Martial arts dummy supporting arrangement
OwnerByron D. Tudorinventor
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Abstract
An arrangement for supporting from a wall or column a martial arts dummy. The dummy has a vertically-extending, cylindrical body member that carries outwardly-extending arms and a leg to generally simulate a person for martial arts training and practice. A mounting bar that can be secured to a wall or column supports a pair of parallel, horizontal rods that carry a horizontal slat that passes laterally through the vertically-extending body of the dummy to allow side-to-side movement of the dummy along the slat. The outer ends of the rods include a stop member. Respective first and second springs are positioned between the slat and the mounting bar and between the slat and the stop members to allow forward and backward movement of the dummy in response to blows applied by the user.
Claims10
A support arrangement for supporting a martial arts dummy from a rigid, substantially vertically-extending surface, wherein the dummy includes a tubular body member with a pair of axially-spaced, transversely-extending slots for receiving respective slats forming part of the support arrangement, said support arrangement comprising:
- a. an elongated mounting bar for attachment to the substantially-vertically-extending surface;
- b. a pair of support rods rigidly carried by the mounting bar and extending outwardly therefrom and terminating in a stop member;
- c. a slat carried on the support rods, the slat having a pair of longitudinally-spaced openings for receiving a respective support rod and for enabling axial sliding movement of the slat along the support rods and toward and away from the mounting bar;
- d. a first biasing member carried by each of the support rods and positioned between the mounting bar and the slat to bear against and bias the slat in a direction away from the mounting bar;
- e. a second biasing member carried by each of the support rods and positioned between the slat and the stop member carried by the support rod for bearing against and biasing the slat in a direction toward the mounting bar and against a biasing force exerted by the first biasing member;
- f. whereby the first and second biasing members resiliently support the slat in an intermediate position between the mounting bar and the stop members carried by the support bars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.