# US 2010/0167882 A1 · Sports Board Simulator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0167882 A1 - Document ID: US20100167882A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/086,877 - Filed: 2006-09-08 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2005-12-22 - Assignees: Syco Industries Pty Limited - Inventors: Alan Clifford Colk; Michael Burke Hill - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100167882A1 ## CPC - G09B 9/02: for teaching control of vehicles or other craft - A63B 7/00: Freely-suspended gymnastic apparatus - A63B 69/0064: {Attachments on the trainee preventing falling} - A63B 69/0093: {for surfing, i.e. without a sail; for skate or snow boarding} - G09B 19/0038: {Sports} - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract A sports board simulator (10) comprising a main frame assembly (11) which is suspended from an elevated anchor point so as to be free for at least limited pivoting and swinging movement about the anchor point, the main frame assembly (11) including arms (17) which can be gripped by a user and/or the user can be secured to the frame assembly (11) by a harness (25). An elongated board (40) upon which the user may stand is suspended from the main frame assembly (11) via an intermediate frame (36) which permits the board (40) to move relative to the main frame assembly (11) about a pivot axis (C-C) extending transversely of the main frame assembly (11). The board (40) is also capable of pivoting about further axes D-D, E, and F. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sports board simulator comprising a main frame assembly adapted to be suspended from a single elevated anchor point whereby said frame assembly is free for at least limited rotational pivoting and swinging movement about said anchor point, said main frame assembly being adapted to be gripped by or secured to a user of said simulator, an elongated board adapted to support said user, and suspension means suspending said board directly or indirectly from said main frame assembly, said suspension means being connected at a pair of spaced pivot points to said main frame assembly, said pivot points being spaced apart along a first pivot axis extending transversely of said main frame assembly, said suspension means permitting said board to move freely relative to said main frame assembly about said pivot points. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 1 wherein said main frame assembly includes a sub-frame adapted to be suspended from the anchor point via a suspension frame member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 2 wherein said suspension frame member is adapted in use to hang from the anchor point. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 3 wherein said suspension frame member extends in use upwardly and over the rider to the anchor point in the at-rest position and wherein said anchor point is positioned substantially above the rider in use when the simulator is in an at-rest position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3, 4) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 3 or claim 4 wherein said sub-frame is rigid with said suspension frame member and permanently fixed or detachably fixed thereto. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 5 wherein said sub-frame includes opposite arms adapted to be located on opposite side of a user and wherein respective arms are adapted to be gripped by a user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 6 and wherein said arms or extensions thereof are provided with gripping means for gripping by the user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 7 wherein said gripping means comprise handles extendable from the ends of the arms. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) A sports board simulator as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 8 and including means for releasably securing a rider to the sub-frame. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 9 wherein said releasable securing means comprise means adapted to be secured about the waist or hips of a user. ### Claim 11 A sports board simulator as claimed 10 wherein said releasable securing means comprise a belt or harness provided with releasable attachment means to enable the belt or harness to be secured around the rider's waist or hips. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 11 wherein said belt or harness is attached to the sub frame so as to be capable of limited pivotal movement about an axis extending transversely of the sub-frame and substantially parallel to the first axis. ### Claim 13 A sports board simulator as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein said board suspension means are connected to opposite lateral sides of the board and centrally of the board and on an axis extending transversely of the board. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 13 wherein said board suspension means comprises an intermediate frame suspended from the pivot points on the main frame assembly so as to be capable of pivoting movement about the first pivot axis. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 14 wherein said suspension means comprises first suspending means suspending the intermediate frame from the sub-frame for pivotal movement of the intermediate frame about the first pivot axis. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 15 wherein said intermediate frame is supported by said first suspending means for pivotal movement about a second pivot axis which is spaced from and substantially parallel to the first pivot axis. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 16 wherein said first suspending means comprise a pair of first suspending elements at opposite sides of the intermediate frame. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 17 wherein said intermediate frame comprise an annular or ring-shaped member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17, 18) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 17 or claim 18 wherein said first suspending elements are connected at their upper ends to the sub-frame and at their lower ends to the intermediate frame and wherein the connection of said first elements to said sub-frame defines said first pivot axis and wherein the connection of said first elements to said intermediate frame defines said second pivot axis. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 19 wherein said first elements comprise ropes, webbing, cords, chains, wire, rigid links or a combination thereof. ### Claim 21 (depends on 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) A sports board simulator as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 20 wherein said board is suspended by second suspending means from the intermediate frame for movement about a third pivot axis extending substantially normal to the first and second pivot axes in the at rest position. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 21 wherein said second suspending means comprise opposite second suspension elements connected at their upper ends to the intermediate frame and at their lower ends to the board, the connection of the suspension elements to the intermediate frame defining the third pivot axis. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 22 wherein said second suspending elements are connected to the intermediate frame on diametrically opposite sides thereof at a position substantially at 90 degrees to the connection of the first suspending elements to the intermediate frame. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22, 23) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 22 or claim 23 wherein said lower ends of the second suspending elements are connected to said opposite lateral sides of said board and define a fourth pivot axis for the board extending substantially parallel to the third pivot axis in the at rest position. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 24 wherein said second suspending elements comprise ropes, webbing, cords, chains, wires or rigid links or combinations thereof. ### Claim 26 A sports board simulator as claimed in any one of the preceding claims and including means for resisting pivotal movement of the main frame assembly about a vertical axis. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) A sports board simulator as claimed in claim 26 wherein said resisting means comprise resilient or elastic means which provide a resilient resisting force to rotation of the main frame assembly and adapted to return the main frame assembly towards a self centering position.