Portable Hurdle
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Dieter, Joshua Hoyt
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Abstract
A portable hurdle for use primarily athletes has a base portion operably secured to a bow portion that holds the hurdle to a predefined height when the bow portion is placed in tension by a securing structure. The hurdle lays substantially flat when the bow portion is returned to its neutral position. In one disclosed embodiment, the securing structure is a trap that forms the top of the hurdle. In other disclosed embodiments, the base portion defines the top of the hurdle. An adjustment structure allows for adjustment of the hurdle's height.
Claims20
A portable hurdle, the portable hurdle comprising:
- a base portion;
- a resilient bow portion coupled with the base portion, the resilient bow portion having a first end and an opposite second end;
- a strap extending between the first end and the opposite second end;
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- a first adjustment structure coupled with the strap at a first position on the strap, wherein the first adjustment structure engages the resilient bow portion to maintain the strap in tension between the first and the second opposite end at a first distance from the base portion.
A portable hurdle, the portable hurdle comprising:
- a resilient bow portion having a first end defining a first opening, an opposite second end defining a second opening, a first side, and an opposite second side, wherein the resilient bow portion is substantially planar when in a neutral position;
- a first base portion coupled with the first side of the resilient bow portion;
- a second base portion coupled with the opposite second side of the resilient bow portion;
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- a strap extending through the first and second openings of the first end of the resilient bow portion and the second opening of the second opposite end.
A portable hurdle, the portable hurdle comprising:
- a resilient bow portion having a first end and a second opposite end, the second opposite end having an opening defined therein;
- a base portion integrally formed with the resilient bow portion to define a monolithic structure;
- a strap extending between the first and second ends of the resilient bow portion and through the opening in the second end;
- a first adjustment structure coupled with the strap and passable through the opening, wherein the first adjustment structure maintains a first tension position of the resilient bow portion when engaged with the resilient bow portion proximate the opening;
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- a second adjustment structure coupled with the strap and passable through the opening, wherein the second adjustment structure maintains a second tension position of the resilient bow portion when engaged with the resilient bow portion proximate the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.