Sergei A Krikliwy

US Patent:

20080032573, Feb 7, 2008

Filed:

Aug 7, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/499739

Inventors:

Sergei Andreivitch Krikliwy - Tucson AZ, US
Alexander Sergeivitch Krikliwy - Tucson AZ, US

International Classification:

A63B 31/10

US Classification:

441 56

Abstract:

The present invention is a swim aid consisting of a paddle blade having a hand side and an opposite water side, a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end and having a distal edge and opposite first and second lateral ends. Finger apertures are formed along the distal end of the blade and separated from the distal edge by a fingertip portion, the apertures being separated from each other by inter-digital portions. The paddle includes a wrist portion formed on the proximal end of the blade, the wrist portion having a wrist strap, and a palm portion formed on the blade between the apertures and the wrist portion, the palm portion forming a concave surface on the waterside of the blade. A thumb notch is formed on the first lateral end of the blade. The paddle further includes a first and second flange portion formed on the first and second lateral ends, respectively, the flange portions being swept back from the water side of the blade towards the hand side of the blade, the first flange portion extending from the notch to the wrist portion, the second flange portion extending along the second lateral end from the wrist portion to the apertures. The inter-digital portions are swept back from the waterside of the blade towards the hand side of the blade and the fingertip portion is swept forward towards the waterside of the blade relative to the inter-digital portions sufficiently to permit the users' fingers to extend fully through the apertures when the paddle is worn.

US Patent:

20080214073, Sep 4, 2008

Filed:

Feb 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/071548

Inventors:

Sergei Krikliwy - Tucson AZ, US
Alexander Sergeivitch Krikliwy - Tucson AZ, US

International Classification:

A63B 31/10

US Classification:

441 56

Abstract:

This invention is intended as an improved swimming aid for the hand. It is a ridged paddle having several features to enhance the paddles' performance for enjoyable swimming. The paddle has a finger tip hood that permits the fingers to extend unobstructed through finger facing apertures. The paddle has a wrist portion having a wrist strap. A thumb notch formed at a lateral end, by the palm potion of the paddle. The palm portion has a Transverse Ridge, that together with two lateral flanks form a triangle of three major bends at the palm. And, with two bends for the finger apertures and finger tip hood, change the paddles' shape from a flat surface to a three dimensional form, that deflect water, adds structural strength, and aids in hand comfort.The arrangement of these features, provide an enjoyable instrument that facilitates good leverage in the water.