Swimming hand paddle
OwnerSara F Watchorninventor
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a hand paddle system comprising a wrist member and a hand member. The wrist member and hand member are intercoupled. The wrist and hand members are configured to releasably couple or receive the scaphoid and metacarpal regions of a user's hand. The hand paddle system is composed and/or configured to be buoyant. The hand paddle system may also include a finger member coupled to the hand member opposite of the wrist member. The system causes an increased water entry resistance when the user improperly orients their arm and/or wrist leading up to and at the catch point and the buoyancy facilitates an early, high elbow catch and pull.
Claims19
A hand paddle system comprising:
- a wrist member having a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the wrist member is configured to releasably couple with the palmar surface of a user's scaphoid region;
- a hand member having a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the hand member is coupled to the wrist member and configured to releasably couple with the palmar surface of the user's metacarpal region;
- wherein the hand paddle system includes a buoyancy with respect to a water surface;
- wherein the bottom surfaces of the wrist member and hand member are configured in combination with the buoyancy to cause an increased water resistance if the wrist member is submerged prior to the hand member or submerged at an improper angle;
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- wherein the bottom surface of the wrist member includes a curved surface having a curvature between 90 and 180 degrees.
A hand paddle system comprising:
- a wrist member having a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the wrist member is configured to releasably couple with the palmar surface of a user's scaphoid region;
- a hand member having a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the hand member is coupled to the wrist member and configured to releasably couple with the palmar surface of the user's metacarpal region;
- a finger member having a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the finger member is coupled to the hand member substantially opposite to the wrist member, and wherein the length of the top surface is greater than the distance between the distal and proximal phalanges of the user's hand, and wherein the top and bottom surfaces of the finger member substantially join opposite the coupling to the wrist member;
- wherein the hand paddle system include a buoyancy with respect to a water surface;
- wherein the bottom surfaces of the finger, wrist and hand members are configured in combination with the buoyancy to cause an increased water resistance if at least one of the wrist member and hand member is submerged prior to the finger member;
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- wherein the bottom surface of the wrist member includes a curved surface having a curvature between 90 and 180 degrees.
A method for encouraging optimal muscular coordination and orientation of a user's hand during a swimming stroke including the acts of:
- providing a hand paddle comprising a wrist member having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a hand member having a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the hand member is coupled to the wrist member, and wherein the bottom surface of the wrist member includes a curved surface having a curvature between 90 and 180 degrees;
- engaging the palmar surface of a user's scaphoid region with the top surface of the wrist member;
- engaging the palmar surface of a user's metacarpal region with the top surface of the hand member;
- engaging the palmar surface of the user's fingers with the handle paddle;
- causing increased water entry resistance if the user places any portion of the wrist member in the water prior to the hand member or improperly angles their hand and arm;
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- minimizing water entry resistance if the user places the hand member in the water prior to the wrist member and properly angles their hand and arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.