A63B 31/08
Swim fins, flippers or other swimming aids held by, or attachable to
Official title: Swim fins, flippers or other swimming aids held by, or attachable to, the hands, arms, feet or legs (A63B31/18 takes precedence; worn as gloves A63B31/02)
A63B31/08 (Swim fins, flippers or other swimming aids held by, or attachable to) appears on 521 US grants and 359 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 521
- Published applications
- 359
- Assignees
- 116
- Inventors
- 603
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 7 |
| 2002 | 19 | 14 |
| 2003 | 15 | 8 |
| 2004 | 12 | 14 |
| 2005 | 16 | 20 |
| 2006 | 19 | 7 |
| 2007 | 10 | 16 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11 |
| 2009 | 9 | 10 |
| 2010 | 8 | 11 |
| 2011 | 5 | 15 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12 |
| 2013 | 10 | 12 |
| 2014 | 8 | 7 |
| 2015 | 13 | 22 |
| 2016 | 18 | 21 |
| 2017 | 25 | 24 |
| 2018 | 25 | 24 |
| 2019 | 14 | 20 |
| 2020 | 21 | 24 |
| 2021 | 22 | 16 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11 |
| 2023 | 2 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 12 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pivotable swim fin device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,409 B2
- Aquatic sock and method of manufacturing same15 Sep 2026US 12,734,410 B1Glenn Schulman
- Fin and fin blade8 Sep 2026US 12,728,318 B2Sunny Industrial Engineering Co., Ltd
- Device for learning and training the underwater dolphin kick and methods10 Feb 2026US 12,544,627 B2Primis, LLC
- Swimming aid training device20 Jan 2026US 12,527,992 B1King Saud University
- Diving fin flipper mounting mechanism25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175085 A1Tien fu Trading co., Ltd
- Device for learning and training the underwater dolphin kick and methods14 May 2026US 2026/0131201 A1Primis, LLC
- Amphibious exoskeleton propulsion footwear14 May 2026US 2026/0131202 A1
- Fluid Inflatable Member26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084013 A1Sciencey Products Inc.
- Longitudinally folding swim fin20 Nov 2025US 2025/0352859 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for real-time data quantification, acquisition, analysis, and feedback68US 9,773,330 B1BioMech Sensor LLC · 2017
- Swim fin60US 5,304,081 ATabata Co., Ltd. · 1994
- High efficiency hydrofoil and swim fin designs56US 5,746,631 A1998
- Aquatic exercise assembly55US 4,411,422 A1983
- Swimming flipper53US 5,358,439 ATechnisub S.p.A. · 1994