US 12,749,412 B2Granted

Tree/pole cutting training assembly and method

AssigneeNorth American Training Solutions Inc.

InventorEdgar P. Carpenter

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Abstract

A tree cutting training assembly and method including an elongated pole member defining a longitudinal axis. The elongated pole member may be unitarily formed or may be formed with separate base and body portions removably coupled to one another via a coupling member. The elongated pole member may include a plurality of removable branch members. A base member is provided that is configured and operable to removably secure a base portion of the elongated pole member to the ground plane, such that the elongate pole member upstands at an angle from the ground plane to facilitate tree/pole felling/cutting training exercises. The base member may be configured to pivot between first and second positions, wherein the first position disposes the secured elongated pole member substantially parallel to a ground plane and the second position disposes the secured elongated pole member at an angle relative to the ground plane.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A chainsaw cutting training assembly, comprising:

an elongated pole member defining a longitudinal axis wherein the elongated pole member has a base member defining a bottom portion of the elongated pole member and a separate body member defining a top portion of the elongated pole member;
a pole connecting member configured to removably secure to a top portion of the base member and a bottom portion of the body member of the elongated pole member such that the base member and body member are aligned along a common axis;
and
a base securing member having a ground locking assembly for detachably securing the base securing member to a ground plane, the base securing member being configured to detachably secure to the bottom portion of the base member of the elongate pole member such that base member upstands from the ground plane, wherein the base member is formed of wood configured to be cut by a chainsaw during training exercises, wherein the base member is configured to be severed from the body member during a tree cutting training exercise, and wherein the pole connecting member enables replacement of the severed base member with a new base member while retaining the body member.

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A chainsaw cutting training method, comprising:

detachably securing an elongated pole member in a base securing member affixed to a ground plane such that elongated pole member upstands from the ground plane, wherein the elongated pole member includes:
1) a first base portion defining a bottom portion of the elongated pole member wherein a bottom end of the first base portion is detachably secured in the base securing member;
and 2) a separate coupled elongated body portion defining a top portion of the elongated pole member wherein a bottom end the elongated body portion is detachably coupled to a top end of the first base portion, and wherein the first base portion is formed of wood configured to be cut by a chainsaw during training exercises;
cutting at least portion of the first base portion of the elongated pole member extending from the base securing member;
decoupling the elongated body portion from the first base portion of the pole member after the at least a portion of the first base portion was cut;
removing the first base portion from the base securing member after the at least a portion of the first base portion was cut;
and
coupling the elongated body portion to a second base portion so as to form a new elongated pole member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/074,129Filed 2 Dec 2022 · us provisional application
Priority: 3 Dec 2021
Published: US 2023/0177977 A18 Jun 2023
Granted: 29 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G09B 19/24
Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass: use of tools
G09B 25/08
Models for purposes not provided for in G09B23/00, e.g. full-sized devices for demonstration purposes: of scenic effects, e.g. trees, rocks, water…
G09B
Educational or demonstration appliances