Training device and training seat for kite surfing and method thereof
AssigneeLANGE ERFOLG GmbH & Co. KG
InventorAndre Lange
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Abstract
A training device having a platform for receiving at least one person; at least one anchoring point for fastening a securing means that secures the person on the training device; a vertical rotation axis Z, about which the training device can be mounted rotatably or is mounted rotatably. The anchoring point is arranged at or above the height of the buttocks region of the person, and the training device is rotatable about this rotary axis Z by means of forces acting on the platform.
Claims23
A training device for learning the operation of a flying apparatus that pulls a person, the device comprising:
- a platform (1) for the standing, sitting, kneeling or lying reception of at least one person;
- at least one anchoring point (2) for the fastening of a securing means (3) which secures the person to the training device;
- and
- a vertical rotary axis (Z), about which the training device can be mounted rotatably or is mounted rotatably;
- wherein the anchoring point (2) is arranged in or above the height of the person's buttocks region, and the training device is rotatable around this rotary axis (Z) by means of forces acting on the platform (1), characterized in that the rotary axis (Z) is completely, or within constructively predefined limits, stationary relative to the platform (1).
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A method for the operation of a training device for learning the operation of a flying apparatus for pulling a person, the training device having a platform (1) for the standing, sitting, kneeling or lying reception of at least one person;
- and at least one anchoring point (2) for the fastening of a securing means (3) which secures the person to the training device;
- and a vertical rotary axis (Z), about which the training device is rotationally supported, the rotary axis (Z) being, relatively to the platform (1), immovable, or movable within constructively predetermined limits;
- the method comprising the steps:
- securing the person at the anchoring point (2) lying in or above the height of the person's buttocks region;
- exerting external forces on the training device by means of the flying apparatus held by the person;
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- rotating the training device around its rotary axis (Z) due to said external forces;
- such that the training device automatically orients itself in such a way that the flying apparatus is located on the downwind side.
A method for the operation of a training seat for learning the operation of a flying apparatus for pulling a person, wherein the training seat has a seating area (17) for receiving the person, an inclined tread surface (18) for supporting the feet of a person, as well as securing means (3) for holding back the person to the training seat, characterized in that at least the tread surface (18) of the training seat is erected from a lying rest position due to tensile forces provided by the flying apparatus, together with the person which is attached to the training seat by means of the securing means (3), whereupon at least the tread surface (18) tilts forward around a tilt axis (Y) which runs perpendicular to the person's sagittal plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.