U.S. patent number 3,786,526 [Application Number 05/235,639] was granted by the patent office on 1974-01-22 for swimming-aid devices.
Invention is credited to Claude C. A. Ausseil.
United States Patent |
3,786,526 |
Ausseil |
January 22, 1974 |
SWIMMING-AID DEVICES
Abstract
This invention relates to a device for assisting swimming or for
re-education for use in swimming pools, which is fastended to a
limb, and formed of two fins disposed longitudinally with respect
to the limb and extending radially with respect thereto.
Inventors: |
Ausseil; Claude C. A. (Saint
Malo, FR) |
Family
ID: |
9074155 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/235,639 |
Filed: |
March 17, 1972 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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Mar 23, 1971 [FR] |
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7110667 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
441/59; 482/111;
482/55 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B
31/08 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A63B
31/00 (20060101); A63B 31/08 (20060101); A63b
031/04 () |
Field of
Search: |
;9/301,307,303,304
;272/57R,71 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Halvosa; George E. A.
Assistant Examiner: O'Connor; Gregory W.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Burns; Robert E. Lobato; Emmanuel
J.
Claims
I claim:
1. A swimming device releasably mountable on the limb of a swimmer
during use comprising: two fins; and means connecting said two fins
in a spaced apart relationship and substantially fixedly disposing
said two fins substantially perpendicular to each other.
2. A swimming device according to claim 1, further comprising means
for releasably mounting said two fins to the limb of a swimmer
during use and for positioning said fins radially outwardly from
the limb.
3. A swimming device according to claim 1, wherein the width of
each of said two fins is proportionally increased in the direction
towards the end of the limb.
4. A device according to claim 1, wherein said means connecting
comprises an elongated member integral with said two fins and
having an arcuate cross-section and comprising flexible material
adaptable to the contour of a limb of a swimmer during use.
5. A device according to claim 2, wherein said means releasably
mounting for comprises two belts.
Description
The present invention relates to a device for assisting swimming
and for re-education for use in swimming pools.
A device of this type is already known which is formed of a flipper
which the swimmer attaches to his feet and which enables him, by
making paddling movements with his feet, to improve his swimming
speed; however, the flipper is not, strictly speaking, a device
used for re-education.
The invention therefore has for its object a device for assisting
swimming and for re-education for use in swimming pools, which is
fixed to the fore-arm or to the leg, characterised in that it is
formed of two fins disposed longitudinally with respect to the limb
and extending radially with respect thereto. The fins more or less
oppose the movements of the limb to which they are attached in a
direction perpendicular to each fin. Thus one fin acts to opposte
movement of the limb while the other fin acts like a rudder. This
results in greater stability in all the directions in which the
limb moves while swimming.
The invention will be more readily understood upon reading the
following description with reference to the accompanying drawings,
in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a device according to the invention
fastended to the fore-arm.
FIG. 2 is a section along II--II of FIG. 1.
Referring to the drawings, the device according to the invention is
intended to be fixed to the fore-arm or the leg, and in the example
shown, it comprises a curved part 1, slightly conical in shape,
which takes the shape of the arm on which it is fixed by two belts
2 and 3 with buckles 4, passing round the arm.
Integral with this curved part are two fins 5 and 6 which extend
radially and longitudinally, their planes substantially fixed at an
angle of 90.degree.. In addition, the breadth of the fin increases
from the elbow to the wrist or from the knee to the ankle.
The invention in not limited to the embodiment hereinbefore
described and the man skilled in the art may add various
modifications thereto, without departing from the scope thereof. In
particular, the dimensions of the fins vary as a function of the
aims sought after, namely the type of exercises to be made.
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