Bar tapping tool
OwnerJames Parent, Brett Wargo +1inventors
InventorsJames Parent, Brett Wargo, Carrie Spender
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Abstract
A bar tapping tool for use during a tap swing drill includes a plurality of bristles adjacent one another and extending horizontally so as to signal when the gymnast should begin her bodily shape change while keeping a safe distance from lower bar. The bar tapping tool has bristles of different lengths extending horizontally so that an athlete swinging on the upper bar can at first swing at a farther distance away from the lower bar and then later, when more experienced, swing at a closer distance away from the lower bar.
Claims17
A bar tapping tool mounted to an uneven bars gymnastics apparatus of a type having an upper bar displaced from a lower bar about which a gymnast moves and swings, said bar tapping tool, comprising:
- a body having a generally cylindrical or tubular configuration that is constructed of a flexible and resilient material and which defines an interior area, said body defining a slot having an elongate configuration extending between opposed ends of said body and in communication with said interior area;
- a plurality of first bristles mounted linearly along a first outer portion of said body each first bristle extending away from said first outer portion;
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- a plurality of second bristles mounted linearly along a second outer portion of said body each second bristle extending away from said second outer portion;
- wherein said plurality of first bristles is rotationally displaced 180° from said plurality of second bristles;
- wherein said plurality of first bristles each have a first uniform length and said plurality of second bristles each have a second uniform length that is shorter than said first uniform length.
A bar tapping tool mounted to an uneven bars gymnastics apparatus of a type having an upper bar displaced from a lower bar about which a gymnast moves and swings, said bar tapping tool, comprising:
- a body having a generally cylindrical or tubular configuration that is constructed of a flexible and resilient material and which defines an interior area, said body defining a slot having an elongate configuration extending between opposed ends of said body and in communication with said interior area;
- wherein said slot is configured to receive the lower bar into said interior area and said interior area of said body is configured to allow rotation of said body about the lower bar when rotationally manipulated by a user;
- a plurality of first bristles mounted linearly along a first outer portion of said body each first bristle extending away from said first outer portion;
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- a plurality of second bristles mounted linearly along a second outer portion of said body each second bristle extending away from said second outer portion;
- wherein said plurality of first bristles is rotationally displaced 180° from said plurality of second bristles;
- wherein said plurality of first bristles each have a first uniform length and said plurality of second bristles each have a second uniform length that is shorter than said first uniform length.
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