HAND PADDLE

Abstract

A hand paddle (1) for a float (13) is described, having a grip part (6) and a paddle blade (2) which comprises a blade shoulder (3) and a blade edge (4) that is located opposite the blade shoulder (3) in the longitudinal direction of the paddle blade (2). In order to enable easy manufacture, flexible use possibilities, and use in a way that saves effort by the user, it is proposed that the paddle blade (2) forms the grip part (6) which is bounded by a grip cutout (5) that extends from the blade shoulder (3) in the longitudinal direction of the paddle blade (2).

Claims

1. A hand paddle for a float, said hand paddle comprising: a paddle blade that comprises a blade shoulder and a blade edge that is located opposite the blade shoulder in a longitudinal direction of the paddle blade, wherein the paddle blade has a grip part that is bounded by a grip cutout that extends from the blade shoulder in the longitudinal direction of the paddle blade.

2. The hand paddle according to claim 1, wherein an edge of the grip cutout that is located opposite the grip part forms a clip that is pivotable outward with respect to the blade shoulder and that is connected to the blade shoulder via a releasable closure.

3. The hand paddle according to claim 2, wherein the closure is formed by a latching hook that cooperates with a latching cutout.

4. The hand paddle according to claim 1, wherein the grip part comprises a grip base that is formed in one piece with the paddle blade and bounds the grip cutout, and a closure part which is integrally formed on the clip, engages around the grip base and forms an edge of the paddle blade.

5. The hand paddle according to claims 2, wherein the edge of the paddle blade that is located opposite the grip cutout is curved inward in a concave manner in a region of the grip part.

6. The hand paddle according to claim 1, wherein the grip part is connected with a grip part of a second hand paddle via a connecting line.

7. The hand paddle according to claim 6, wherein the connecting line forms annular bodies that are spaced apart from one another and are distributed in the longitudinal direction.

8. An article comprising a float and two hand paddles each to claim 2, wherein each of said hand paddles is rotatably articulated to the float on a respective one of two opposite sides thereof.

9. The float according to claim 8, wherein each hand paddle is articulated to a respective handle of the float, the handles each forming a respective pivot axle extending transversely to a main surface of the float.

10. The hand paddle according to claim 3, wherein the edge of the paddle blade-that is located opposite the grip cutout is curved inward in a concave manner in a region of the grip part.

11. The hand paddle according to claim 4, wherein the edge of the paddle blade-that is located opposite the grip cutout is curved inward in a concave manner in a region of the grip part.

12. The hand paddle according to claim 2, wherein the grip part is connected with a grip part of a second hand paddle via a connecting line.

13. The hand paddle according to claim 12, wherein the connecting line forms annular bodies that are spaced apart from one another and are distributed in the longitudinal direction.

14. The hand paddle according to claim 3, wherein the grip part is connected with a grip part of a second hand paddle via a connecting line.

15. The hand paddle according to claim 14, wherein the connecting line forms annular bodies that are spaced apart from one another and are distributed in the longitudinal direction.

16. The hand paddle according to claim 4, wherein the grip part is connected with a grip part of a second hand paddle via a connecting line.

17. The hand paddle according to claim 16, wherein the connecting line forms annular bodies that are spaced apart from one another and are distributed in the longitudinal direction.

18. The hand paddle according to claim 5, wherein the grip part is connected with a grip part of a second hand paddle via a connecting line.

19. The hand paddle according to claim 18, wherein the connecting line forms annular bodies that are spaced apart from one another and are distributed in the longitudinal direction.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0013] The subject matter of the invention is shown by way of example in the drawing, in which:

[0014] FIG. 1 shows a hand paddle according to the invention in a schematic plan view,

[0015] FIG. 2 shows a hand paddle according to the invention in an alternative embodiment, likewise in a schematic plan view,

[0016] FIG. 3 shows a float with two hand paddles according to the invention attached to lateral handles, in a schematic plan view on a smaller scale,

[0017] FIG. 4 shows a float corresponding to FIG. 3 in an alternative embodiment with handles extending transversely to the main surface of the float, and

[0018] FIG. 5 shows an illustration of the float corresponding to FIGS. 2 and 3 with two hand paddles connected via a connecting line.

WAY TO IMPLEMENT THE INVENTION

[0019] A hand paddle 1 according to the invention comprises a paddle blade 2 which a blade shoulder 3 and a blade edge 4 that is located opposite the blade shoulder 3 in the longitudinal direction of the paddle blade 2. It is provided according to the invention that the paddle blade 2 is pierced by a grip cutout 5 which extends from the blade shoulder 3 toward the blade edge 4 in the longitudinal direction of the paddle blade 2. This results in a grip part 6 which is bounded by the grip cutout 5.

[0020] The grip cutout 5 adjoins not only the grip part 6 but also a clip 7 which is formed by the edge of the grip cutout 5 that is located opposite the grip part 6. Said clip 7 can be pivoted outward with respect to the blade shoulder 3 and is connected to the blade shoulder 3 via a releasable closure 8. If the paddle blade 2 is made of a suitably flexible material, no additional measures are required in order to enable the outward pivoting of the clip 7. However, it is also possible to provide an articulation for this purpose in the region where the clip 7 transitions into the paddle blade 2.

[0021] In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the closure 8 is formed in that both the clip 7 and the grip part 6 each have a bore 9 in the region of the blade shoulder 3, which bores comes to lie one above the other in the closed state of the clip 7 and thus can be penetrated by a locking pin (not shown in detail) or a carabiner hook, in order to lock the clip 7 to the grip part 6 or to the blade shoulder 3 of the paddle blade 2. In another embodiment (not shown), the closure may also be formed by a latching hook which cooperates with a latching cutout. In principle, it is of no significance whether the latching cutout or the latching hook is assigned to the clip 7 or to the grip part 6 or the blade shoulder 3. However, particularly advantageous design conditions are obtained when the clip 7 has a latching hook which cooperates with a latching cutout of the grip part 6. This embodiment can also be combined with the embodiment shown in FIG. 1.

[0022] In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the grip part 6 comprises a grip base 14, which is formed in one piece with the paddle blade 2 and bounds the grip cutout 5, and a closure part 15 which is integrally formed on the clip 7, engages around the grip base 14 and forms an edge 10 of the paddle blade. The grip base 14 thus forms a stop for the closure part 15, so that the clip 7 with the closure part 15 can be pivoted outward with respect to the blade shoulder 3 only when the closure part 15 is simultaneously pivoted out of the plane of the grip base 14 or paddle blade 2. By virtue of the measure according to the invention, such an outward pivoting is prevented for as long as the grip part 6 of the handle paddle 1, which is formed of the grip base 14 and the closure part 15, is being grasped by a user.

[0023] In order to achieve particularly ergonomic handling, the hand paddle 1 according to the invention, in the illustrated embodiment the edge 10 of the paddle blade 2 that is located opposite the grip cutout 5 is curved inward in a concave manner in the region of the grip part 6, as can be seen in particular in FIGS. 1 and 2.

[0024] The hand paddles 1 can be connected in an articulated manner to a float 13, either per se or via the connecting line 11, as illustrated schematically in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5. The hand paddles 1 are rotatably articulated to the float 13 on two opposite sides thereof.

[0025] FIG. 3 shows a conventional float 13 with handles 17 extending parallel to the main surface of the float, a respective hand paddle 1 according to the invention being rotatably articulated to each of said handles as a result of the clip 7 or the grip cutout 5 enclosing the respective handle 17.

[0026] In one particularly advantageous embodiment, which is shown in FIG. 4, the handles 16 of the float 13 are arranged transversely to the main surface of the float 13, so that each handle forms a pivot axle extending transversely to the main surface of the float 13. The advantage of this embodiment lies in the fact that on the one hand it is easier to hold onto the float 13 and on the other hand the hand paddles 1 are freely movable only in a plane parallel to the main surface of the float, so as to enable a better introduction of force into the float 13.

[0027] According to the invention, a hand paddle 1 may also be connected to the grip part 6 of a second hand paddle 1 via a connecting line 11. The connecting line 11 may have annular bodies 12 which are spaced apart from one another and are distributed in the longitudinal direction, only a few of said annular bodies being shown by way of example in FIG. 5.