Patent Application
20230130952
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The disclosure relates to punching bag wrapping devices and more particularly pertains to a new punching bag wrapping device for improving striking techniques. The present invention discloses a punching bag wrapping device comprising a flexible, reflective panel, which can be wrapped around and attached to a punching bag. The panel allows the user to see their own reflection while striking the punching bag.
The prior art relates to punching bag wrapping devices. Prior art punching bag wrapping devices may comprise housings, covers and wraps upon which indicia or figures are positioned to indicate target striking areas. The prior art also comprises flexible mirrors as wells as suntanning towels and suntanning mats having reflective surfaces. What is lacking in the prior art is a punching bag wrapping device comprising a flexible, reflective panel, which can be wrapped around and attached to a punching bag. The panel allows the user to see their own reflection while striking the punching bag.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel, which is resiliently flexible and thus is configured to conform to a contour of a punching bag. The panel is reflective and thus is configured to reflect an image of a user who is striking the punching bag. A fastener is engaged to the panel and is configured to selectively engage the punching bag. The fastener is configured to removably engage the panel to the punching bag. The reflective punching bag wrapping device, once installed on the punching bag, allows the user to self-train and to improve their striking techniques.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The panel 12 may comprise a first layer 26 and a second layer 28. The first layer 26 comprises elastomer, such as, but not limited to, polycarbonate, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, or the like, so that the panel 12 is flexible. The second layer 28 comprises reflective metal, such as, but not limited to, aluminum, silver, chromium, and the like, so that the panel 12 is reflective. As shown in
A fastener 32 is engaged to the panel 12 and is configured to selectively engage the punching bag 16. The fastener 32 is configured to removably engage the panel 12 to the punching bag 16. The reflective punching bag wrapping device 10, once installed on the punching bag 16, allows the user to self-train and to improve their striking techniques.
The fastener 32 may comprise a first element 34 and a second element 36 of a hook and loop fastener 38. The first element 34 is engaged to a first face 40 of the panel 12 and extends along one of the opposed ends 20 of the panel 12. The second element 36 is engaged to a second face 42 of the panel 12 and extends along the other of the opposed ends 20 of the panel 12. The second element 36 is positioned to selectively engage the first element 34 to removably engage the panel 12 to the punching bag 16. The present invention anticipates the fastener 32 comprising other fastening means, such as, but not limited to, adhesives, straps, and the like. The present invention also anticipates the panel 12 being integral to the punching bag 16.
In use, the panel 12 is wrapped around the punching bag 16 and the second element 36 of the hook and loop fastener 38 is selectively engaged the first element 34 of the hook and loop fastener 38 to removably engage the panel 12 to the punching bag 16. The user then can strike the punching bag 16 while viewing their reflection to observe any deficiencies in their striking technique, allowing them to implement corrective changes to their striking technique on the fly.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
