Board sport simulator and training device

• US 7,488,177 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2006
• Issued: 02/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Quirky IP Licensing LLC
• Original Assignee: Mike S. Pearson
• Inventors: Pearson, Mike S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fernstrom; Kurt
• Application Number:
  US11/373,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20060217250A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• Field of Search: 434/247, 434/255, 434/258, 463/36, 472/15, 472/16, 472/26, 472/135, 482/51, 482/70, 482/146
• US Class Current: 434/247
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/14 Platforms for reciprocating rotating motion about a vertical axis , e.g. axis through the middle of the platform
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0093 for surfing, i.e. without a sail; for skate or snow boarding

Abstract

A balance board-training device made up of a training board, a pivoting device permanently connected to the underside of the training board and a rolling device that is configured and positioned so as to be able to roll across the underside of said training board. In use a rider stands on the upper side of the board or deck. As the rider moves, the one portion of the device pivots upon the dome shaped pivoting mechanism and the other end of the device moves and is able to move both side to side, as well as in a rising and falling motion as the rolling device of the present invention moves beneath the board.

Claims

1. A balance board-training device configured to allow a user to simulate the movements and actions involved in riding and controlling a board utilized in a sport, said balance board-training device comprising:

a training board having an upper side and an underside, a first end portion and a second end portion;

a pivoting device permanently connected to said underside of said training board in a stable non-moving position near said rear portion;

a control arm having a first end connected to said underside of said training board near said second end portion, said control arm extending from said connected first end to a second end; and

a wheel, said wheel connected to said second end of said control arm in such a way so as to allow said wheel to roll laterally across said underside of said training board near said first end portion of said training board.

2. The balance board-training device of claim 1, wherein said control arm further comprises a control arm pivot point and a control arm connection device, said control arm connection device configured to connect said control arm to the underside of said training board, said control arm pivot point providing a location and position upon which the control arm pivots in relation to said training board.

3. The balance board of claim 1, wherein said pivoting device is a generally hollow shaped dome.

4. The balance board-training device of claim 1, wherein said pivoting device is hollow and a portion of said control arm extends through said pivoting device.

5. The balance board of claim 1, wherein said pivoting device defines an aperture, said aperture configured to limit the movement of said control arm within a preselected arc.

6. The balance board of claim 1, wherein the arm of said control arm further comprises a connection device, said connection device connected to the underside of said training board by a flexible connection.

7. The balance board of claim 1 further comprising a pair of stops positioned upon said underside of said balance board, said stops configured to prevent the movement of said wheel beyond a preselected path.

8. The balance board of claim 1 further comprising an elastic cord connected to said wheel, said elastic cord configured to pull said wheel back into a generally inline alignment after said wheel has been moved out of said inline alignment.

9. The balance board of claim 1 further comprising a protective track connected to said underside of said board.

10. A balance board-training device configured to allow a user to simulate the movements and actions involved in riding and controlling a board utilized in a typical board sport, said balance board-training device comprising:

a training board having an upper side and an underside, a first end portion and a second end portion;

a pivoting device permanently connected to the underside of said training board in a stable non-moving position near said second end portion;

a control arm having a first end connected to said underside of said training board near said second end portion, said control arm extending from said connected first end to a second end; and

a rolling device, said rolling device connected to said second end of a control arm in such a way so as to allow said rolling device to roll laterally across said underside of said training board near said first end portion.

11. The balance board of claim 10, wherein said pivoting device is a generally hollow shaped dome made of a hard durable plastic.

12. The balance board of claim 10, wherein said pivoting device defines an aperture, said aperture configured to limit the movement of said control arm within a preselected arc.

13. The balance board-training device of claim 10, wherein said control arm further comprises a control arm pivot point and a control arm connection device, said control arm connection device configured to connect said control arm to the underside of said training board, said control arm pivot point providing a location and position upon which the control arm pivots in relation to said training board.

14. The balance board-training device of claim 13, wherein said pivoting device is hollow and a portion of said control arm extends through said pivoting device.

15. The balance board of claim 14, wherein said control arm further comprises a connection device, said connection device connected to the underside of said training board by a flexible connection.

16. The balance board of claim 10 further comprising a pair of stops positioned upon said underside of said balance board, said stops configured to prevent the movement of a wheel beyond a preselected path.

17. The balance board of claim 10 further comprising an elastic cord connected to said wheel, said elastic cord configured to pull said wheel back into a generally inline alignment after said wheel has been moved out of said inline alignment.

18. The balance board of claim 10, further comprising a protective track connected to said underside of said board.

19. A balance board-training device configured to allow a user to simulate the movements and actions involved in riding and controlling a board utilized in a typical board sport, said balance board-training device comprising:

a training board having an upper side and an underside, a first end portion and a second end portion;

a pivoting device permanently connected to the underside of said training board in a stable non-moving position near said second end portion, said pivoting device being a generally hollow shaped dome made of a hard durable plastic and defining an aperture therein, said aperture configured to control the movement of said control arm within a preselected arc; and

a rolling device, said rolling device connected to a control arm in such a way so as to allow said rolling device to roll laterally across said underside of said training board near said first end portion, said control arm further comprising a control arm pivot point and a control arm connection device, said control arm connection device configured to connect said control arm to the underside of said training board through a flexible connection, said control arm pivot point providing a location and position upon which the control arm pivots in relation to said training board, said control arm connected to said underside of said training board so as to allow said control arm to extend through the aperture of said pivoting device, said rolling device also connected to an elastic cord, said elastic cord configured to pull said wheel back into a generally inline alignment after said wheel has been moved out of said inline alignment by movement of a user upon the board.