US 10,376,764 B2Granted

Training mannequin

AssigneeJason R. Eller

InventorsJason R. Eller, Carl G. Simpson

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Abstract

A rotatable training mannequin used for training fighters or contact sports athletes is constructed of materials that mimic or simulate the upper human body. A sensor embedded in the training mannequin's head senses, detects, and transmits signals containing data for computer analysis. The data is related to motion parameters, which include linear and angular accelerations and velocities, of the training mannequin as a result of impacts and power strikes made by trainee to the training mannequin. Analysis provides feedback to the trainee related to the motion parameters to help the trainee learn proper footwork and where and how to make effective strikes. The parameter values obtained from the training mannequin can be calibrated and/or correlated against current or future real human parameter values due to strikes or other forces that produce damaging effects, such as concussions, and the training mannequin can be used to avoid or learn about concussions.

Claims25

Dependent claims

A training mannequin comprising:

a durable pliable outer shell for forming a shape of an upper portion of a human body;
an elastic material for providing shape and mass to the training mannequin disposed within the outer shell;
a skull-like structure disposed within the elastic material;
a deformable material disposed within the skull-like structure;
and
a motion detecting sensor disposed within the deformable material in a region that represents a corpus callosum in a real human;
a motor coupled to the upper portion, wherein the motor is for imparting rotational motion to the upper portion upon activation of the motor under programmable control, the rotational motion chosen from being:
(i) at predictable speeds or at random speeds, or
(ii) over predictable rotational angles or over random rotational angles, or
(iii) predictable clockwise motion, random clockwise motion, predictable counterclockwise motion, random clockwise motion, or reversable clockwise motion combined with reversible counterclockwise motion, or
(iv) one or more combinations of (i), (ii), or (iii);
a hub plate, a flywheel, a motor shaft of the motor, a hub mounting plate, and a floor mounting plate;
a drive shaft fixedly attached to the hub plate at a lower end of the drive shaft and fixedly attached to a torso portion of the training mannequin at an upper end of the drive shaft;
wherein the hub plate and the motor shaft are fixedly attached to the flywheel, the motor is fixedly attached to the hub mounting plate, and the hub mounting plate is fixedly attached to the floor mounting plate;
and
wherein the motor is for rotating the training mannequin upon activation of the motor.

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A training mannequin comprising:

an upper body comprising:
a torso portion, a head portion, and a neck portion disposed between the torso portion and the head portion,
a durable pliable outer shell covering the upper body,
a skull-like structure disposed within the outer shell in an interior region of the training mannequin in the head portion,
an elastic material disposed within the interior region between the skull-like structure and the outer shell and disposed throughout the interior region inside the outer shell in the neck portion and in the torso portion, and
a deformable material disposed within a second interior region within the skull-like structure;
a sensor disposed within the deformable material for providing signals related to motion parameters of the training mannequin upon the training mannequin receiving one or more strikes;
a motor coupled to the upper body, wherein the motor is for imparting rotational motion to the upper body upon activation of the motor under programmable control, the rotational motion chosen from being:
(i) at predictable speeds or at random speeds, or
(ii) over predictable rotational angles or over random rotational angles, or
(iii) predictable clockwise motion, random clockwise motion, predictable counterclockwise motion, random clockwise motion, or reversable clockwise motion combined with reversible counterclockwise motion, or
(iv) one or more combinations of (i), (ii), or (iii);
a hub plate, a flywheel, a motor shaft of the motor, a hub mounting plate, and a floor mounting plate;
a drive shaft fixedly attached to the hub plate at a lower end of the drive shaft and fixedly attached to the torso portion at an upper end of the drive shaft;
wherein the hub plate and the motor shaft are fixedly attached to the flywheel, the motor is fixedly attached to the hub mounting plate, and the hub mounting plate is fixedly attached to the floor mounting plate;
and
wherein the motor is for rotating the training mannequin upon activation of the motor.

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A method of making a training mannequin for detecting strikes thereto, comprising:

disposing a motion detecting sensor within a deformable material in a head portion of the training mannequin;
disposing the deformable material within an interior region of a skull-like structure in the head portion of the training mannequin;
and
disposing an elastic material in a region between an outer shell of the training mannequin and the skull-like structure, the elastic material providing shape and mass to the training mannequin and the outer shell forming the shape of an upper portion of a human body;
coupling a motor to the upper portion, wherein the motor is for imparting rotational motion to the upper portion upon activation of the motor under programmable control, the rotational motion chosen from being:
(i) at predictable speeds or at random speeds, or
(ii) over predictable rotational angles or over random rotational angles, or
(iii) predictable clockwise motion, random clockwise motion, predictable counterclockwise motion, random clockwise motion, or reversable clockwise motion combined with reversible counterclockwise motion, or
(iv) one or more combinations of (i), (ii), or (iii);
fixedly attaching a drive shaft to a hub plate at a lower end of the drive shaft and fixedly attaching a torso portion of the training mannequin at an upper end of the drive shaft;
fixedly attaching the hub plate and a motor shaft of the motor to a flywheel;
fixedly attaching the motor to a hub mounting plate;
and
fixedly attaching the hub mounting plate to a floor mounting plate;
wherein the motor is for rotating the training mannequin upon activation of the motor.

12 more elements

A method of making a training mannequin for detecting strikes thereto, comprising:

disposing a motion detecting sensor within a deformable material in a head portion of the training mannequin;
disposing the deformable material within an interior region of a skull-like structure in the head portion of the training mannequin;
disposing an elastic material in a region between an outer shell of the training mannequin and the skull-like structure, the elastic material providing shape and mass to the training mannequin and the outer shell forming the shape of an upper portion of a human body, wherein the disposing the motion detecting sensor further comprises disposing the motion detecting sensor for providing signals for analysis in establishing one or more tolerance curves correlated to known or measured diffuse axonal injuries in real humans;
fixedly attaching a drive shaft to a hub plate at a lower end of the drive shaft and fixedly attaching a torso portion of the training mannequin at an upper end of the drive shaft;
fixedly attaching the hub plate and a motor shaft of the motor to a flywheel;
fixedly attaching the motor to a hub mounting plate;
and
fixedly attaching the hub mounting plate to a floor mounting plate;
wherein the motor is for rotating the training mannequin upon activation of the motor.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/482,750Filed 8 Apr 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 9 Apr 2016
Published: US 2017/0296897 A119 Oct 2017
Granted: 13 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification19 codes

A63B 69/34
Training appliances or apparatus for special sports: tackling, blocking or grappling dummies, e.g. boxing or wrestling or American- football dummies
A63B 24/0062
Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of preceding groups; Controlling or monitoring of exercises, sportive games, training…
A63B 69/0053
Training appliances or apparatus for special sports: apparatus generating random stimulus signals for reaction-time training involving a…
A63B 69/215
Punching balls , e.g. for boxing; Other devices for striking used during training of combat sports, e.g. bags: anthropomorphic devices