Sports activity training instrument
AssigneeLB Technologies, LLC
InventorsHenry P. Bolduc, Alan Lewit
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Abstract
A training instrument for a sport in which an object is struck or thrown by a player grasping the instrument with two hands. The instrument includes a handle having a hand gripping portion and a separate head having a hand gripping portion, a bearing member and an elastomeric sleeve. The handle and head normally have a common longitudinal axis. The head has an end adjacent to the handle with an at least partially rounded ends received in contact with the bearing member which has a concave surface receiving the rounded end of the head. The sleeve extends over the gripping portions of the handle, head and bearing and maintains the handle and head in normal longitudinal alignment, but permits pivotal movement of the head with respect to the handle.
Claims20
A training instrument for a sport in which an object is struck or thrown by a player grasping the instrument with two hands, said instrument comprising a handle having a first hand gripping portion and a separate head or rod having a second hand gripping portion, a bearing member and an elastomeric sleeve, said handle and said head normally having a common longitudinal axis, a free end of said gripping portion of said head or rod being at least partially rounded and being in contact with said bearing member, said bearing member being in contact with said handle and having a concave surface receiving said at least partially rounded end, said sleeve extending over said first gripping portion of said handle, said bearing and said second gripping portion of said head.
A training instrument for a sport in which an object is struck or thrown by a player grasping the instrument with two hands comprising a head and a handle separated by a bearing member which aids pivotal movement of said head with respect to said handle, said handle having a first hand gripping portion, said head having a rod-like member extending axially therefrom toward said handle, said rod-like member providing a second hand gripping portion and being at least partially rounded at the end adjacent said handle, said bearing member having a concave surface in contact with said at least partly rounded end and in contact with said handle, a sleeve extending about said gripping portions and said bearing.
A training instrument for a sport in which an object is struck or thrown by a player grasping the instrument with two hands comprising a rod and a handle separated by a bearing member which aids pivotal movement of said rod with respect to said handle, said handle having a first hand gripping portion, said rod providing a second hand gripping portion of the same cross section as said first and gripping portion of said handle and being at least partially rounded at the end adjacent said handle, said bearing member having a concave surface in contact with said at least partly rounded end and in contact with said handle, a sleeve extending about said gripping portions and said bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.