# US 5,700,230 A · Martial arts training device

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 5,700,230 A
- Document ID: US5700230A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/650,878
- Filed: 1996-05-20
- Granted: 1997-12-23
- Earliest claimed: 1996-05-20
- Inventors: Alfred M. Cardona
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5700230A

## CPC

- A63B 69/34: {Tackling, blocking or grappling dummies, e.g.} boxing or {wrestling or American-} football dummies
- A63B 69/215: {Anthropomorphic devices}
- A63B 69/22: mounted on, or suspended from, a fixed support
- A63B 2244/10: Combat sports
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A martial arts training device (14) which comprises a movable mannequin (16) having a human appearance. A structure (18) is for supporting the mannequin (16) in a generally upright position from a floor (20). A facility (22) within the mannequin (16), is for showing a reaction movement of a portion of the mannequin (16), when another portion of the mannequin receives a blow thereto from a martial artist (24).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A martial arts training device which comprises:
a) a movable mannequin having a human appearance;
b) means for supporting said mannequin in a generally upright position from a floor, said supporting means including:
i) a base adapted to rest upon the floor;
ii) a stanchion extending between said base and a bottom end of a torso of said mannequin, whereby said mannequin can rotate about on said stanchion; and
iii) means for rocking a bottom end of said stanchion with said mannequin back and forth upon Said base in any direction, when said mannequin receives a blow from the martial artist; and
c) means within said mannequin, for showing a reaction movement of a portion of said mannequin, when another portion of said mannequin receives a blow thereto from a martial artist.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 1, wherein said mannequin includes:
a) a torso;
b) a pair of articulated legs, each said leg extending downwardly in a bent manner from said torso;
c) a pair of articulated arms, each said arm extending forwardly from said torso; and
d) a head extending upwardly from said torso.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 1, wherein said mannequin includes:
a) a skeletal framework; and
b) resilient padding disposed over said skeletal framework.

### Claim 4

A martial arts training device which comprises:
a) a movable mannequin having a human appearance, including a skeletal framework and resilient padding disposed over said skeletal framework, said skeletal framework having:
i) a trunk member carried in a torso of said mannequin, said trunk member having a pair of aligned lower cutouts and a pair of aligned upper cutouts;
ii) a hip member extending transversely through said lower cutouts of said trunk member;
iii) a pair of leg members, in which each said leg member extends downwardly in a bent manner from one end of said hip member in a leg of said mannequin;
iv) a shoulder member extending transversely through said upper cutouts of said trunk member;
v) a pair of arm members, in which each said arm member extends forwardly from one end of said shoulder member in an arm of said mannequin; and
vi) a skull member extending upwardly from said trunk member in a head of said mannequin;
b) means for supporting said mannequin in a generally upright position from a floor; and
c) means within said mannequin, for showing a reaction movement of a portion of said mannequin, when another portion of said mannequin receives a blow thereto from a martial artist.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 1, wherein said base includes:
a) a central hub to maintain said rocking means thereon; and
b) a plurality of interlocking segments extending about said hub to stabilize said hub upon the floor.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 5, wherein said rocking means includes:
a) a universal swivel joint mounted to said central hub of said base;
b) a plurality of tension springs, in which each said spring is attached at a lower end to a lug on said central hub radially about said universal swivel joint; and
c) a spring tension adjustment member mounted to said stanchion in an adjustable manner above said universal swivel joint, whereby each said spring is attached at an upper end to said spring tension adjustment member.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 4, wherein said reaction movement showing means includes:
a) a pair of pulleys, in which each said pulley is mounted in a rotatable manner within said trunk member one above the other between said lower cutouts and said upper cutouts;
b) a pair of cables, in which each said cable crisscrosses said pair of pulleys and attaches oppositely to the top of said hip member adjacent one said lower cutout of said trunk member and the bottom of said shoulder member adjacent one said upper cutout of said trunk member;
c) a first wire connected at opposite ends to the bottom of said hip member adjacent said lower cutouts of said trunk member;
d) a first heavy spring mounted at an upper end to the middle of said first wire and at a lower end within said trunk member;
e) a second wire connected at opposite ends to the top of said shoulder member adjacent said upper cutouts of said trunk member; and
f) a second heavy spring mounted at a lower end to the middle of said second wire and at an upper end within said skull member of said skeletal framework.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 4, wherein said hip member and said shoulder member are elongated tubes that can rock up and down within said trunk member.

### Claim 9 (depends on 4)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 4, further including:
a) each of said leg members are segmented having a thigh portion, a shank portion jointed thereto and a foot portion swiveled onto a lower end of said shank portion;
b) each of said arm members are segmented having an upper arm portion, a forearm portion, an elbow spring extending between said upper arm portion and said forearm portion with a central cable extending therethrough and a hand portion swiveled onto a lower end of said forearm portion;
c) a socket portion in said hand portion to hold a weapon therein; and
d) a stopper to fit into said socket portion when the weapon is removed therefrom.

### Claim 10

A martial arts training device which comprises:
a) a movable mannequin having a torso, a pair of articulated legs extending downwardly in a bent manner from said torso, a pair of articulated arms extending forwardly from said torso and a head extending upwardly from said torso, including a skeletal framework and resilient padding disposed over said skeletal framework, said skeletal framework having:
i) a trunk member carried in a torso of said mannequin, said trunk member having a pair of aligned lower cutouts and a pair of aligned upper cutouts;
ii) a hip member extending transversely through said lower cutouts of said trunk member;
iii) a pair of leg members, in which each said leg member extends downwardly in a bent manner from one end of said hip member in a leg of said mannequin;
iv) a shoulder member extending transversely through said upper cutouts of said trunk member;
v) a pair of arm members, in which each said arm member extends forwardly from one end of said shoulder member in an arm of said mannequin; and
vi) a skull member extending upwardly from said trunk member in a head of said mannequin;
b) means for supporting said mannequin in a generally upright position from a floor; and
c) means within said mannequin, for showing a reaction movement of a portion of said mannequin, when another portion of said mannequin receives a blow thereto from a martial artist.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 10, wherein said supporting means includes:
a) a base adapted to rest upon the floor;
b) a stanchion extending between said base and a bottom end of said torso of said mannequin, whereby said mannequin can rotate about on said stanchion; and
c) means for rocking a bottom end of said stanchion with said mannequin back and forth upon said base in any direction, when said mannequin receives a blow from the martial artist.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 11, wherein said base includes:
a) a central hub to maintain said rocking means thereon; and
b) a plurality of interlocking segments extending about said hub to stabilize said hub upon the floor.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 12, wherein said rocking means includes:
a) a universal swivel joint mounted to said central hub of said base;
b) a plurality of tension springs, in which each said spring is attached at a lower end to a lug on said central hub radially about said universal swivel joint; and
c) a spring tension adjustment member mounted to said stanchion in an adjustable manner above said universal swivel joint, whereby each said spring is attached at an upper end to said spring tension adjustment member.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 13, wherein said reaction movement showing means includes:
a) a pair of pulleys, in which each said pulley is mounted in a rotatable manner within said trunk member one above the other between said lower cutouts and said upper cutouts;
b) a pair of cables, in which each said cable crisscrosses said pair of pulleys and attaches oppositely to the top of said hip member adjacent one said lower cutout of said trunk member and the bottom of said shoulder member adjacent one said upper cutout of said trunk member;
c) a first wire connected at opposite ends to the bottom of said hip member adjacent said lower cutouts of said trunk member;
d) a first heavy spring mounted at an upper end to the middle of said first wire and at a lower end within said trunk member;
e) a second wire connected at opposite ends to the top of said shoulder member adjacent said upper cutouts of said trunk member; and
f) a second heavy spring mounted at a lower end to the middle of said second wire and at an upper end within said skull member of said skeletal framework.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 14, wherein said hip member and said shoulder member are elongated tubes that can rock up and down within said trunk member.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

A martial arts training device as recited in claim 15, further including:
a) each of said leg members are segmented having a thigh portion, a shank portion jointed thereto and a foot portion swiveled onto a lower end of said shank portion;
b) each of said arm members are segmented having an upper arm portion, a forearm portion, an elbow spring extending between said upper arm portion and said forearm portion with a central cable extending therethrough and a hand portion swiveled onto a lower end of said forearm portion;
c) a socket portion in said hand portion to hold a weapon therein; and
d) a stopper to fit into said socket portion when the weapon is removed therefrom.