or rocky beaches while they prevent them from hurting their feet. Therefore these shoes have a sole portion and an upper portion and are made from a water-resistant material.
  • Flippers are typically worn by swimmers and those engaged in snorkeling and scuba diving in order to provide means to increase their rate of propulsion through the water.
  • Most commonly flippers comprise a blade or web portion, which is the fin part, that is either fixed to a boot that may worn by the swimmer or that is otherwise attachable to a swimmer's foot.
  • the blade of the flipper increases the amount of water displaced during a kicking movement and thereby increases the acceleration and propulsion of the swimmer through the water.
  • US 2006/0234570 describes a swim fin comprising a foot engaging portion and a blade portion.
  • the foot engaging portion is described as a boot, which is not a beach shoe.
  • the connecting members are latching members which engage by clicking the foot engaging portion into the blade portion in a vertical direction. Applying a force in this vertical direction is uneasy especially on sandy beaches. By applying a vertical force on the flipper on a sandy beach, the flipper sinks into the sand, which then has the consequence that the latching members get stuck with sand.
  • the latching members don't have a constant thickness along the length of the shoe which affects the rigidity of the shoe in a non-constant way. This results in a shoe which is uncomfortable to wear.
  • a shoe according to the invention is characterized in that said sole portion has two side portions, said first connecting members being formed by first rails, which first rails extend along said two side portions, said fixing part comprises a pair of arm members forming a bay, said second connecting member being formed by second rails, which second rails extend along said bay, said first and second rails being slidably engageable with each other so as to enable the shoe to slide into the flipper set-up.
  • the first and second rail allow to easily connect the shoe to the flipper set-up by a sliding movement, which requires a horizontal force instead of a vertical one.
  • the fixing part comprising a pair of arm members forming a bay in between which the shoe slides into, there are no areas between the shoe and the flipper set-up which can get clogged up with sand.
  • the first rails extend along the two side portions of the shoe, and therefore the bottom of the shoe isn't affected by the presence of the rails.
  • Another advantage of the rails is that, contrary to a clicking mechanism, they have a constant thickness and shape over their length and so the rigidity of the shoe is affected uniformly. This results in a shoe which is still comfortable when used as a shoe.
  • said bay has an entrance
  • said flipper set-up comprises a strap bridging said entrance and provided for encircling at least a heel of said shoe when said shoe and said flipper set-up are engaged with each other. This strap allows a user to prevent the shoe and flipper set-up to release each other in an uncontrolled manner.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show a beach shoe 1 according to the invention.
  • the shoe comprises an upper portion 3 and a sole portion 2, which has two side portions.
  • the sole portion 2 comprises first rails 4. These first rails 4 are positioned on the two side portions of the sole portion 2, in such a manner as to have a distance d between the first rails 4 and the bottom of the shoe 1. This distance d has for consequence that the rails 4 do not adversely affect the bottom of the shoe 1 when walking.
  • the rails 4 extend further than the side portions along the front portion of the sole portion 2 so as to obtain a stronger connection between the shoe 1 and the flipper set-up 7 when they are engaged.
  • the sole portion 2 also preferably comprises at the heel portion a recess 14 provided for receiving a strap 13. When the shoe 1 and the flipper set-up 7 are engaged, the strap 13 enables to maintain the shoe 1 engaged in the flipper set-up 7.
  • the bottom of the shoe 1 is preferably provided with an anti-slip layer 5. Furthermore, the sole portion 2 is more rigid then the upper portion 3 in order to allow a user to easily put the shoes on.
  • the upper portion 3 is provided with holes 6 to allow water to enter and exit the shoe so as to make the shoe 1 water-permeable.
  • the shoe 1 is provided with at least one pull strap 17 so as to facilitate putting the shoe 1 on.
  • the pull strap 17 is located on the upper portion 3 and more specific on the entrance of the shoe. In entering a foot into the shoe 1, the user can pull the pull strap 17 thereby pulling the shoe 1 onto the foot.
  • FIG 3 shows a flipper set-up 7 according to the invention.
  • the flipper set-up 7 comprises a fin part 8 and a fixing part 9.
  • the fixing part 9 comprises a pair of arm members 10 forming a bay 11 having an entrance, which is at the back of the flipper set-up 7.
  • Second rails 12 extend along inner lateral sides of said bay 11.
  • the flipper set-up 7 comprises the strap 13 bridging the entrance of the bay 11.
  • the strap 13 is provided for encircling at least a heel of the shoe 1 when the shoe 1 and flipper set-up 7 are engaged.
  • the fixing part 9 is preferably more rigid than the fin part 8.
  • the pair of arm members 10 are to be rigidified. This can be done by providing the pair of arm members 10 with pull bars 16. These pull bars 16 allow, in addition to the advantage that they rigidify the pair of arm members 10, to more easily handle the flipper set-up when engaging the shoe into the bay 11.
  • a pull bar 16 is preferably as a solid part together with an arm of the pair of arm members 10 which solid part has an opening 18 in it. The opening 18 is provided so as to easily allow one to put fingers in it thereby grabbing the flipper set-up 7.
  • the shoe 1 and the flipper set-up 7 are preferably made from a material which is heatproof to stand hot beaches and which is lightweight. This results in a much more comfortable use.
  • Figure 4 shows a shoe 1 and a flipper set-up 7 which are engaged in each other.
  • the flipper set-up 7 has to be held in front of the tip 15 of the shoe 1 with the fin part 8 and the tip 15 of the shoe 1 pointing in the same direction.
  • the flipper set-up can then be moved towards the shoe hereby engaging the first rails 4 of the shoe 1 into the second rails 12 of the flipper set-up 7 as illustrated in figure 5 . If the shoe 1 completely fills the bay 11 of the flipper set-up 7, as illustrated in figure 4 , they are completely engaged. At that time, the strap 13 can be bent around the heel and engaged into the recess 14 of the shoe 1, thereby preventing the shoe 1 and flipper set-up 7 to release each other in an uncontrolled manner.
  • the strap 13 has another advantage in that it allows to easily carry the flipper set-up 7 when the shoe 1 and the flipper set-up 7 are not engaged into each other.
  • the strap 13 is made U-shaped whereby the ends of the two legs of the U-shape are hingingly connected to the ends of the pair of arm members 10. This allows the strap 13 to hinge around the heel of the shoe 1 and into the recess 14. This also allows the strap 13 to hinge out of the recess 14 of the shoe 1 toward underneath the shoe 1 so as to enable the shoe 1 to easily slide out of the flipper set-up 7 without the strap 13 hindering it.
  • the right and the left flipper set-up 7 of the pair of flipper set-ups should be interchangeable. Therefore, preferably the rails 4 of the right and the left shoe 1 of the pair of shoes are made identical and the rails 12 of the left and the right flipper set-up 7 of the pair of flipper set-ups are made identical, so as to allow fitting each of the pair of flipper set-ups 7 to each of the pair of shoes 1.
  • the pair of flipper set-ups 7 comprise a projection (not shown) so as to allow clicking this pair of flipper set-ups together. This allows to more easily carry the pair of flipper set-ups 7.
  • the flipper set-up 7 To release the flipper set-up 7 from the shoe 1, first the strap 13 has to be released from the heel of the shoe 1. Then the flipper set-up 7 has to be moved in the direction of the fin part away from the shoe 1 so as to release the first rails 4 of the shoe 1 from the second rails 12 of the flipper set-up 7.
  • FIG 4 a cross section of the rails is shown when the shoe 1 and flipper set-up 7 are engaged into each other.
  • the shoe 1 having first rails 4 is provided for sliding into the flipper set-up 7 having arm members 10 which have second rails 12.
  • the first rails 4 are the male part and the second rails 12 are the female part of the rail system.
  • the other way around is also possible.

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GB2128096A (en) 1982-10-05 1984-04-26 Bruno De Otero Hermany Swimming flipper
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GB2128096A (en) 1982-10-05 1984-04-26 Bruno De Otero Hermany Swimming flipper
US6126502A (en) * 1999-10-06 2000-10-03 Hull; Martin Philip Diving fin
US20060234570A1 (en) 2005-04-19 2006-10-19 Ron Cadorette Swim fin with detachable blade

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