SPORT APPARATUS WITH ELECTRONIC SENSING DEVICE

• US 20110190039A1
• Filed: 03/19/2010
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sport-Ace International Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Sports-Ace International Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kao, Eddie
• Application Number:
  US12/727,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20110190039A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/7
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/53 Force of an impact, e.g. blow or punch
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/833 Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/12 for the body or the legs , e.g. for the shoulders A63B71/081 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32

Abstract

A sport apparatus includes a frame, an electronic sport sensing device, and at least a connecting device to connect the electronic sport sensing device to the frame. The electronic sport sensing device has a circuit unit, a display unit electrically connected to the circuit unit, and at least a sensor unit electrically connected to the circuit unit. The sensor unit has an impact surface to produce a signal transmitted to the circuit unit for showing a message on the display unit when the impact surface receives an external force.

Claims

1. A sport apparatus, comprising:

a frame;

an electronic sport sensing device having a circuit unit and a display unit electrically connected to the circuit unit, and at least a sensor unit electrically connected to the circuit unit, wherein the sensor unit has an impact surface to produce a signal transmitted to the circuit unit for showing a message on the display unit when the impact surface receives an external force; and

at least a connecting device connecting the electronic sport sensing device to the frame.

2. The sport apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the frame includes a plurality of pipes, and the connecting device includes a connecting sheet with an end connected to the electronic sport sensing device that the connecting sheet is put around the pipes of the frame and fastened to secure the electronic sport sensing device to the frame.

3. The sport apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein the connecting sheet of the connecting device is provided with a loop Velcro device and a hook Velcro device.

4. The sport apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the electronic sport sensing device includes a blanket, in which the circuit unit is provided, having a plurality of couplers thereon electrically connected to the circuit unit, and the sensor unit is detachably mounted on the blanket and electrically connected to the couplers.

5. The sport apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein blanket has at least a connecting region, on which the sensor unit is mounted, and the coupler of the blanket includes first couplers and second couplers, and the sensor unit includes an up conductive layer, a low conductive layer, at least a first coupler, and at least a second coupler, further wherein the up conductive layer is electrically connected to the first coupler of the sensor unit, which is electrically connected to the first coupler of the blanket, and the low conductive layer is electrically connected to the second coupler of the sensor unit, which is electrically connected to the second coupler of the blanket, and the up conductive layer is insulated from the low conductive layer in a normal condition and the up conductive layer is warped to contact the low conductive layer when the impact surface receives an external force.

6. The sport apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein the sensor unit further includes an insulating layer between the up conductive layer and the low conductive layer which has at least an opening for the warped up conductive layer contacting the low conductive layer through the opening.

7. The sport apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein the sensor unit includes a front sheet with the impact surface thereon and a rear sheet to sandwich the up conductive layer, the insulating layer, and the low conductive layer therebetween, and the up conductive layer is behind the front sheet.

8. The sport apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the first coupler and the second coupler of the blanket is detachably engaged with the first coupler and the second coupler of the sensor unit to fix the sensor unit on the connecting region of the blanket.

9. The sport apparatus as defined in claim 8, wherein the first coupler and the second coupler of the sensor unit each has a head, a metallic body connected to the head, and a metallic buckle detachably engaged with the body wherein the body passes through the front sheet, the up conductive layer, the insulating layer, the low conductive layer, and the rear sheet in sequence, and then the buckle is engaged with the body, and the first coupler and the second coupler of the blanket are detachably engaged with the buckles of the first coupler and the second coupler of the sensor unit.

10. The sport apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the sensor unit further includes at least a first conductive pad and a second conductive pad between the up conductive layer and the low conductive layer each of which has an insulating portion and a conductive portion, and the up conductive layer and the low conductive layer each have a base film and a conductive pattern on the base film, wherein the conductive pattern of the up conductive layer is electrically connected to the conductive portion of the first conductive pad and the conductive portion of the first conductive pad is electrically connected to the body of the first coupler of the sensor unit, and the conductive pattern of the low conductive layer is electrically connected to the conductive portion of the second conductive pad and the conductive portion of the second conductive pad is electrically connected to the body of the second coupler of the sensor unit.

11. The sport apparatus as defined in claim 4, wherein the couplers of the blanket are conductive, and the sensor unit includes a plurality of conductive couplers to be detachably engaged with the couplers of the blanket.