Multi-sport athletic resistance training belt
First Claim
1. A training belt for athletic training, the training belt comprising:
- a first part comprising a radially internal portion configured for being positioned against a waist of a user;
a second part connected to the first part, the second part being an annular frame that is radially external and rigid,wherein the annular frame comprises;
a track that is annular;
a mechanical connector that is configured to slidably move about the track; and
an aperture configured to connect with athletic training equipment,wherein the annular frame comprises frame segments that move relative to each other, andwherein the training belt is reversibly closable to form an annular loop,wherein the frame segments include a first frame segment and a second frame segment, wherein the first frame segment and the second frame segment are connected at a pivotal connection at a first circumferential end of each of the first frame segment and the second frame segment,wherein each of the first frame segment and the second frame segment comprises;
a backer plate on a radial inner side of the annular frame; and
an axial upper shell and an axial lower shell, the axial upper shell and the axial lower shell both disposed on a radial outer side of the annular frame and connected to the backer plate to provide an annular gap at an axial center of the training belt to form the track,wherein axial adjacent portions of the axial upper shell and the axial lower shell include a substantially quarter-circle profile that is substantially constant along the annular track, andwherein the annular frame comprises a trackball disposed on a radial inner side of the track, the trackball comprising a stem that extends radially through the track and connects with the mechanical connector.
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Abstract
An athletic training belt including: a first part comprising a radially internal and radially constrictable waist belt; a second part connected to the first part, the second part being a radially external and circumferentially rigid annular frame, wherein the annular frame includes an annular track, a mechanical connector that slidably moves about the track, and an aperture for connecting with athletic training equipment; wherein the annular frame comprises frame portions that move relative to each other, wherein the training belt is reversibly closable to form an annular loop; and a third part fixedly connected to a radially internal surface of the annular frame, wherein the third part flexibly connects the waist belt to the annular frame.
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26 Claims
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1. A training belt for athletic training, the training belt comprising:
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a first part comprising a radially internal portion configured for being positioned against a waist of a user; a second part connected to the first part, the second part being an annular frame that is radially external and rigid, wherein the annular frame comprises; a track that is annular; a mechanical connector that is configured to slidably move about the track; and an aperture configured to connect with athletic training equipment, wherein the annular frame comprises frame segments that move relative to each other, and wherein the training belt is reversibly closable to form an annular loop, wherein the frame segments include a first frame segment and a second frame segment, wherein the first frame segment and the second frame segment are connected at a pivotal connection at a first circumferential end of each of the first frame segment and the second frame segment, wherein each of the first frame segment and the second frame segment comprises; a backer plate on a radial inner side of the annular frame; and an axial upper shell and an axial lower shell, the axial upper shell and the axial lower shell both disposed on a radial outer side of the annular frame and connected to the backer plate to provide an annular gap at an axial center of the training belt to form the track, wherein axial adjacent portions of the axial upper shell and the axial lower shell include a substantially quarter-circle profile that is substantially constant along the annular track, and wherein the annular frame comprises a trackball disposed on a radial inner side of the track, the trackball comprising a stem that extends radially through the track and connects with the mechanical connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An athletic training apparatus comprising:
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a. an adjustable system comprising; i. a strap with a serrated portion at a first end; ii. a releasable, self-locking, ratchet rigidly fixed to a second end of the strap and comprising a buckle which engages the serrated strap end; and iii. an elastic member at least partially encircling the strap; b. a track disposed outside of the adjustable system, the track comprising; i. at least two semicircular rigid members; ii. at least two upper sections that are rigid and are hingedly attached to one another; iii. at least two lower sections that are rigid and are hingedly attached to one another; iv. a track cavity defined by rigidly affixing the upper sections and the lower sections to the semicircular rigid members with sufficient spacing between the upper sections and the lower sections and adapted to receive a trackball therein allowing free movement around the track; and v. an upper latch fixedly attached to the upper sections and a lower latch fixedly attached to the lower sections and adapted to draw section ends of the upper sections and the lower sections together, creating a continuous track; c. a roller assembly including the trackball received within the track cavity affixed to an eyelet that extends outside the track cavity; and d. circumferentially spaced connectors attaching the adjustable system to the track. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A training belt for athletic training, the training belt comprising:
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first and second frame segments, each forming a circumferential half of an annulus and each including half of an annular track, the first and second frame segments pivotally connected to one another at one circumferential end and releasably connected to one another at another circumferential end, wherein, when the training belt is closed, a continuous annular frame is formed by the training belt, and a continuous annular track is formed about the training belt; the training belt further comprising; a mechanical connector that is configured to slidably move about the continuous annular track, and a trackball disposed on a radial inner side of the continuous annular track, the trackball comprising a stem that extends radially through the continuous annular track and connects with the mechanical connector; and first and second track stops, each including an anchor ball, disposed within the continuous annular track, the first and second track stops configured for being anchored on opposing circumferential sides of the trackball for limiting circumferential movement of the trackball about the continuous annular track. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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