 |
|
|
|
|
|
 Title: |
US4449716:
Training device for athletes
[ Derwent Title ]
|
| Country: |
US United States of America
|
| |
| Inventor: |
Goldy, Robert I.; New York, NY 10023
Herrick, R. Clyde; Ambler, PA 19002
|
| Assignee: |
None
|
| Published / Filed: |
1984-05-22
/ 1982-09-29
|
| Application Number: |
US1982000426656
|
| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63B 69/00;
IPC-7:
A63B 7/00;
|
| ECLA Code: |
A63B69/00N6;
|
| U.S. Class: |
Current:
482/043;
254/398;
Original:
272/109;
254/398;
272/024;
272/061;
|
| Field of Search: |
272/021,24,61,62,70,109
254/391-394,398
434/247
|
| Priority Number: |
| 1982-09-29 |
US1982000426656 |
|
| Abstract: |
A device for training athletes in gymnastics, acrobatics and the like comprising a spotting rig wherein the slack in the gymnast's suspension lines is automatically removed by a take-up mechanism. In a preferred form, the take-up mechanism includes a pair of connected swinging arms having sheaves at their free end. The arms are spring loaded so as to urge their ends away from each other, and the suspension line slack is accumulated between the sheaves. A brake mechanism is provided to slow or stop the motion of the arms and thereby retard or arrest the downward movement of the gymnast.
|
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Weber, Richard D. ;
|
| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Apley, Richard J.; Crow, S. R.
|
| Maintenance Status: |
E2 Expired Check current status
|
| INPADOC Legal Status: |
Show legal status actions
|
| Family: |
None
|
First Claim:
Show all 11 claims |
We claim:
1. A training device for athletes for automatically taking up slack in and providing the braking force to the suspension line of a training rig, said device comprising a frame assembly, a pair of spaced arms, each of said arms rotatably mounted adjacent one end thereof to said frame assembly for angular motion in a common plane, means at the free end of each of said arms for receiving a portion of said suspension line and returning said portion toward said other arm biasing, means continuously acting on said arms tending to angularly separate the free ends of said arms, and braking means for selectively slowing or arresting the movement of said arms.
|
| Background / Summary: |
Show background / summary
|
| Drawing Descriptions: |
Show drawing descriptions
|
| Description: |
Show description
|
| Forward References: |
Show 14 U.S. patent(s) that reference this one
|
