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US3671987A
US3671987A US18053A US3671987DA US3671987A US 3671987 A US3671987 A US 3671987A US 18053 A US18053 A US 18053A US 3671987D A US3671987D A US 3671987DA US 3671987 A US3671987 A US 3671987A
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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
    • 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
    • A63B2031/115—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 blade at an angle to the plane of the foot when in use, e.g. to reduce plantar flexion
    • A63B2031/117—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 blade at an angle to the plane of the foot when in use, e.g. to reduce plantar flexion with blade lying substantially in the body-symmetrical plane, e.g. for breast stroke

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  • This invention relates to the provision of swimming shoes for aiding those swimming the breast stroke. While the flipper" type swim fin made in the shape of a web foot is will known, a fin of this type handicaps instead of helps the person who, for one reason or another, swims the breast stroke. In fact, the natural motion of the legs cannot be performed normally if the foot is extended by a fin of the above-mentioned type. But, observations show that there are advantages in giving the swimmer doing the breast stroke a shoe which facilitates floating with natural leg motions. These means are, for example, particularly useful during life saving operations or when swimmers must move in the water while carrying loads, or are otherwise restricted in their motions. Further, shoes which facilitate floating with natural leg motions are useful to swimmers during underwater diving expeditions.
  • an object of the present invention to provide a swimming shoe which not only allows the legs to be moved in a natural fashion while one swims the breast stroke but aids in the performance of this maneuver.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a pair of swimming shoes which accomplish the above objects, each of whichis of one-piece, flexible construction.
  • Still another object of this invention is to provide a swimming shoe which permits the swimmer to walk on dry land while wearing a pair.
  • a swimming shoe constructed according to the present invention has a sole portion which is adapted to be attached in any known manner to the foot and a scoop-like fin portion extending downwardly from the underside of the sole.
  • the joint between the fin and thesole extends in the same direction as the longitudinal axis of the latter, and the hollow of the scoop faces inwardly towards the instep portion of the sole.
  • FIG. 1 is a view in perspective of the swimming shoe
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view in increased scale taken I through the mid-section of the shoe shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view in increased scale taken I through the mid-section of the shoe shown in FIG. 1;
  • the two components are molded in one piece from a flexible moldable material, such as, natural known or synthetic rubber, or various well known synthetic resins.
  • a rear extension 3 can be provided at the upper portion of the heel of the shoe.
  • the toe portion of shoe 2 preferably has an opening 5 therein to allow for better fir and flow-through of water during use.
  • fin 1 has a double curved surface reminiscent of that of a paddle in a Pclton turbine, wherein two depressions or pouches are formed side by side in the concave face of the scoop.
  • Triangular extensions 7 and 8 divided by indentation 6 extend downwardly from he front and rear portions of the fin.
  • the curved junction line between the fin 1 and the sole 4 of the shoe starts at the extreme back of the heel at a point situated essentially midway between the inside and outside edges of the sole. It then extends obliquely in relation to the sole in order to reach the outer edge of the latter at a central portion and then returns towards the inner edge of the sole near the toe portion of the shoe having the opening 5.
  • the front edge of the fin falls from the front of the shoe along a peripheral curve directed downwardly towards the 70 front and inside of the foot while the back edge falls from the back of the heel along a peripheral curve aimed downwardly and further back while extending towards the inside of the foot. Therefore, at the point of its greatest length, the fin is longer than the shoe.
  • the thickness of the fin increases from the lower edge to the top.
  • the line along which the fin is cut by atransverse plane with respect to the shoe is a smooth line having a radius of curvature which is minimum in the area of the sole of the shoe and increases progressively towards the lower edge.
  • the fin 1 can be folded down under pressure towards the sole of the shoe which enables the swimmer to walk on the ground while wearing a pair. Since the shoe is made of one piece of flexible material such as, rubber, the fin does not tend to lose its shape or break and resumes its original shape when free.
  • the fin can fold under the sole of the shoe when the swimmer walks on the ground.
  • a means of connecting the fin in a folded position under the sole can be devised.
  • a tie normally attached to the top of the shoe and wrapped around the ankle, but which can be wrapped under the fin and attached at the level of the ankle, could be constructed.
  • Other means of tying could also be devised.
  • the fin could also, in an alternate version, be connected to connecting rods or to the outer edge of the sole.
  • a swimming shoe comprising a sole, means for attaching said sole to the wearer's foot, and a fin of flexible material extending downwardly from the under face of the sole, said fin having a concave scoop-shaped surface with its concavity toward the inside of said sole, said fin being joined to said sole along a curved line extending from the middle of the heel portion to the inside edge of the toe of said sole, with the central portion of said joint coinciding with the outer edge of the central portion of said sole, the lower edge of said fin having an indentation of triangular shape in its central portion and forming on both sides of said indentation a pair of obliquely and upwardly extending edge portions.
  • a shoe according to claim 1 wherein the shape of said fin in a transverse cross section taken through the midpoint thereof is defined by a smooth curve, the center of curvature of which lies at a height between said lower edge and said joint, the minimum radius of curvature of said curve being situated closer to the under side of the sole than to the lower edge of said fin.

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Cited By (8)

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US4310938A (en) * 1978-02-27 1982-01-19 Dieter Eichler Swimming shoe for breast stroke
US4813668A (en) * 1987-07-28 1989-03-21 Solloway Daniel S Aquatic boot
US5389058A (en) * 1993-10-18 1995-02-14 Torrington Capital Limited Method and apparatus for exercising the lower back
FR2805470A1 (fr) * 2000-02-29 2001-08-31 Christian Aussedat Palme pour exercices musculaires aquatiques des membres inferieurs
US20030148855A1 (en) * 2002-02-05 2003-08-07 Ryland David E. Apparatus and method for developing a proper swimming whip kick and training the competitive breaststroker
US6851394B1 (en) * 2002-10-16 2005-02-08 Christopher S. Young Boot and harness swimming system for an animal
US9364717B2 (en) 2014-01-16 2016-06-14 Kathleen Davis Swimming fin
US10765916B2 (en) * 2016-04-20 2020-09-08 Raimund Hennemann, Christian Guber, Claudia Kemény, Flap Fin GbR Swim Shoe

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DE19630548C1 (de) * 1996-07-17 1997-11-20 Toan Dat Dipl Ing Tran Schwimmschuhe für Taucher oder Schwimmer
DE19654309A1 (de) * 1996-12-24 1997-11-20 Robert Hermann Bein-Schwimmhilfe zum Brustschwimmen

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US1424207A (en) * 1921-01-28 1922-08-01 William P Manning Legging
US1590484A (en) * 1923-07-27 1926-06-29 Volker Waldemar Device for the augmentation of human swimming performances
US1983609A (en) * 1933-10-16 1934-12-11 Willis T Hudson Swimming shoe
US3521312A (en) * 1968-11-05 1970-07-21 Vitan M Ganev Swim shoe and swim fin assembly

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1424207A (en) * 1921-01-28 1922-08-01 William P Manning Legging
US1590484A (en) * 1923-07-27 1926-06-29 Volker Waldemar Device for the augmentation of human swimming performances
US1983609A (en) * 1933-10-16 1934-12-11 Willis T Hudson Swimming shoe
US3521312A (en) * 1968-11-05 1970-07-21 Vitan M Ganev Swim shoe and swim fin assembly

Cited By (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4310938A (en) * 1978-02-27 1982-01-19 Dieter Eichler Swimming shoe for breast stroke
US4813668A (en) * 1987-07-28 1989-03-21 Solloway Daniel S Aquatic boot
US5389058A (en) * 1993-10-18 1995-02-14 Torrington Capital Limited Method and apparatus for exercising the lower back
FR2805470A1 (fr) * 2000-02-29 2001-08-31 Christian Aussedat Palme pour exercices musculaires aquatiques des membres inferieurs
US20030148855A1 (en) * 2002-02-05 2003-08-07 Ryland David E. Apparatus and method for developing a proper swimming whip kick and training the competitive breaststroker
US6866615B2 (en) * 2002-02-05 2005-03-15 David E. Ryland Apparatus and method for developing a proper swimming whip kick and training the competitive breaststroker
US6851394B1 (en) * 2002-10-16 2005-02-08 Christopher S. Young Boot and harness swimming system for an animal
WO2004071587A2 (en) * 2003-02-05 2004-08-26 Ryland David E Swimming whip kick apparatus and method
WO2004071587A3 (en) * 2003-02-05 2005-02-24 David E Ryland Swimming whip kick apparatus and method
US9364717B2 (en) 2014-01-16 2016-06-14 Kathleen Davis Swimming fin
US10765916B2 (en) * 2016-04-20 2020-09-08 Raimund Hennemann, Christian Guber, Claudia Kemény, Flap Fin GbR Swim Shoe

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CA924342A (en) 1973-04-10
BE747322A (fr) 1970-08-17
DE2009381B2 (de) 1980-11-20
NL160171C (nl) 1979-10-15
DE2009381A1 (de) 1970-10-01
CH504213A (fr) 1971-03-15
AT302857B (de) 1972-10-25
NL7003518A (no) 1970-09-15

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