Aquaped, LLC

Hollywood Hopeful Productions L.l.c.

Colleen M Burns

Terrence R Burns

John C Zoll

David E Moomaw

Anthony Hynes

An improved amphibious shoe () with a swim fin structure which extends for swimming and folds for walking. The amphibious shoe has, in one embodiment, an elastic connection member (A,B) movably connecting the shoe portion () of the shoe to the fin portion () of the shoe. The elastic connection member maintains the relative positions of the shoe portion and fin portion in a swimming mode and a walking mode. In another embodiment, the shoe portion has a female recess (A,B) for insertion of a corresponding male extension portion (A,B) in the fin portion. Another embodiment includes a locking member (B,B) and a locking plate (B), wherein the locking plate defines a keyhole slot having a wide portion and a narrow portion, permitting conversion between walking mode and swimming mode when a lateral force is applied.

Amphibious shoe

An amphibious shoe-like structure for swimming and walking having a shoe-like structure for receiving a foot and a fin structure that provides a fin blade surface that expands in the swimming mode and collapses in the walking mode to rest adjacent to the wearer's instep. The fin structure comprises a plurality of fin arms pivotally connected to the shoe-like structure for rotating the fin arms outwardly in the swimming mode position and for rotating the fin arms inwardly towards the instep of the wearer for a walking mode position. The fin arms diverge relative to one another when rotating outwardly and converge towards one another when rotating inwardly to rest adjacent to the wearer's instep. The fin structure further comprises a flexible web member that engages with the fins arms and is of the configuration and size to accomodate the area generated by the expanding and diverging side fin arms. The convertible amphibious structure further provides for a lock to lock the fin structure in the extended swimming mode position and for unlocking when converting into the walking mode position.

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Snyder, NY, United States of America

Colleen M Burns