BOXING TRAINING DEVICE FOR MEASURING AND QUANTIFYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FORCE AND TIMING OF PUNCHES

• US 20120220430A1
• Filed: 05/12/2011
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mike Bucar Tennis Management, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Mike Bucar Tennis Management, Inc.
• Inventors: BUCAR, MICHAEL H., MENA, JUAN, URIARTE, VICTOR
• Application Number:
  US13/106,503
• Publication Number:
  US 20120220430A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/84
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/53 Force of an impact, e.g. blow or punch
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/102 Boxing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/305 Hanging heavy punching bags
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/32 with indicating devices

Abstract

A boxing training device having a first housing and at least a second housing spaced from the first housing. A first sensor is disposed in the first housing for sensing movement of the first housing and outputting a first signal as a function of the sensed movement. At least a second sensor is disposed in the at least second housing for sensing movement of the second housing and outputting a second signal as a function of the movement sensed by the at least second sensor. A system, including the first and at least second sensor, determines as a function of the first signal and second signal, the force of an impact to a bag which impact causes movement of at least one of first or second housing; and displays the force of the impact.

Claims

1. A boxing training device comprising:

a first housing;

at least a second housing spaced from the first housing;

a first sensor disposed in the first housing for sensing movement of the first housing and outputting a first signal as a function of the sensed movement;

at least a second sensor disposed in the at least second housing for sensing movement of the second housing and outputting a second signal as a function of the movement sensed by the at least second sensor;

a system, including the first and at least second sensor, the system for determining, as a function of the first signal and second signal, the force of an impact to a bag which impact causes movement of at least one of first or second housing; and

displaying the force of the impact.

2. The boxing training device of claim 1, wherein said first housing and at least second housing are each adapted to be inserted into a heavy bag.

3. The boxing training device of claim 1, wherein the system includes a processor receiving a voltage signal, generated as a function of the first signal and the second signal, indicative of sensed movement;

the processor converting a value of the voltage to a force value; and

a database associated with the processor; and

a display, the processor performing at least one of displaying the force value at the display and storing the force value in the database.

4. The boxing training device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first sensor and at least second sensor is an accelerometer.

5. The boxing training device of claim 1, wherein said first housing is connected to said at least second housing.

6. The boxing training device of claim 1, wherein the first housing is rotationally offset relative to the at least second housing.

7. The boxing training device of claim 6, wherein the offset is about 45 degrees.

8. The boxing training device of claim 3, wherein the processor stores a threshold force value.

9. The boxing training device of claim 8, wherein the processor displays the force value at the display when the force value is greater than or equal to the threshold force value.

10. The boxing training device of claim 8, wherein the processor compares the force value to the threshold force value and causes the display to display the force value in a first color if the force value is less than a predetermined percentage of the threshold force value, display the force value at the display in a second color if the force value is within a predetermined percentage of the threshold force value;

and display the force value in a third color if the force value is greater than a predetermined percentage of the threshold value.

11. The boxing training device of claim 3, further comprising a clock, the processor receiving a clock input from the clock, a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal and determining an elapsed time between the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal.

12. The boxing training device of claim 3, wherein the processor determines a score as a function of the force and the elapsed time between at least a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal.

13. The boxing training device of claim 12, wherein the processor stores a force value at least for two voltage signals and an elapsed time interval between the occurrence of the two or more voltage signals for a first predetermined time period.

14. The boxing training device of claim 3, wherein the processor normalizes the force value.

15. The boxing training device of claim 14, wherein the processor normalizes the force value by dividing a normalization weight by the weight of a user to obtain a normalization value and by multiplying the normalization value by the force value.