Patent ID: 7147526

Claim:
A swim paddle, adapted to be worn on a hand for training hand acts during swimming, comprising: a body portion defining a plurality of positioning holes therein, each positioning hole including a first passage and a second passage communicating with each other, the first passage having relatively larger width than that of the second passage, a clip neck being formed at a cross of the first passage and the second passage; at least a strap member mounted on the body portion, the strap member having a plurality of limbs respectively extending through the positioning holes, each limb forming tabs thereon which are spaced apart from each other, each limb having diameter larger than width of second passage, in assembly, the limbs respectively extending from the first passages and through the clip necks, and biasing against the second passages via the tabs, whereby the strap member is positioned and fixed, wherein the body portion includes a hard center portion and a soft peripheral portion surrounding the hard center portion, wherein a plurality of support ribs are respectively disposed on left and right sides of the hard center portion and near a wrist in use, and wherein a pressing plate is suspended discontinuously from the hard center portion and corresponds to a side of a wrist in use, the pressing plate being enveloped by the soft peripheral portion and being movable along vertical direction, thereby abating force exerted on the fingers during swimming, wherein each support rib transversely has cross-like cross section in horizontal and vertical directions.