Water surface running fins for the feet
OwnerPeter B. Tomlinsoninventor
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Abstract
These water running fins are designed to be worn on a person's feet to enable the user to effectively run on the surface of a body of water. Primarily, the fin consists of a main body with a foot receiving member attached, and the main body is provided with forward spoke portions attached to a web portion. The structure further includes a multiple number of first fingers and second fingers pivotally attached by wires that serves as the pivots, and over upward travel of the fingers is limited by the rear portions of the fingers being rearward of the pivot points.
Claims4
A fin for water surface running by a wearer, comprising, a main body, a foot receiving member secured to a rear portion of said main body, a plurality of spaced spoke portions secured to said body, providing a means for mounting and pivotally receiving a plurality of first fingers, a plurality of pivotal second fingers received on said first fingers, and a pair flexible wires received through said first fingers and said second fingers, providing upward stop means of pivoting of said first fingers and said second fingers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.