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Adjustable target holder for martial arts training

  • US 4,817,941 A
  • Filed: 10/02/1987
  • Issued: 04/04/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An adjustable target holder for martial arts training , comprising:

  • a vertical support post and means to support said post to extend perpendicularly from a supporting surface;

    an elongated bi-sectional arm including;

    (i) a first arm having a proximal end for attachment to said post and a distal end;

    (ii) a second arm, including an extending section rotatably attachable to said distal end of the first arm, one of the first arm and the extending section of the second arm having a diameter less than the diameter of the other of said first arm and the extending section of the second arm , whereby said first arm and said second arm fit within one another ;

    means to slidably retain said elongated bi-sectional arm at the proximal end of the first arm on said post;

    means to rotatably and lockably retain said extending section, including a plurality of identical angularly spaced depressions around a circumference of one of the first arm and the second arm, proximate the distal end of the first arm, and a spring loaded push button mounted on and extending from the other of said first and said second arm, the spring loaded push button being operably connected to a spring loaded follower, the spring loaded follower being mounted to be depressed by depression of said push button, permitting relative rotation of the first arm and the second arm, and upon release of the spring loaded push button, the spring loaded follower engaging in one of the angularly spaced depressions, fixing the second arm relative to the first arm ;

    means located in said second arm to removably retain and position a target; and

    ,means to prevent lateral movement of the second arm in the first arm, including a collar and collar mounting means mounted in the first arm and the extending section of the second arm, the collar and collar mounting means frictionally engaging one another to prevent said lateral movement .

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