Connection system for punching bag top and base
AssigneeCentury, LLC
InventorTibor Siklosi
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Abstract
A structurally unified free standing bag joined by its exterior skin to effectively absorb impact energy. The bag may comprise a foam top; a base with a rim and a channel below the rim, where the channel has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the rim; a cover, where the foam top attaches to the base via the cover; and a clamp assembly attached to the cover. The clamp assembly may have an open position and a closed position. The clamp assembly may have a diameter greater than the diameter of the rim when in the open position and smaller than the diameter of the rim when in the closed position, and the clamp assembly may be capable of being placed in the channel and secured in the closed position to attach the foam top to the base.
Claims13
A punching bag comprising:
- a foam top with a top, a bottom, and at least one side, the foam top further comprising a hollow cylinder with a hollow interior, where:
- the hollow cylinder is coaxial with the foam top;
- the hollow cylinder has a smaller diameter than the foam top such that the hollow cylinder is laterally surrounded by foam;
- and
- the hollow cylinder extends to the bottom of the foam top;
- a base with a top, a rim, and a channel below the rim, where the channel has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the rim, where the base is capable of resting on a flat surface, the base further comprising a post having a first end mounted to the top of the base and a second end protruding upward from the top of the base, where the post is receivable in the hollow cylinder of the foam top and where the foam top has a height and the post has a height less than half the height of the foam top;
- a cover, where the foam top attaches to the base via the cover and where the cover at least partially compresses the foam top;
- and
- a clamp assembly attached to the cover, where the clamp assembly has an open position and a closed position, where the clamp assembly has a diameter greater than the diameter of the rim when in the open position and smaller than the diameter of the rim when in the closed position, and where the clamp assembly is capable of being placed in the channel and secured in the closed position to attach the foam top to the base such that the cover is under tension,
- where the combination of the foam top being compressed within the cover and the clamp assembly securing the cover to the base under tension provides kinetic energy dispersal at the bag's surface.
A method of constructing a punching bag, the method comprising:
- placing a foam top within a cover, where the foam top has a top, a bottom, and at least one side, the foam top further comprising a hollow cylinder with a hollow interior, where:
- the hollow cylinder is coaxial with the foam top;
- the hollow cylinder has a smaller diameter than the foam top such that the hollow cylinder is laterally surrounded by foam;
- and
- the hollow cylinder extends to the bottom of the foam top,
- where the cover covers the top and side of the foam top and at least partially compresses the foam top and where the cover has a lower end that extends beyond the bottom of the foam top and a clamp assembly with an adjustable circumference attached to the lower end of the cover;
- placing the foam top atop a base, where the base comprises a post having a first end mounted to the too of the base and a second end protruding upward from the top of the base and where the post has a height less than half the height of the foam top, such that the bottom of the foam top abuts a top of the base and the post is received in the hollow cylinder, where the base is capable of resting on a flat surface;
- attaching the foam top to the base via the cover such that the cover is under tension, comprising:
- lowering the clamp assembly over a rim projecting radially from the base and into a channel in the base located below the rim, where the channel has a smaller circumference than a circumference of the rim;
- reducing the circumference of the clamp assembly such that it is smaller than the circumference of the rim;
- and
- locking the clamp assembly such that the circumference of the clamp assembly is fixed;
- where the combination of the foam top being compressed within the cover and the clamp assembly securing the cover to the base under tension provides kinetic energy dispersal at the bag's surface.
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