A swimming aid includes a plurality of tubular members, each tubular member adapted to fit on a corresponding finger of a human hand and which is open at both ends thereof, and web-like members extending between adjacent ones of the tubular members.

A swimming simulator provides a user with the exercise typically provided by swimming. This simulator includes a support frame from which arm and leg levers project. The arm levers are extendable from the front of the frame against the resistance of springs and are pivotable transversely to the frame. Grip handles at the ends of the arm levers are rotatable against another predetermined resistance. Also, the leg levers are movable in an arc against a further predetermined resistance.

An exercise device for simulated swimming strokes is disclosed. A cabinet supported on a frame serves as a base and has a body supporting platform thereabove, one portion supporting the torso and parallel duplicate hinge portions supporting the legs of the user. The user's arms reciprocate cable means and the user's legs reciprocate pivotal push rods extending into the cabinetry for rotating power consuming means comprising independent arm and leg powered fly wheels respectively connected to arm...

A swimming glove composed of five finger sleeves having a web in between each two neighboring finger sleeves, each finger sleeve having an end opening and at least one pair of side openings. The glove also has a palm side and a back side respectively provided with central openings, and an edge part provided with a third opening. A pair of fastening straps adapted to extend transversally across the hand of the wearer is provided to leave the wrist portion free from restraint. The glove is capable...

A swimming device designed to more easily facilitate the ingestion of air during the act of swimming is disclosed. The device permits the user to expend less effort breathing and focus more attention to the motor activity. The device improves the existing art of recreational snorkeling devices since its design is less cumbersome, more hydrodynamically streamlined, and causes less fatigue to the mouth and jaw muscles. The device of the invention consists of two flexible breathing tubes which enci...

A pair of swimming goggles includes a main frame body with two slots respectively defined in two sides thereof, two elastic straps, and two buckles. Each elastic strap includes a first end, a second end, and a mediate section, each elastic strap being wound through the associated slot. The first end of one of the straps has one of the buckles attached thereto, while the second end of the other strap has the other buckle attached thereto, thereby allowing adjustment of the lengths of the straps i...

Disclosed is a swimming exerciser mainly including a main frame, a pair of pedal means pivotally connected to two rear ends of the main frame, an height-adjustable abdomen cushion connected to a front top of the main frame, a front telescopic tubular support angularly and pivotally connected to and in front of the main frame, and a damping-type grip means mounted on a top of the telescopic tubular support. The grip means, the abdomen cushion and the pedal means together form an angle-adjustable ...

A single inflatable ring-shaped body that can be drawn together and secured at the chest by a closure mechanism so as to form a neck loop and a back loop. The inflatable body can be subdivided into several air compartments, each of which can be inflated using an inflation nozzle.

A swimming apparatus that permits an individual with a laryngectomy to be able to swim. The apparatus comprises a mouthpiece, a throat sealing member and an air tube intercoupling the mouthpiece and sealing member. The sealing member is securely disposed to cover and seal about the throat stoma while having an opening to permit air passage to the throat. The mouthpiece is controlled by the swimmer as a valve to control airflow through the unobstructed air tube. In one version of the invention th...

Swimming flipper comprising a fin blade made of rigid material and a shoe made of soft material similar to rubber, said fin blade and said shoe being interconnected by mechanical means of joining and locking, and an insole element which can be inserted inside the shoe itself. Said locking means extend from said insole to said fin blade or vice versa, through the part of the sole of the shoe interposed between said insole and the fin blade portion underneath.