US Patent Issued to CRESSI-SUB on April 15 for "Device for connecting a shoe to an interchangeable blade of a fin" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,921, issued on April 15, was assigned to CRESSI-SUB S.P.A. (Genoa, Italy).

"Device for connecting a shoe to an interchangeable blade of a fin" was invented by Carlos Alberto Godoy (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swim fin comprising an interchangeable blade having at least two longitudinal tabs along the longitudinal perimeter edges thereof, a shoe provided with at least two longitudinal members which extend forwards from the two opposite sides of the shoe, each of the longitudinal members having a longitudinal groove for a removable engagement with a corresponding one of the tabs, wherein the longitudinal groove extends...