Patent ID: 6923697
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A dive fin replacement heel strap for use on open-foot pocket dive fins having a mounting device on each side of said fin, said heel strap adapted to secure said fins onto a user's foot, said heel strap comprising: (a) an elongate elastic material, of a predetermined width (W) having a first end, a second end, a center section, and a height defined by an upper horizontal surface and a lower horizontal surface; (b) a plurality of orifices, of a predetermined opening size (D), positioned from said first end toward said center section and positioned from said second end toward said center section, said plurality of orifices formed into said elongate elastic material and adapted to attach to said mounting device; (c) a tab on either said first end or on said second end or on each respective end of said elongate elastic material, said tab having a solid flexible lip around the periphery of said tab forming a tab-lip having a width greater than W and a height greater than D; and (d) an indent in the upper horizontal surface and in the lower horizontal surface of said elongate elastic material adjacent to said tab-lip.