Patent Papers for the Swim Fin invented by Owen Churchill, 1940
date: label: date made
content: 1940
name: label: inventor
content: Churchill, Owen
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Patent papers for the swim fin invented by Owen Churchill and patented on December 17, 1940, patent number 124013. Churchill was the first to design and patent the swim fin and his were the only manufactured fins from 1940 to 1947. According to Churchill, they were used by the United States underwater demolition teams of the U.S. Navy and the British Admiralty during World War II.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Swimming
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Invention
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Owen T. Churchill
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0200.08
label: accession number
content: 1983.0200
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0200.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent papers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 8 in; 30.48 cm x 20.32 cm