Apparatus for wearing fins

An apparatus for putting on a flipper, comprising:

• a connecting device for connection to a shoe of the flipper;
• a retaining device for retaining a user's foot inside the shoe of the flipper, the retaining device being mechanically connected to the connecting device, the retaining device including a guide and a slider slidably mounted on the guide for movement between a lower position on the guide and an upper position on the guide, the slider including a seat for positively connecting an elastic strap of the flipper to the retaining device in both the lower position and the upper position;
• a hinge pivotally connecting the retaining device and the connecting device;
• an adjustment device connected between the retaining device and the connecting device for adjusting a relative axial position between the retaining device and the connecting device;
• wherein the adjustment device comprises an upper plate and a lower plate, both separate from the flipper and releasably coupled together and, in an uncoupled state, axially movable relative to one another for adjusting the relative axial position between the retaining device and the connecting device;
• a connecting element connecting between the upper plate and the retaining device;
• wherein the upper plate is rigidly connected to the connecting element;
• and
• wherein the connecting element is pivotally connected by the hinge to the retaining device.