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US 2019/0240555 A1Published application
Sports training safety system and method of operation thereof
AssigneeDe-Cleat Technology, LLC
InventorJohn Bognanno
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Abstract
A sports training safety system and method of operation thereof includes: a training dummy; a release attached to the training dummy; a delivery carriage mounted to the release; a delivery rail for supporting the delivery carriage; a transport system, attached to the delivery rail, for moving the delivery carriage and the training dummy along the delivery rail; and a controller.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- controlling movement of a delivery carriage along a delivery rail by a computerized controller, the delivery carriage moves linearly along the delivery rail, the delivery carriage includes a lateral rail;
- attaching a training dummy to a release, the release having a sensor that detects an impact on the training dummy, the release including an interconnect that is strength adjustable to accommodate a weight of the training dummy, the release moves laterally along the lateral rail;
- stopping motion of the delivery carriage by the computerized controller and releasing the training dummy by disengaging the interconnect upon the sensor detecting an impact on the training dummy, thereby increasing physical safety to a user during impact with the training dummy,
- wherein the computerized controller is communicatively connected to a data capture platform storing data collected by the sensor.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a delivery rail;
- a delivery carriage attached to the delivery rail and having a linear movement along the delivery rail, the delivery carriage having a lateral rail;
- a release having a lateral movement along the lateral rail, the release is attached to a training dummy, the release having a sensor that detects an impact on the training dummy, the release including an interconnect that is strength adjustable to accommodate a weight of the training dummy;
- a computerized controller that stops motion of the delivery carriage and releases the training dummy by disengaging the interconnect upon the sensor detecting an impact on the training dummy, thereby increasing physical safety to a user during impact with the training dummy,
- wherein the computerized controller is communicatively connected to a data capture platform storing data collected by the sensor.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a delivery rail;
- a delivery carriage attached to the delivery rail and having a linear movement along the delivery rail, the delivery carriage having a lateral rail;
- a magnetic release having a lateral movement along the lateral rail, the magnetic release is magnetically attached to a training dummy, the magnetic release having a sensor that detects an impact on the training dummy, the magnetic release including an electromagnet that is strength adjustable to accommodate a weight of the training dummy;
- a controller that stops motion of the delivery carriage and releases the training dummy by electrically disengaging the electromagnet upon the sensor detecting an impact on the training dummy, thereby increasing physical safety to a user during impact with the training dummy,
- wherein the controller enables selection of a delivery pattern of the delivery carriage from a set of preprogrammed delivery patterns.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.