FUMBLE CAUSING TRAINING DEVICE FOR FOOTBALL

• US 20130059682A1
• Filed: 09/06/2011
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marty Gilman, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Marty Gilman, Inc.
• Inventors: Gilman, Neil F.
• Granted Patent: US 8,894,512 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/438
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/023 Wound springs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/169 for anchoring on or against a wall
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/007 American football
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/002 for football American-football dummies A63B69/34
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0091 Balls fixed to a movable, tiltable or flexible arm
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/023 Supports, e.g. poles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49993 Filling of opening

Abstract

A training device 10 is disclosed, which includes a ball 12 and a biasing member 14, where a distal portion of the ball 13 is connected to a proximate end 15 of the biasing member 14. A support member 16 is connected to a distal end 18 of the biasing member 14, where the support member 16 is adapted for being connected to a stationary support structure 19. From this configuration, the ball 12 is capable of deflecting from an initial, rest configuration when the ball 12 is perturbed by clubbing, punching and/or chopping, and rapidly returning to the rest configuration after the perturbation.

Claims