Patent ID: 7140937
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: A43B,A63B

Abstract:
1. A swim fin comprising a foot engaging portion and a blade portion, said blade portion including one or more first latching members and said foot engaging portion including one or more second latching members, said first and said second latching members together forming one or more releasable latching mechanisms permitting said blade portion to be releasably secured to said foot engaging portion, said blade portion including a pair of arm members, each of said arm members received about opposite sides of said foot engaging portion when said blade portion is secured to said foot engaging portion, each of said arm members having attached thereto at least one of said first latching members, said first latching members comprised of one or more inwardly directed pins, posts or flanges, each side of said foot engaging portion having attached thereto at least one of said second latching members, said second latching members comprised of one or more outwardly extending open recesses, said arm members being flexibly resilient and laterally displaceable from said sides of said foot engaging portion to permit said one or more pins, posts or flanges to be releasably received within said one or more recesses, said recesses positioned and dimensioned so as to receive said one or more inwardly directed pins, posts or flanges of said first latching members when said blade portion is releasably secured to said foot engaging portion such that when said arm members are received about opposite sides of said foot engaging portion said first latching members and said second latching members on each respective side of said foot engaging portion are releasably engageable to form said releasable latching mechanisms and to thereby releasably secure said blade portion to said foot engaging portion.