According to the present invention there is provided a swimmer's paddle for attachment to the hand of a swimmer. The paddle includes a body member having an upper surface and a lower surface, a front edge adjacent the fingertips of a swimmer, a rear edge adjacent the palm, an inner edge adjacent the thumb and an outer edge adjacent the little finger. When the fingers rest on the upper surface of the body member they are substantially aligned in a first plane. The paddle also includes a device connected to the body member for positioning the thumb on the body member in a second plane below the fingers, and a device connected to the body member for holding the body member from movement away from the thumb during a swimmer's stroke.

Hand swimming paddle

Swimmer's paddle

A water paddle used for surface and underwater swimming, snorkeling, water aerobics and other water exercises. The water paddle includes a hand held, lightweight, flexible plastic, hydrodynamic paddle disk. A front of the paddle disk is flat or concave in shape for increasing or decreasing water resistance when moving the paddle in the water. Also, the paddle disk has a minimal thickness of ⅛ inch or less for allowing the flexing of the disk. An adjustable strap is received through a pair of parallel strap slots in the disk. The adjustable hand strap allows a swimmer to adjust his or her hand at various positions on the back of the paddle disk. The hand can be adjusted for allowing the disk to cover the fingers and palm of the hand in a first position. Also, the hand can be moved upwardly allowing the fingers to extend beyond the upper edge if need be in a second position and reduce pressure against the wrist of the swimmer.

Water paddle for surface and underwater swimming, snorkeling and water exercises

A swimming maneuverability device which assists a person in swimming, exercising, floating, maneuvering, or the like thereof in shallow and/or deep water. The swimming manuerverability device includes a base having at least one aerodynamic surface, a first restraining device for attaching the base to a user's arm, and a second restraining device for attaching the base to a user's hand. Optional buoyant material of the swimming device allows a person to swim, exercise, float, maneuver, or the like thereof in shallow water while keeping the user's head and/or upper torso out of the water. Alternatively, the base may be comprised of a ballast material to assist a user in staying below the surface of the water while maneuvering. In yet another embodiment of the invention, the base may be comprised of a neutrally buoyant material.

Swimming maneuverability device

A variable resistance aquatic exercise apparatus which provides a platform for removable fit to each of a user's hands and arms is disclosed. Each platform provides a plurality of one-way valves of two sizes. Each platform further provides a dialable disc which varies with orifice size, from a larger orifice to smaller orifices, or a user may choose to close orifices, thereby providing varied resistance to movement through water. Multiple embodiments of the platform are provided.

Variable resistance aquatic exercise apparatus

Aquatic exercise paddle

A swimmer's hand paddle (10) in the form of a rigid planar member (11) has a mitten-shaped surface area, larger than the human hand and wider in the palm area than in the area of the middle finger, and has an irregularly-shaped aperture (20) of a width approaching the width of the hand positioned at a sensitive area of the palm when the hand is properly positioned on the paddle (10). From one end of a proximal curved wrist edge (13) to a point beyond the end of the thumb (12a), the thumb side edge (15a) closely approaches the outer edge of the thumb and then curves inwardly and merges with a sharply curved distal end (14), whereas the little finger side edge (16) extends with flared curvature from the distal end to the other end of the curved wrist edge. The area of the little finger side (18) of the paddle (10) is larger than the thumb side area (17), and has a curved finger side edge for reducing the resistance to water of the little finger side during the routine of a swimming stroke. The user's hand is attached to and positioned on the paddle (10) by sections of rubber tubing (26, 30, 31) pulled through sets of perforations, one set (27, 29) positioned near the wrist edge and another set (34, 35, 38, 39) positioned at the approximate location of the base of the user's fingers.

Swimmer training paddle

A swimmer's flexible hand paddle is disclosed which includes a raised portion centered under a swimmer's hand extending from near a first finger joint to a palm position of the paddle and a flat portion extending from the raised portion out past a outline of a swimmer's hand having thumb, little finger and finger tip off-set. The raised portion is substantially straight across a finger edge and tapers of a V-shaped palm edge. The raised portions has shoulders that slope down to the flat portion with the thumb side shoulder forming a thumb rest. A palm piece is also disclosed which is attachable to prior art paddles and provides the raised portion to prior art paddles.

Hand swimming paddle

Citations

Swimmer's paddle

Water paddle for surface and underwater swimming, snorkeling and water exercises

Swimming maneuverability device

Variable resistance aquatic exercise apparatus

Aquatic exercise paddle

References

Swimmer training paddle

Swim and exercise hand paddles

Strap-on swim hand paddle

Aquatic exercise device

Swim paddles for arm attachment

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