Attachment for a Sports Training Device

• US 20150367212A1
• Filed: 08/28/2015
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rojo Sport Inc
• Original Assignee: Rojo Sport Inc
• Inventors: Marcin, John Charles, Schenkkan, Robert Henri
• Granted Patent: US 9,694,266 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/003 non-electronic means for locating the point of impact on a target or the point of entry in the goal
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/004 Goals of the type used for football, handball, hockey or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/002 for football American-football dummies A63B69/34
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0024 for hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0026 for ice-hockey
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49764 with testing or indicating
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A sports training device includes a target having a mounting arm and an attachment. The mounting arm includes a set of front holes and a set of back holes. The hole sets are separated by at least a quarter of the circumference of an in situ support. The attachment includes a strap, hook, and tab. The first and the second ends of a strap are threaded through the front hole set thus forming a loop and then threaded through the back hole set. The strap ends are threaded through the holes on the tab. A hook is positioned on the loop. The tab includes a hole for the hook and two pair of tab holes for the strap. The first end is threaded through the first pair of tab holes while the second end is threaded through the second pair of tab holes.

Claims

1. A sports training device securing to an in situ support comprising:

a target having a mounting arm, the mounting arm including a first and a second pair of slots, the first pair of slots positioned proximate to the target, the second pair of slots positioned at the distal end of the mounting arm; and

an attachment including

a strap including a loop, having a first end threaded to a first slot of the first pair of slots and a first slot of the second pair of slots, having a second end threaded through a second slot of the first pair of slots and a second slot of the second pair of slots,

a hook positioned on the loop including a distal end tube receiving the strap, and

a tab that includes a hole, a pair of upper openings and a pair of lower openings,

wherein the first end threads through the pair of upper openings and the second end thread through the pair of lower openings;

wherein the target is secured by encircling the in situ support and positioning the hook in the hole of the tab.

2. A sports training device, as in claim 1, the strap being selected from a group including elastomeric tubing, webbing, and cording.

3. A sports training device, as in claim 1, the strap having a Young'"'"'s modulus range of 0.5-3.5 mPa.

4. A sports training device, as in claim 1, the first and second pair of slots being positioned in parallel.

5. A sports training device, as in claim 1, further comprising the diameter of the strap being comparable to the width of one of the first and second pair of slots.

6. A sports training device, as in claim 1, further comprising the first and the second pair of slots being separated by at least quarter of the circumference of the in situ support.

7. A sports training device, as in claim 1, the hook being selected from a group including aluminum and coated stainless steel.

8. A sports training device, as in claim 1, further comprising a tensioner positioned across a segment of the first end that is threaded to through first slot of the first pair of slots and the first slot of the second pair of slots and a segment of the second end threaded through the second slot of the first pair of slots and the second slot of the second pair of slots.

9. A mounting attachment securing to an in situ support comprising:

a mounting arm including a first and a second pair of slots, the first pair of slots positioned proximate to the target, the second pair of slots positioned at the distal end of the mounting arm;

a strap including a loop, having a first end threaded to a first slot of the first pair of slots and a first slot of the second pair of slots, having a second end threaded through a second slot of the first pair of slots and a second slot of the second pair of slots;

a hook positioned on the loop including a distal end tube receiving the strap, and

a tab that includes a hole, a pair of upper openings and a pair of lower openings, wherein the first end threads through the pair of upper openings and the second end thread through the pair of lower openings;

wherein the mounting is secured by encircling the in situ support and positioning the hook in the hole of the tab.

10. A mounting attachment, as in claim 9, the strap being selected from a group including elastomeric tubing, webbing, and cording.

11. A mounting attachment, as in claim 9, the strap having a Young'"'"'s modulus range of 0.5-3.5 mPa.

12. A mounting attachment, as in claim 9, the first and second pair of slots being positioned in parallel.

13. A mounting attachment, as in claim 9, further comprising a diameter of the strap being comparable to the width of one of the first and second pair of slots.

14. A mounting attachment, as in claim 9, further comprising the first and the second pair of slots being separated by at least quarter of the circumference of the in situ support.

15. A mounting attachment, as in claim 9, the hook being selected from a group including aluminum and coated stainless steel.

16. A mounting attachment, as in claim 9, further comprising a tensioner positioned across a segment of the first end that is threaded to through first slot of the first pair of slots and the first slot of the second pair of slots and a segment of the second end threaded through the second slot of the first pair of slots and the second slot of the second pair of slots.