Bottomless pole vault training box
OwnerDaniel H. Gutierrezinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of the subject invention are directed to a training box or device used by an athlete to practice pole vaulting. The interior region of the training box is open, i.e. the base of the training box does not cover the interior of the device and thus there is no front edge. This invention is used to teach and train athletes pole vaulters who prefer to slide their vaulting poles on the ground instead using the prevailing method which involves carrying a pole as they run towards the box and placing the tip of the pole inside the training box. The training box may include electronics capability for measuring performance characteristics of pole vaulters such as the average speed of a pole.
Claims14
A training box for training pole vaulters, comprising:
- a rear wall that has an inside and an outside;
- a left side wall, which has a front end and a rear end, and an inside and an outside, and a top and a bottom, which fastens at the rear end to the rear wall;
- a right side wall, which has a front end and a rear end, and an inside and an outside and a top and a bottom, which fastens at the rear end to the rear wall, and wherein the inside of the left side wall, the inside of the right side wall and the inside of the rear wall, define a V-shaped interior region that has a front opening;
- a first inertial weight that attaches to the outside of the left side wall;
- a second inertial weight that attaches to the outside of the right side wall, and wherein the first inertial weight and the second inertial weight have roughly the same weight;
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- a flat base to which the bottoms of the rear wall, left side wall and right side wall fasten, and wherein the base extends outward from the outsides of the rear wall, left side wall and right side wall, and wherein no portion of the training box covers the interior of the V-shaped region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.