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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2015
Paul M. Herring, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Paul M. Herring, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A flipper device that provides a swimmer with functional use of the flipper when fully assembled, and easy, convenient use of same when the swimmer desires to walk in the flipper. In embodiment, the flipper device includes a boot and a fin that is at least partially collapsible, removable from the boot, stored in a substantially vertical orientation on the boot, and secured in its substantially vertical orientation by a securing component. The boot includes a first portion of a fastener, and the securing component. The fin includes a second portion of the fastener that is capable of engaging the first portion of the fastener to removably attach the fin to the boot.