Equipment Feedback System
OwnerCatherine Angela Hoeffner, Elizabeth Ann Hoeffner +1inventors
InventorsCatherine Angela Hoeffner, Elizabeth Ann Hoeffner, Patrick Joseph Hoeffner
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Abstract
In the specification and drawings an equipment feedback system is shown and described with an equipment body; a power source structure connected to the equipment body; a pressure sensor connected to the power source structure; a position sensor connected to the power source structure; and an indicator in communication with the pressure sensor and the position sensor, wherein the indicator is capable of providing an indication to a user that the equipment body is held in a proper position by a user based on information generated by the pressure sensor and the position sensor.
Claims44
An equipment feedback apparatus comprising:
- a) an equipment body, the equipment body comprising a lacrosse stick, the lacrosse stick having a shaft and a head;
- b) a power source structure connected to the equipment body;
- c) a pressure sensor comprising a tactile switch, the pressure sensor connected to the power source structure, the pressure sensor being configured to trigger when the tactile switch is in a position in which the tactile switch is depressed against a ground;
- d) an angle sensor connected to the power source structure, the angle sensor being configured to detect an angle of the shaft of the lacrosse stick relative to the ground;
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- e) an indicator connected to the power source structure, the indicator comprising a vibration motor, the indicator being in communication with the pressure sensor and the angle sensor, wherein the indicator is configured to vibrate when:
- i) the tactile switch is in a position in which the tactile switch is depressed against the ground;
- and contemporaneously
- ii) the angle sensor detects the shaft of the lacrosse stick is in a predefined angular range relative to the ground.
An equipment feedback apparatus comprising:
- a) an equipment body;
- b) a power source structure connected to the equipment body;
- c) a pressure sensor connected to the power source structure;
- d) a position sensor connected to the power source structure;
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- e) an indicator in communication with the pressure sensor and the position sensor, wherein the indicator is capable of providing an indication to a user that the equipment body is held in a proper position by a user based on information generated by the pressure sensor and the position sensor.
The equipment feedback apparatus of 13, wherein the angle sensor is configured to detect whether a shaft of the lacrosse stick is at a predefined angle relative to the ground.
A method of providing feedback to a user comprising:
- a) holding a sports equipment body by a user;
- b) detecting a pressure exerted on the sports equipment body;
- c) detecting a position of the sports equipment body;
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- d) providing an indication to the user that the sports equipment body is held in a proper position by the user based on information generated by the detecting a pressure exerted on the sports equipment body and the detecting a position of the sports equipment body.
An equipment feedback apparatus comprising:
- a) a bridge body, the bridge body having a connecting end and a male protruding end;
- b) a pressure sensor connected to the bridge body;
- c) a position sensor connected to the bridge body;
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- d) an indicator connected to the bridge body and in communication with the pressure sensor and position sensor.
A kit of parts for an equipment feedback apparatus comprising:
- a) a bridge body, the bridge body having a connecting end and a male protruding end;
- the bridge body comprising a pressure sensor, a position sensor and an indicator in communication with the pressure sensor and the position sensor;
- b) a lacrosse shaft capable of connecting to the connecting end;
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- c) a lacrosse head capable of connecting to the male protruding end.
An equipment feedback apparatus comprising:
- a) an equipment body;
- b) a means for determining whether the equipment body is held at a proper angle;
- c) a means for determining whether a proper force is applied to the equipment body;
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- d) a means for providing an indication of whether the equipment body is held at a proper angle and whether a proper force is applied to the equipment body based on information generated by the means for determining whether the equipment body is held at a proper angle and the means for determining whether a proper force is applied to the equipment body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.