Patent Application
20190143189
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This application does not claim the benefit of the provisional patent application.
The present invention relates generally to the field of Martial Arts/Football training devices. Particularly to devices that are easily disassembled, portable and to a device that fights back and serves as a sparring partner or football offensive/defensive trainer by swinging its own arms and kicking its own legs to its attackers.
Martial Arts is increasing in popularity and in every city there are numerous schools teaching kickboxing, the Oriental arts of Karate, Judo, Tae kwon-do, and many other forms of self-defense. To practice these forms of self-defense has presented difficulty against a live opponent, due to the kicks and strikes must be done at a slower speed as well as a punch being pulled to prevent injury to the opponent. The dangers of injury are very realistic in full contact sparring, thus making it very beneficial for practitioners without the opponent. The issue with the lack of a real opponent is in simulating actual sparring conditions. Also in every city there are numerous high schools and colleges teaching the practice of football. As said above the dangers of injury are very realistic in full contact sport while practicing defense and offense of both combat and football.
The prior art has addressed the problem by utilizing many different forms and kinds of targets and devices which safely absorbs the punches and kicks during training and eliminating the need of another person being involved. Devices have been proposed to substitute for another person such as the device described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,817,941 issued to McCarry on Apr. 4, 1989, where an adjustable target holder is used. It is a horizontally supportive structure where an object is to be struck and can be he various levels in height. Unlike McCarry's invention, my invention is not geared for a delivery of multiple targets. McCarry's invention is portable because it's on wheels, however it is limited. My invention can be un-mounted and the entire device can be transported by the practitioner with a duffle bag.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,946,159 issued to Jones on Aug. 7, 1990, teaches a martial arts training device with reactive areas. Jones' device displays multiple arms that react to allow the striker to practice his defense as well as offense but does not describe a device that could be easily transported. It would involve more secure attachments and would not lend itself to being carried into a gymnasium or taken to a backyard to be strapped to a standing heavy bag.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,572,504 issued to DiBartolo on Feb. 25, 1986, teaches a holder for karate boards and shows a device that can easily be strapped to a vertical type support such as a heavy punching bag. But unlike my invention, DiBartolo's device is limited to holding flat planar type objects and does not allow for the sparring against a target with simulating legs and a torso of an opponent.
Desousa teaches in U.S. Pat. No. 5,281,191 issued in Jan. 25, 1994, a striking dummy which is very portable and could be used on many vertical supports. It does not instruct any convenient carrying mechanism on how to transport it such as my invention. It is also more suited for the training of boxing since it does not have any provision for allowing kicking or such as karate type strikes.
Stelmach teaches a martial arts training apparatus and is a heavy punching bag along with straps to affix it to the bag. The limited feature of this very portable invention is that it only addresses the need to practice kicks. It would be virtually unrealistic to practice anything but kick with it.
None of the above inventions and patents, taken either singly or in combination are known to be in comparison to my invention that I am bringing forth.
The invention that I am presenting is a martial arts/football training device having Velcro hook and loop fasteners coupled to an Acrylic Disc. This Acrylic disc is transparent with a 6″ diameter and ¼ thick bases which can also be fastened by one or more straps to a vertical support such as a heavy punching bag or even a standing heavy bag. Also one or more flexible, horizontally supported, and shock absorbent limbs made up of P.V.C. pipe cylindrical with pads that are detachable. These paddled arms and legs are used to throw punches and kicks by the martial arts instructor in response to the practitioner's defensive movements and offensive advances. The padded P.V.C. pipe cylindrical arms and legs can be quickly disassembled and placed within a duffle bag for easy transportation.
Accordingly, it is the main principle of the invention to provide a training device for practicing the delivering of punches and kicks, field goal kicks, blocks and making football fumbles. A benefit of my invention is that it provides a training device to an instructor and practitioner while allowing the student to deliver blows at the maximum force. Another benefit to add of what my invention provides as a training device is that it can be utilized just about anywhere that a vertical support is available, such as a heavy punching bag at a local gymnasium or somewhere as simple as a tree in the backyard. One of the objective's of my invention is to provide a training device that can be easily transported as carrying a duffle bag. These factors and other objectives of my invention will become readily apparent upon further review of the following specification and drawings.
Referring to the drawings, the invention provides a martial arts/football device, #10 (See
Although there are some padding materials such as #30 (
Each appendage target #13 is comprised of a realistic limb of an opponent, the inner limb known as target #25, and the outer limb known as target #26. These limbs of #25 and #26 will simulate to the practitioner as actual arms and legs of a real opponent, providing a realistic experience without the dangers that come with sparring during a training session.
The limbs #25 and #26 of the appendages each have a P.V.C. pipe skeletal system known as #9A and #9B.
With #8A being a revertible connector, 8B is a P.V.C. fitting designed for a P.V.C. pipe interference fit comprised of two semi-concentric portions known as #27 labeled male #8B and female #8A. A rope type connection known as #3 holds the semi-concentric portions #27 together. At the center of the cylinder #9A, there is a rope type connection with #10B (See
When the device #10 is to be transported, the appendages as in #13 are disconnected along with the plastic disc #1, 2, 3, and 4. Then will be placed in an axial relationship to each other to be transported by the practitioner with the use of a duffle bag and is carried with a well-suited handle.
In the preferred embodiment the device #10 will utilize for appendage targets as in #13 to simulate the human arms and legs. The device will further employ four pairs of plastic mounting discs: #1, 2, 3, and 4 along with four pairs of hook and loop Velcro fastening straps as in #22.
It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to a sole embodiment as described above, but encompasses any and all embodiments with the scope of the following claims.
