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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1998
Giovanni Garofalo, Rapallo, IT;
HTM Sports S.p.A., Genova, IT;
Abstract
Open-shoe type swimming flipper, to be worn on a foot wearing a boot, the shoe including an element of insole and an element for holding the front of the boot. The element of insole of the flipper is provided with a number of coupling elements which fit into a number of complementary coupling elements made in the sole of said boot. The element for holding the front of the foot is connected permanently at least along one side edge to one side edge of the part of the insole of the flipper, whilst the other side edge may be connected by clasping devices directly to the opposite side edge of the part of insole of the flipper or to the free edge of an element, which, in turn is connected to said opposite side edge of the part of insole of the flipper.