Patent ID: 7494395
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A hand paddle comprising: (a) a palm portion located in a center of the hand paddle between a wrist portion, a plurality of inter digital portions, and a first lateral end and a second lateral end, the palm portion has a central bend that runs in a straight line from a center of a little finger aperture to approximately one inch above a thumb notch at the first lateral end; (b) a first flank formed by an upward bend along the first lateral end; (c) a second flank formed by an upward bend along the second lateral end; (d) a finger tip hood at the distal end, formed and positioned by a bend that runs from the first lateral end to the second lateral end along the top of the finger apertures to position the finger tip hood, forward from a hand side toward a waterside of the hand paddle, such that the finger tip hood is placed above and parallel to finger tips of a hand when fingers are out stretched through the finger apertures, the finger tip hood being elevated allows the fingers to protrude through the finger apertures unobstructed; wherein the central bend: wherein the plurality of inter digital portions are bent upward at an angle approximately 30 degrees toward a hand side of the hand paddle by a bend that: wherein the inter digital portions further comprises three additional finger apertures in addition to the little finger aperture.