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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Houck, Dubois, WY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/108 ;
Abstract
A swim fin comprises a foot portio and a web portion. The foot portion has a shoe for receiving the foot of a wearer and has a plurality of openings in a toe end of the foot portion. The web portion extends from the foot portion and has a first end, a second end, a plurality of support members having web material associated therewith, and a plurality of bosses positioned adjacent the first end connected with the plurality of openings. In an embodiment of the swim fin, a toe end of the foot portion is curved relative to an imaginary plane extending along a lower surface of the foot portion and has the plurality of openings along a surface of the toe end.