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US 5,816,951 AGranted
Sport training device having a fluid-motive operating system
OwnerJohn T. Hudockinventor
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Abstract
A sports training device, which is a simulated human figure having at least one movable limb; a fluid-containing actuating system connected to the movable limb; and a trigger device connected to the fluid-containing actuating system, for activating the fluid-containing actuating system. The training device provides a distractive movement to acclimate the sports player to distractions.
Claims17
A sports training device, comprising:
- a life-sized, simulated human figure having at least one movable limb;
- a fluid-containing actuating system operatively connected to said movable limb;
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- trigger means connected to said fluid-containing actuating system, for activating said fluid-containing actuating system and causing said at least one movable limb to move, wherein said trigger means is selectively actuatable by a foot of a user of said sports training device, said trigger means being in the form of a substantially flat, flexible, foot mat located at substantially a ground level on a front side of said life-sized, simulated human figure, and said substantially flat, flexible foot mat being capable of withstanding an entire weight of the user during normal operation of said sports training device.
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A basketball training device, comprising:
- (i) a life-sized, simulated human figure having at least one movable arm;
- (ii) a fluid-containing actuating system comprising:
- a reservoir to store the fluid;
- tubing having proximal and distal ends, connected to said reservoir at the proximal end and connected to said movable arm at the distal end, to contain and transmit the fluid to the movable arm;
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- pressure conversion means connected to the distal end of said tubing, to convert fluid pressure to linear or rotational motion of said movable arm, and operatively connected to said movable arm;
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- (iii) trigger means connected to said fluid-containing actuating system, for activating said fluid-containing actuating system and causing said at least one movable arm to move, wherein said trigger means is selectively actuatable by a foot of a user of said basketball training device, said trigger means being in the form of a substantially flat, flexible foot mat located at substantially a ground level on a front side of said life-sized, simulated human figure, and said substantially flat, flexible foot mat being capable of withstanding an entire weight of the user during normal operation of said basketball training device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.