Non-lethal gamecock sparring match, equipment & methods

A device that detects strikes received by individual gamecocks during a cock fight, including

• a garment adapted to be worn by a gamecock,
• said garment including at least one sensor positioned at a predetermined location on the garment that is activated when struck by an individual gamecock,
• said sensor generating a signal each time the sensor is struck with a predetermined force by an individual gamecock during the cock fight,
• a transmitter carried by the garment that transmits to the scoring apparatus a radio signal each time the sensor is struck during the cock fight,
• where scoring apparatus includes a visual display that provides a numerical score for each gamecock, said numerical score being based, at least in part, on the number of strikes detected by the sensor on the garment worn by each gamecock over a predetermined time period during the cock fight.

A device that detects strikes received by individual gamecocks during a cock fight;

• including
• a garment adapted to be worn by a gamecock,
• said garment including at least one sensor positioned at a predetermined location on the garment that is activated when struck by an individual gamecock,
• said sensor generating a signal each time the sensor is struck with a predetermined force by an individual gamecock during the cock fight,
• where the sensor includes a piezoelectric film sandwiched between a pair of resilient members.

A device that detects strikes received by individual gamecocks during a cock fight, including

• a garment adapted to be worn by a gamecock,
• said garment including at least one sensor positioned at a predetermined location on the garment that is activated when struck by an individual gamecock,
• said sensor generating a signal each time the sensor is struck with a predetermined force by an individual gamecock during the cock fight,
• where the gamecock has a torso and the garment is in the form of a vest worn on the torso of the gamecock.

A device that detects strikes received by individual gamecocks during a cock fight, including

• a garment adapted to be worn by a gamecock,
• said garment including at least one sensor positioned at a predetermined location on the garment that is activated when struck by an individual gamecock,
• said sensor generating a signal each time the sensor is struck with a predetermined force by an individual gamecock during the cock fight,
• where the gamecock has a neck and the garment is in the form of a collar worn around the neck of the gamecock.

A device that detects strikes received by individual gamecocks during a cock fight, including

• a garment adapted to be worn by a gamecock,
• said garment including at least one sensor positioned at a predetermined location on the garment that is activated when struck by an individual gamecock,
• said sensor generating a signal each time the sensor is struck with a predetermined force by an individual gamecock during the rock fight,
• where the gamecock has a torso and a neck and the garment comprises a vest worn on the torso of the gamecock and a collar worn around the neck of the gamecock, both the vest and the collar each including at least one said sensor.

A garment adapted to be worn by a gamecock during a cock fight, comprising

• a flexible, light weight sheet having a central portion with a substantially triangular configuration including three corners,
• three connector segments, one connector segment extending outwardly from each corner, said connector segments being adapted to be attached in a manner to wrap the garment around the gamecock and detached to remove the garment from the gamecock,
• three openings in the central portion near each corner, one opening adapted to receive the head of the gamecock and the other two openings each adapted to receive one leg of the gamecock, and
• a plurality of sensors carried by the sheet and a signal transmission device carried by the sheet, said sensors being in different predetermined locations on the sheet, and each sensor causing said transmission device to generate a unique radio signal for each sensor each time a sensor is struck during the cock fight.

A cock fighting and scoring system used when a pair of gamecocks engage in a non-lethal cock fight, including

• a garment worn by each gamecock,
• each garment at least partially covering the body of the gamecock wearing said garment, and each garment carrying a plurality of sensors located at predetermined different positions on the garment, each sensor generating a signal when struck by one of the gamecock, and
• means for scoring that is responsive to the signals generated during the cock fight only upon said predetermined location on the garment being struck by a gamecock with a predetermined force,
• means for generating a numerical score that is based, at least in part, on the number of strikes detected at said predetermined locations on the garment when struck over a predetermined time period during the cock fight.

An arena where a non-lethal gamecock sparring match is conducted in which a pair of gamecocks each wear a protective garment having at least one electronic sensor activated when struck by one of the gamecocks, said arena comprising

• an area surrounded, at least partially, by a barrier that separates spectators from gamecocks engaged in a sparring match in said area,
• a scoring apparatus positioned in view of spectators that responds when a sensor is struck by a gamecock to display a cumulative numerical score for each gamecock, and
• an electronic wagering device to which the spectators have access to enable said spectators to wager on which gamecock will be the winner of the match based on said numerical scores,
• where the scoring apparatus displays a numerical score for each gamecock, said numerical score being based, at least in part, on the number of strikes detected by said sensor being struck over a predetermined time period during the cock fight with a predetermined force.