Karate master

• US 20060025284A1
• Filed: 07/28/2004
• Published: 02/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jodi L. Livingstone, John F. Livingstone, John P. Livingstone
• Original Assignee: Jodi L. Livingstone, John F. Livingstone, John P. Livingstone
• Inventors: Livingstone, John P., Livingstone, Jodi L., Livingstone, John F.
• Application Number:
  US10/900,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20060025284A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/83
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/10 Combat sports
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/102 Boxing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/106 Karate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/22 mounted on, or suspended from, a fixed support

Abstract

A portable exercise device consisting of a base, which holds a pole in a vertical position that one or more arms are attached to. Each arm can freely rotate around the pole. At the end of each arm is a pad that can be hit by the user to propel the arms around the pole allowing the user to hit the pad again without changing their position. The arms that are mounted on the pole can be adjusted up and down the pole by using the collar device.

Claims

1. An exercise device used with one or more swinging arms that can be hit by one or more users as a game or for athletic training.

2. The pole can be stabilized by a base.

3. The pole can also be pounded directly into the ground elevating the need for a base.

4. The pole could also be anchored to the ceiling and floor without a base.

5. The base can be made from a variety of materials and can include but not limited to a water or sand filled plastic container, cement filled container, or heavy metal base with reaching stabilizing legs to provide stability for the swinging arms above.

6. The pole can also be made from a variety of materials including but not limited to plastic, wood or metal.

7. The length of the pole can vary depending of the age group of the user and the whether or not the product is designed for a base or for the pole to be driven into the ground or attached to the ceiling and floor instead of the base.

8. The arms can also be made from a variety of materials including but not limited to plastic, wood or metal. The arms would be padded with dense foam padding around each arm for the users protection.

9. The pad is the point where the user would hit the device. The pad could be made of foam, cloth, cork, rubber or other shock absorbing products. The pad can stand-alone or be covered with cloth to increase the wear of the pad after being repeatedly hit by the user or users.

10. The pad can be any shape or size including a rectangle shape. The pad can also be customized to represent a shape of a human fist or other object.

11. To adjust the arms and prevent them from sliding down the pole a collar device would be used to keep the arm in one place. The collar can be made of plastic or metal and held in place with a bolt or clip.

12. The arms would be attached to the pole by a tee that would allow the arms to be slid off the pole and also allow the arm to rotate around the pole from the force of the hit.

13. The arms have the ability to rotate around the pole 360 degrees.

14. The exercise device can be used with one swinging arm or as many as the user would like.

15. The exercise device can be used by one or more people as a game, exercise, training or physical therapy.