Patent ID: 8585453
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A swimming hand paddle for use by a swimmer within a body of water; said swimming hand paddle comprising: a top member with a finger end and a wrist end to which the swimmer's hand rests and is secured via hand constraining elements which secure at least one finger to the top member; a pivoting member having a main body which is located near the non-hand surface of said top member and which attaches at one end to said finger end of the top member; said pivoting member includes an angled section at the other end of said pivoting member main body; said angled section does not share the same planar orientation as said pivoting member main body; said top member contains an inner edge which the swimmer's thumb rests and an outer edge which the swimmer's little finger rests and a center line which separates the inner half from the outer half of the top member; said pivoting member main body and said angled section are positioned and designed to favor said outer edge of top member such that pivoting member main body and angled section do not interfere with swimmer's opposite hand or wrist when one hand is on top of the other such as during streamlining; the center points of the areas of said pivoting member main body and said angled section are both on the said outer edge side of said top member center line.