Flexible Pole for Striking Games

• US 20180036618A1
• Filed: 12/29/2015
• Published: 02/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrej Nikolaevich Strigunov
• Original Assignee: Andrej Nikolaevich Strigunov
• Inventors: Strigunov, Andrej Nikolaevich
• Application Number:
  US15/554,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20180036618A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/02 with reinforcing fibres, e.g. carbon, polyamide fibres
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/50 Force related parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/833 Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/007 Arrangements on balls for connecting lines or cords
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0075 Means for releasably holding a ball in position prior to kicking, striking or the like golf tees A63B57/10
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0091 Balls fixed to a movable, tiltable or flexible arm
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/38 for tennis A63B61/006, A63B69/0073 and A63B69/0097 take precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to sports equipment. A flexible pole for striking games comprises several different cables connected to a projectile. The pole comprises a main metal cable, the top and bottom of which are fastened by rings, inside which rings inner cables pass. A number of these inner cables is wound around the main cable and the remaining cables in a spiral and secured by ordinary closely-spaced coils across the entire length of the pole, and also at the beginning and end of the spiral. At the end of the structure there is a fastening assembly, to which a projectile is fastened. A part or all of the structure of the flexible pole is insulated by layers of insulation, the fastening assembly being insulated separately in order to enable easy replacement thereof. The result is the high strength and durability of the entire structure and of the sports projectile fastened thereto; and the simple, robust and easily replaceable fastening of the projectile.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. A flexible pole for striking games, comprising:

several different conductors connected to a projectile;

a main metal conductor, the top and bottom of which are fastened by rings, inside which inner conductors pass, wherein a number of the inner conductors are wound around the main metal conductor and any remaining conductors are arranged in a spiral and secured by ordinary closely-spaced coils across an entire length of the pole, wherein at a beginning and an end of the spiral, at the end of the structure, there is a fastening assembly, to which the projectile is fastened, a part or entire structure of the flexible pole is insulated by layers of insulation, the fastening assembly being insulated separately in order to enable easy replacement thereof.

11. The pole according to claim 10, wherein, inside the projectile or on the flexible pole itself near the projectile, a measurement sensor is connected by a cable with an electronic processing assembly, wherein the cable is located between the layers of insulation.

12. The pole according to claim 10, characterized in that the fastening assembly is designed as a loop from a flexible cable.

13. The pole according to claim 12, wherein the loop is made of a steel stranded cable with a diameter ranging from 2 to 4 mm.

14. The pole according to claim 10, wherein the fastening assembly is designed as a U-shaped arc with an axis.

15. The pole according to claim 10, wherein the fastening assembly is reticulated.

16. The pole according to claim 10, wherein the main metal conductor is made of galvanized carbon steel with a length from 200 to 700 mm and a diameter from 2.5 to 5 mm.

17. The pole according to claim 10, wherein the inner conductors are made of flexible galvanized carbon steel with a diameter from 0.5 to 2 mm and length from 500 to 1.000 mm.

18. The pole according to claim 10, wherein the layers of insulation include a soft insulating tape or a shrink-on plastic cladding.