Swimming and scuba diving fin with an adjustable elastic heel strap
AssigneeCressi-Sub S.p.A.
InventorCarlos Alberto Godoy
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Abstract
A swimming/scuba diving fin having a blade, a shoe open at the rear, an adjustable elastic strap engageable around the heel of the scuba diver, and two buckles at opposite ends of said adjustable elastic strap connected to two opposed side walls of said shoe, where at least one said buckle has a shaped hollow body forming integrally a portion connecting to said side wall, a channel for the axial sliding of the adjustable elastic strap, and a releasable fastening clamp of the adjustable elastic strap, where such an axial sliding channel has a hole for the inlet of the adjustable elastic strap, a hole for the outlet of the adjustable elastic strap and a deflection angle of the adjustable elastic strap positioned between such an inlet hole and such an outlet hole.
Claims18
A swimming/scuba diving fin comprising:
- a blade;
- a shoe open at a rear and comprising two opposed side walls;
- an adjustable longitudinal elastic strap engageable around the heel of the scuba diver;
- and
- at least two buckles, disposed at opposite ends of said adjustable elastic strap, connected to said two opposed side walls of said shoe,
- wherein at least one said buckle comprises:
- a shaped hollow body forming integrally a portion connecting to the side wall of the shoe;
- a channel configured to axial slide said adjustable elastic strap;
- and
- a releasable fastening clamp of said adjustable elastic strap, said axial sliding channel comprising:
- an inlet hole of said adjustable elastic strap;
- an outlet hole of said adjustable elastic strap;
- and
- a deflection angle of said adjustable elastic strap positioned between said input hole and said outlet hole;
- wherein said releasable fastening clamp is positioned outside said sliding channel.
A swimming/scuba diving fin comprising:
- a blade;
- a shoe open at a rear and comprising two opposed side walls;
- an adjustable longitudinal elastic strap engageable around the heel of the scuba diver;
- and
- at least two buckles, disposed at opposite ends of said adjustable elastic strap, connected to said two opposed side walls of said shoe,
- wherein at least one said buckle comprises:
- a shaped hollow body forming integrally a portion connecting to the side wall of the shoe;
- a channel configured to axial slide said adjustable elastic strap;
- and
- a releasable fastening clamp of said adjustable elastic strap, said axial sliding channel comprising:
- an inlet hole of said adjustable elastic strap;
- an outlet hole of said adjustable elastic strap;
- and
- a deflection angle of said adjustable elastic strap positioned between said input hole and said outlet hole;
- wherein said fastening clamp comprises two opposite jaws that delimit a fastening groove where said adjustable elastic strap can be introduced and extracted crosswise.
A swimming/scuba diving fin comprising:
- a blade;
- a shoe open at a rear and comprising two opposed side walls;
- an adjustable longitudinal elastic strap engageable around the heel of the scuba diver;
- and
- at least two buckles, disposed at opposite ends of said adjustable elastic strap, connected to said two opposed side walls of said shoe,
- wherein at least one said buckle comprises:
- a shaped hollow body forming integrally a portion connecting to the side wall of the shoe;
- a channel configured to axial slide said adjustable elastic strap;
- and
- a releasable fastening clamp of said adjustable elastic strap, said axial sliding channel comprising:
- an inlet hole of said adjustable elastic strap;
- an outlet hole of said adjustable elastic strap;
- and
- a deflection angle of said adjustable elastic strap positioned between said input hole and said outlet hole;
- wherein said inlet hole and said outlet hole lie on orthogonal planes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.