Force Fin Designs

[Bob Evans]

Another Mentor is Dr. Phil NuyttenPhil Nuytten | Nuytco Research Ltd. and we have talked Force fins for years, who knows what we can do together....much more than swim fins. Nuytco Research Ltd.

 

[Bob Evans]

TN found the orginial Force fin Patent drawings our Father Gordon B. Evans did back in 1980's.

 

[Bob Evans]

Interesting to note how I coined the name "Split Fin".( a story ) From the V shaped Force fin to a split Foil Force fin.Foil Force Fin – Force Fin Notice how this Design Patent seperated the foot pocket from the blade design. Then I covered the Force Fin open toe foot pocket design. One of the 33 patents received. Total cost for Patents was around $ 750,000, not counting time to make these Force fin designs and cost of the tooling. WOW, looking back wish I had slipped all that money into my pocket. Might be over One Million. And the thousands of dollars advertsing and trade show,,,, Live and learn. Aqua Corps Cover Story – Force Fin

 

[coldwaterlloyd]

Very cool . Nice to see the real story behind actual invention of so called nature wings ...

 

[scubadada]

What did the split fin patent get you?

 

[Bob Evans]

What did the split fin patent get you?

Good question. It established our independent priority for the invention. It added to our chain of art record, so when Natures Wings, its licensees and IP insurance agency tried to shut Force Fin down, there was no way for them to do it. We didn't enforce on any of the licensees, because paying royalties added to their cost of goods, which tipped competitive advantage from a pricing standpoint more in ouf favor than generally is the case given our quality vs. the others. In assessing the cost of a lawsuit vs. possible recovery, we decided that was the smart way to go. Plus I knew his Company was going to fail.

 

[scubadada]

What about all the other split fins, seems like they were all working off your patent

 

[Bob Evans]

I wanted to control the water flow around the SPLIT FIN. Rotation was the answer. Dick Anderson Effect – Force Fin

 

[Bob Evans]

What about all the other split fins, seems like they were all working off your patent

Another story down the road. I do understand when they want to take you out they can. When they have the PRESS in their pocket watch out.

 

[Bob Evans]

Looks like Whisker will be 3-D printed here in USA. Going to be interesting to learn the cost next week. But no matter the price we can again bring this technology back and add to the fleet the Bat Wings and other design ideas. Drawings from a long tme ago. Dick Long with a set of Bat Wings.