Patent ID: 6290560
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A diving fin/diving boot engagement system comprising in combination:an arcuate boot fitting that is separate from a diving boot, said boot fitting having a curved interior surface that engages an exterior surface of a heel of a diving boot and a projection on an exterior surface opposite said curved interior surface; anda fin fitting that is separate from a diving fin, said fin fitting comprising a plate that attaches to an interior sole of a shoe portion of a diving fin, a vertical member that is attached to said plate and extends generally perpendicular from said plate at a heel thereof, and a catch generally perpendicular to said vertical member and extending over said plate to define a plate-facing surface corresponding to said projection of said boot fitting, said plate-facing surface engaging said projection to hold the diving boot in the shoe portion of the diving fin when said boot fitting is attached to the diving boot and said fin fitting is attached to the diving fin.