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US 2021/0316188 A1Published application
Swimming assistance mechanism
OwnerLeen Chul PARKinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a swimming assistance mechanism and, more specifically, to a swimming assistance mechanism that is attached to the arms and increases a propulsion effect by increasing resistance against water via an action like that of the fins of a fish when paddling with the arms for propulsion, so as to assist in enabling easier swimming. The swimming assistance mechanism of the present invention is characterized by comprising: a main body fixed between the palm and the elbow; and a fin foldably installed on the outer surface of the main body.
Claims6
A swimming assistance mechanism comprising:
- a main body (50) fixed between the palm and the elbow;
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- a fin (60) foldably installed on an outer surface of the main body (50), wherein
- the main body (50) is formed of a soft synthetic resin material having a strength, and formed at one side thereof with an opening (1) having a length fitted between a palm and an elbow and opened at intervals in a longitudinal direction in which a groove (2) for exposing a base of a thumb is formed at a front palm contact part to which a hand is inserted, and
- the fin (60) is formed of a durable synthetic fiber, has a U-shape spread outward from the main body (50) except an upper portion on an outer surface of the main body (50) arranged the arm thereon, and is fixed to a plurality of transverse and longitudinal ribs (5)(5′) having hinges (4) on an outer periphery of the main body (50), in which outer ends of the ribs (5)(5′) are connected to a plurality of wires (7)(7′) wound on a wire winding device (6)(6′) at a center of the main body so as to be folded on the outer surface of the main body (50) by elastic force due to wire-winding and unfold while the wires (7)(7′) are pulled and released by a water current overcoming the elastic force.
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