Training device
OwnerW. Jeff Chrystalinventor
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Abstract
A training device for facilitating an orientation of a performer's hands prior to a performing of a task and includes a pair of bracelets adapted to be worn on the left and right wrists of the performer. Each bracelet includes an annular band and a plurality of tubular rollers rotatable about an axis of the respective annular band to facilitate a movement of the bracelets over the performer's hands while moving onto and off from the performer's wrists. The two bracelets also include a tethering device coupling the bracelets to one another. The invention also relates to the method of performing a task which requires the hands of the performer to be oriented close together so that they can be used in concert followed shortly thereafter by moving one hand independently of the other.
Claims12
A training device facilitating an orientation of a performer's hands prior to a performing of a task, comprising:
- first and second bracelets adapted to be worn on the left and right wrists of the performer, said first and second bracelets each including an annular band having a circumference configured to annularly embrace the selected wrist of the performer with a selectable degree of looseness and a plurality of tubular rollers each having a hollow interior that loosely receives therein the respective annular band so that the tubular rollers can rotate about an axis of the respective annular band to facilitate a movement of the bracelets over the performer's hands while moving onto and off from the performer's wrists;
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- a tethering device coupling the bracelets to one another.
A method of performing a task which requires (a) the hands of the performer to be oriented close together so that they can be used in concert followed shortly thereafter by (b) moving one hand independently of the other, the method comprising:
- providing a training device having first and second tethered together brackets;
- placing a first bracelet onto a first wrist of the performer;
- placing a second bracelet onto a second wrist of the performer;
- performing the task which requires the hands of the user to be oriented close together so that they can be used in concert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.