Swimming aid training device
AssigneeKing Saud University
InventorRakan Ibrahim Nazer
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Abstract
A swimming aid training device is provided for freestyle swimming. The device is a unitary body including a first ring for a user's wrist and fingers, a second ring for an upper arm or preferably upper forearm of the user and a platform to support a forearm of the user extending between and connecting the first and second rings. A fin extends along a side surface of the unitary body for propelling the user forward during a swimming stroke. The fin has a tapered shape of increasing width from the first ring to the second ring and may include a plurality of fenestrations thereon. The unitary body may be angled between first and second halves and may be formed of flexible plastic with an elastomer formed thereon for support of the forearm.
Claims20
A swimming aid training device, comprising:
- a unitary body comprising a first ring configured to position a user's wrist and fingers thereon, a second ring configured to be positioned on an upper forearm of the user, and a platform extending between and connecting the first ring and the second ring, wherein the platform is configured to support a forearm of the user;
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- a fin extending along a side surface of the unitary body, the fin starting at the first ring, extending alongside the platform, and terminating at the second ring, wherein the fin has a tapered shape with increasing width from the first ring to the second ring.
A method of using a swimming aid training device, the method comprising:
- positioning a wrist and fingers of a user in a first ring of the device;
- positioning a second ring of the device on an upper arm or upper forearm of the user;
- positioning a forearm of the user on a platform extending between and connecting the first ring and the second ring;
- and
- propelling the user during a swimming motion using a fin extending along a side surface of the device, the fin starting at the first ring, extending along a side surface of the platform, and terminating at the second ring, wherein the fin has a tapered shape of increasing width from the first ring to the second ring.
A swimming aid training device, comprising:
- a unitary body including a first ring configured to receive a wrist and fingers of a swimmer, the first ring including a thumbhole formed in a rim thereof proximate a side surface of the unitary body, a second ring configured to receive an upper arm or upper forearm of the swimmer, and a platform for supporting a forearm of the swimmer, the platform extending between and connecting the first ring and the second ring, wherein the unitary body is tapered in shape and has a width proximate a midpoint thereof which is narrower than a width at the first ring and second ring;
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- a fin extending along a side surface of the tapered body, wherein the fin is tapered and has increasing width from the first ring to the second ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.