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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mario Viale, Chiavari, IT;
Giovanni Garofalo, Rapallo, IT;
Assignee:
HTM Sport S.p.A., , IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/108 ;
Abstract
A swimming flipper includes a shoe portion and a blade portion. Two ribbings are provided along the outer lateral edges of the flipper and include substantially V-shaped carvings. The V-shaped carvings are placed at a suitable distance from the front of the blade portion, and are arranged to create two bending lines of the blade portion. Limiting elements are provided on the upper surface of the blade portion which limit the bending movement thereof.