# US 11,298,602 B2 · Portable training device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,298,602 B2 - Document ID: US11298602B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/896,394 - Filed: 2020-06-09 - Published: 2021-12-09 - Granted: 2022-04-12 - Earliest claimed: 2020-06-09 - Assignees: Dribble Stick Training, LLC - Applicants: Dribble Stick Training, LLC - Inventors: Luke Christopher Lloyd - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11298602B2 ## CPC - A63B 69/0071: {for basketball} - A63B 2071/026: {stabilised by weight} - A63B 2210/50: Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport - A63B 2243/0037: Basketball - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract A portable training device includes a first and second elongated members, a coupling device, a base, a holder device, and a member holder. An elongated slot is positioned between a distal end and a proximate end on at least one side of each of the first and second elongated members. The first elongated member and second elongated member are each received by the coupling device to form a post that extends in a system vertical direction. The member holder has an engagement portion and a member receiving portion. The engagement portion includes a resilient member and a trapezoidal portion. The resilient member and the trapezoidal portion are slidably received in the elongated slot of the first and second elongated members such that the member holder is positioned into a plurality of positions within the elongated slots of the first and second elongated members. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable training device comprising: a first and second elongated member, each of the first and second elongated members having a distal end and a proximate end, an elongated slot is positioned between the distal end and the proximate end on at least one side of each of the first and second elongated members; a coupling device having a first receiving cavity and a second receiving cavity, the distal end of the first elongated member is received in the first receiving cavity and the proximate end of the second elongated member is received in the second receiving cavity such that the first and second elongated members form a post that extends in a system vertical direction, a base having a base receiving cavity and a flange portion, the flange portion is in contact with a ground surface, the proximate end of the first elongated member is received by the base receiving cavity such that the base supports the first and second elongated members; a holder device having a holder portion and a holder receiving cavity, the distal end of the second elongated member is received within the holder receiving cavity, the holder portion configured to hold an object; and a member holder having an engagement portion and an opposite member receiving portion, the engagement portion includes a resilient member and a shaped portion, the resilient member and the shaped portion are slidably received in the elongated slot of the first and second elongated members such that the member holder is positioned into a plurality of positions within the elongated slots of the first and second elongated members. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable training device of claim 1, wherein the member holder is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The portable training device of claim 2, wherein: each elongated slot of the first and second elongated member includes an interior surface and a pair of spaced apart outer walls having an inner edge portion, the shaped portion includes an inner surface and an outer surface, the resilient member extends from the inner surface towards the interior surface of each elongated slot. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The portable training device of claim 3, wherein in the locked position, the resilient member is biased against the interior surface of the elongated slot such that the outer surface of the shaped portion abuts the inner edge portion of each of the pair of spaced apart outer walls. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The portable training device of claim 3, wherein in the unlocked position, the resilient member is biased against the interior surface of the elongated slot such that the outer surface of the shaped portion is released from the inner edge portion of each of the pair of spaced apart outer walls. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The portable training device of claim 5, wherein: the holder portion includes an interior surface and a lower surface, the interior surface is surrounded by a continuous wall that extends above the interior surface in the system vertical direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The portable training device of claim 6, wherein the holder portion further includes a plurality of slots extending through the interior surface and the lower surface at predetermined intervals. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The portable training device of claim 7, wherein the holder receiving cavity extends from the lower surface of the holder portion, the holder receiver cavity is defined by four spaced apart walls that extend in the system vertical direction, each of the four spaced apart walls include a recess that includes an inside edge portion configured to receive the member holder. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The portable training device of claim 8, wherein the member holder is movable between a storage position and a use position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The portable training device of claim 9, wherein in the storage position, the resilient member is received within the one of the plurality of slots and the outer surface of the shaped portion abuts the inside edge portion of the recess. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The portable training device of claim 10, wherein in the use position, the resilient member is released from the one of the plurality of slots and the outer surface of the shaped portion is released from the inside edge portion of the recess. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The portable training device of claim 1, further comprising: a mobile device holder having a mobile device engagement portion and a mobile device receiving portion, the mobile device engagement portion includes a resilient member and a shaped portion, the resilient member and the shaped portion of the mobile device engagement portion are slidably received in the elongated slot of the first and second elongated members such that the mobile device holder is positioned into a plurality of positions within the elongated slots of the first and second elongated members. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The portable training device of claim 12, wherein the mobile device holder is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The portable training device of claim 13, wherein: each elongated slot of the first and second elongated member includes an interior surface and a pair of spaced apart outer walls having an inner edge portion, the shaped portion of the mobile device engagement portion includes an inner surface and an outer surface, the resilient member extends from the inner surface towards the interior surface of each elongated slot. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The portable training device of claim 14, wherein in the locked position, the resilient member of the mobile device engagement portion is biased against the interior surface of the elongated slot such that the outer surface of the shaped portion of the mobile device engagement portion abuts the inner edge portion of each of the pair of spaced apart outer walls. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The portable training device of claim 15, wherein in the unlocked position, the resilient member of the mobile device engagement portion is biased against the interior surface of the elongated slot such that the outer surface of the shaped portion of the mobile device engagement portion is released from the inner edge portion of each of the pair of spaced apart outer walls. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The portable training device of claim 15, wherein the shaped portion of the mobile device engagement portion is a trapezoidal shape. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The portable training device of claim 1, wherein the shaped portion is a trapezoidal shape. ### Claim 19 A portable training device comprising: a first and second elongated member, each of the first and second elongated members having a distal end and a proximate end, an elongated slot is positioned between the distal end and the proximate end on at least one side of each of the first and second elongated members; a coupling device having a first receiving cavity and a second receiving cavity, the distal end of the first elongated member is received in the first receiving cavity and the proximate end of the second elongated member is received in the second receiving cavity such that the first and second elongated members form a post that extends in a system vertical direction, and a holder device having a holder portion and a holder receiving cavity, the distal end of the second elongated member is received within the holder receiving cavity, the holder portion configured to hold an object. ### Claim 20 A portable training device comprising: a first and second elongated member, each of the first and second elongated members having a distal end and a proximate end, an elongated slot is positioned between the distal end and the proximate end on at least one side of each of the first and second elongated members; a coupling device having a first receiving cavity and a second receiving cavity, the distal end of the first elongated member is received in the first receiving cavity and the proximate end of the second elongated member is received in the second receiving cavity such that the first and second elongated members form a post that extends in a system vertical direction, a base having a base receiving cavity and a flange portion, the flange portion is in contact with a ground surface, the proximate end of the first elongated member is received by the base receiving cavity such that the base supports the first and second elongated members; and a holder device having a holder portion and a holder receiving cavity, the distal end of the second elongated member is received within the holder receiving cavity, the holder portion configured to hold an object.