FULL-BODY BOARD SPORTS TRAINING DEVICE

• US 20140336025A1
• Filed: 05/06/2014
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Colin Andrew Rafferty
• Original Assignee: Colin Andrew Rafferty
• Inventors: Rafferty, Colin Andrew
• Application Number:
  US14/270,709
• Publication Number:
  US 20140336025A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/142
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0442 Anchored at one end only, the other end being manipulated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0552 Elastic ropes or bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4023 the user operating the resistance directly, without additional interface A63B21/072 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4035 for operation by hand
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4043 Free movement, i.e. the only restriction coming from the resistance A63B21/00043, A63B21/072 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/16 Platforms for rocking motion about a horizontal axis , e.g. axis through the middle of the platform; Balancing drums; Balancing boards or the like exercising apparatus with cantilevered support elements pivoting about an axis A63B22/0056; other exercising apparatus for improving balance A63B26/003
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/1281 primarily by articulating the elbow joint
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 26/003 for improving balance or equilibrium balance beams A63B4/00; apparatus for rope dancing A63B7/08; balancing drums, balancing boards or the like A63B22/16
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0066 for wind-surfing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0093 for surfing, i.e. without a sail; for skate or snow boarding

Abstract

A board-based training device is provided. The board-based training device can comprise at least one piece having an underlying unbalanced surface. The unbalanced surface can be shaped to be unstable when placed on a ground. The piece can further have a support surface for supporting a deck. The training device can also include at least one securing mechanism for reversibly attaching the support surface of the piece against a bottom surface of the deck. The reversible attachment can secure the piece to the deck such that the movement of the secured piece with respect to the deck can be restrained. The unbalanced shape can be conical, the long axis of which being aligned with the long axis of the piece. The device can further include at least one attachment point for attaching at least one linkage.

Claims

1. A board-sport training device comprising:

at least one piece having an underlying unbalanced surface, the unbalanced surface shaped to be unstable when placed on a ground, the at least one piece further having a support surface for supporting a deck; and

at least one securing mechanism for reversibly attaching the support surface against a bottom surface of the deck, the reversible attachment securing the at least one piece to the deck such that the movement of at least one piece with respect to the deck is restrained.

2. The board-sport training device of claim 1 wherein each securing mechanism is one of a clasp and a tie-down mechanism.

3. The board-sport training device of claim 1 wherein, the unbalanced surface comprises a conical shape with the base of the conical shape being flat and the apex of the conical shape being spherical.

4. The board-sport training device of claim 3 wherein, the longitudinal axis of the conical shape is in parallel with a longitudinal axis of the at least one piece.

5. The board-sport training device of claim 1 wherein, the unbalanced surface comprises a cylindrical shape, the ends of the cylindrical shape being spherical.

6. The board-sport training device of claim 1 wherein the device comprises a plurality of pieces and the unbalanced surface of at least one of the plurality of pieces comprises a shape that is different from the shape of the unbalanced surface of other plurality of pieces.

7. The board-sport training device of claim 1 wherein the device comprises a plurality of pieces and the unbalanced surface of each piece comprises the same shape.

8. The board-sport training device of claim 1 wherein the device comprises two identical pieces.

9. The board-sport training device of claim 8 wherein the unbalanced surface of each piece comprises a conical shape, with the base of the conical shape being flat and the apex of the conical shape being spherical.

10. The board-sport training device of claim 1 wherein the at least one piece includes at least one overhanging point, the at least one overhanging point shaped to prevent the deck from coming into contact with the ground when the training device is tilted in use.

11. The board-sport training device of claim 10 wherein the at least one overhanging point comprises a compressible material.

12. The board-sport training device of claim 11 wherein the compressible material comprises at least one of foam, plastic and rubber.

13. The board-sport training device of claim 10 wherein the at least one overhanging point is in the shape of a pointed tip.

14. The board-sport training device of claim, the device further comprising:

at least one attachment point for attaching at least one linkage.

15. The board-sport training device of claim 14 wherein the at least one attachment point is arranged along an outer edge of the at least one piece.

16. The board-sport training device of claim 14 wherein each linkage comprises at least one of rope, cord and band.

17. The board-sport training device of claim 14 wherein each linkage is one of elastic, non-elastic and rigid.

18. A method of training based on a board-sport training device comprising:

reversibly attaching, through a securing mechanism, the training device to a deck such that the movement of at least one piece with respect to the deck is restrained;

resting a bottom surface of the training device on the ground, the bottom surface having an unbalanced shape;

tilting the training with respect to the ground based on the unbalanced surface; and

receiving a reciprocal force at the training device, based on the tilting, through a linkage mechanism attached to the training device.