Training device
OwnerMichael Pack, Charles Packinventors
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Abstract
A training device for teaching and practicing ball handling skills for basketball players or persons training for sports, the training device including stanchions positionable on a floor using attachment members, such as suction cups, or a flexible resilient layer. A crossbar extends between the stanchions. Flexible elements can be used to connect the stanchions to the suction cups. The lengths of the stanchions and crossbar can be adjustable to set the height of the crossbar above the floor and the separation of the crossbars. Detents can allow for adjustably fixing the lengths.
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A training device securable to a floor, the training device comprising:
- a first base having at least one attachment member for attaching the first base to the floor;
- a first stanchion having a first end attached to the first base and a second end oppositely disposed, the first stanchion extending upwardly from the first base transversely to the floor;
- a second base having at least one attachment member for attaching the second base to the floor;
- a second stanchion having a first end attached to the second base and a second end oppositely disposed, the second stanchion extending upwardly from the second base transversely to the floor;
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- a crossbar extending between the second ends of the first and second stanchions, the crossbar having first and second ends oppositely disposed;
- a first connector mounted proximate to the second end of the first stanchion, the first connector having a first receptacle for receiving the first end of the crossbar;
- a second connector mounted proximate to the second end of the second stanchion, the second connector having a second receptacle for receiving the second end of the crossbar.
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A training device securable to a floor, the training device comprising:
- a first attachment member attachable to the floor;
- a first tube having a first end and a second end oppositely disposed, the first tube extending transversely the floor;
- a first flexible element disposed between the first attachment member and the first end of the first tube;
- a second attachment member attachable to the floor;
- a second tube having a first end and a second end oppositely disposed, the second tube extending transversely to the floor;
- a second flexible element disposed between the second attachment member and the first end of the second tube, the first and second flexible elements each have bending stiffnesses less than a bending stiffness of the first and second tubes respectively;
- a crossbar extending between the second ends of the first and second tubes, the crossbar having first and second ends oppositely disposed;
- a first fitting having a first receptacle for receiving the second end of the first tube and a second receptacle for receiving the first end of the crossbar, the first and second receptacles of the first fitting being angularly oriented with respect to one another;
- a second fitting having a first receptacle for receiving the second end of the second tube and a second receptacle for receiving the second end of the cross bar, the first and second receptacles of the second fitting being angularly oriented with respect to one another.
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A training device positionable on a floor, the training device comprising:
- a first base comprising a first side and an opposed second side attached to one another by at least first and second legs oriented angularly with respect to the first and second sides of the first base, the first side adapted to engage the floor;
- a first stanchion extending from the first base transversely relative to the floor;
- a second base comprising a first side and a second side attached to one another by at least first and second legs oriented angularly with respect to the first and second sides of the second base, the first side of the second base adapted to engage the floor;
- a second stanchion extending from the second base transversely relative to the floor;
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- a crossbar extending from the first stanchion to the second stanchion, the crossbar being oriented transversely to the first side of at least one of the first and second bases.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.