US 12,145,026 B2
Swimming and scuba diving fin with an adjustable elastic heel strap
Carlos Alberto Godoy, Genoa (IT)
Assigned to CRESSI-SUB S.P.A., Genoa (IT)
Filed by CRESSI-SUB S.P.A., Genoa (IT)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/547,466.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000030950 (IT), filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184459 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 31/11 (2006.01); A43B 5/08 (2006.01); A43B 21/42 (2006.01); A43C 11/22 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 31/11 (2013.01) [A43B 5/08 (2013.01); A43B 21/42 (2013.01); A43C 11/22 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A swimming/scuba diving fin comprising:
a blade;
a shoe open at a rear and comprising two opposed side walls;
an adjustable longitudinal elastic strap engageable around the heel of the scuba diver; and
at least two buckles, disposed at opposite ends of said adjustable elastic strap, connected to said two opposed side walls of said shoe,
wherein at least one said buckle comprises:
a shaped hollow body forming integrally a portion connecting to the side wall of the shoe;
a channel configured to axial slide said adjustable elastic strap; and
a releasable fastening clamp of said adjustable elastic strap, said axial sliding channel comprising:
an inlet hole of said adjustable elastic strap;
an outlet hole of said adjustable elastic strap; and
a deflection angle of said adjustable elastic strap positioned between said input hole and said outlet hole;
wherein said releasable fastening clamp is positioned outside said sliding channel.