Sports impact measuring apparatus
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1. Sports impact measuring apparatus for indicating at least one characteristic of an externally applied impact, said apparatus comprising:
- a deformable, resilient support for receiving impacts, said support being compressible at the region of the impacts and expandable at parts of said support away from the region of impact;
flexible transducer means mounted on said support around said expandable part of said support for generating an electrical signal having at least one characteristic varying in accordance with to the extent of the expansion of said expandable portion in accordance with the value of said impact characteristic; and
indicating means connected to said transducer means for indicating at least one value of a characteristic of said electrical signal.
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Abstract
A sports impact measuring apparatus for indicating at least one characteristic of an externally applied impact, comprising a deformable, resilient support having a compressible impact region and expandable regions, a piezoelectric strip extending substantially around an expandable region, and an electronic indicator electrically connected to the piezoelectric strip.
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1. Sports impact measuring apparatus for indicating at least one characteristic of an externally applied impact, said apparatus comprising:
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a deformable, resilient support for receiving impacts, said support being compressible at the region of the impacts and expandable at parts of said support away from the region of impact; flexible transducer means mounted on said support around said expandable part of said support for generating an electrical signal having at least one characteristic varying in accordance with to the extent of the expansion of said expandable portion in accordance with the value of said impact characteristic; and indicating means connected to said transducer means for indicating at least one value of a characteristic of said electrical signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Sports impact measuring accessory for measuring at least one characteristic of an impact externally applied to a deformable, resilient support, the support being compressible at the region of impacts and expandable at parts of said support away from the region of impacts, said accessory comprising:
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flexible piezoelectric strip means mountable on said support substantially around an expandable part of said support for generating electrical signal in accordance with the amount of expansion of said expandable part as a result of impacts rendered to said support; and electronic indicating means electrically connected to said piezoelectric strip means for indicating a value of said electrical signals. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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- 21. A flexible transducer means for measuring at least one characteristic of a sports impact on a resilient support for receiving such impacts, said resilient support comprising a resilient material compressible at the region of impact and expandable at parts of said support away from the region of impact, said means including a flexible means for generating an electrical signal having at least one characteristic varying in accordance with the extent of movement of the resilient support, and means for holding said flexible means relative to the expandable parts of said resilient support to detect such movement.
- 23. A boxing glove for indicating impacts thereon, said boxing glove comprising a compressible, resilient impact area for making or receiving impacts and an expandable, resilient area away from said impact area, and a resilient transducer means disposed on said expandable, resilient area generating electric signals in response to said impacts for indicating some characteristic of impacts on said impact area.
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