Patent ID: 9492712
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. A pair swimming paddles, each of which comprises: a generally planar body having an outer face, an inner face, an upper perimetric edge, a lower perimetric edge, and side perimetric edges; a retainer for releasably retaining a swimmer's hand to the paddle palm-side against the inner face; a plurality of elongated holes disposed proximal to the upper perimetric edge, wherein the longer dimensions of the elongated holes are substantially parallel to the upper perimetric edge; and a plurality of fingerpad-indexing holes in the inner face of the planar body, the fingerpad-indexing holes sized to receive one of the frontal fingerpad portions of the fingertips of the swimmer's hand, when the swimmer's hand is retained against the inner face of the paddle by the retainer; wherein each of the side perimetric edges is tapered inwardly such that top and bottom portions of the planar body are broader than a middle portion of the planar body defined by the tapered portions of the side perimetric edges.