Recreational/athletic training system and strike pod therefor
OwnerMark Alexanderinventor
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Abstract
A strike pod for use with an interactive recreational system includes a vibration conducting base, coupleable to a support frame of the interactive recreational system and being suitable to conduct vibration from one area of the pod to another. A strike receiving shell is disposed adjacent the vibration conducting base to receive a blow delivered by a participant. The strike receiving shell is formed of a material more pliable than the vibration conducting base. A vibrational transducer is in operable communication with the vibration conducting base to detect vibration in the vibration conducting base caused by the blow delivered by the participant to the strike receiving shell.
Claims13
A strike pod for use with an interactive recreational system, comprising:
- an arcuate substantially cylindrical vibration conducting base, coupleable to a support frame of the interactive recreational system, the vibration conducting base having a cavity defined therein;
- a substantially cylindrical strike receiving shell disposed at least partially about the vibration conducting base and at least partially within the cavity, the geometric centers of the vibration conducting base and the strike receiving shell being non-concentric and the strike receiving shell being configured to receive on an outer surface thereof a blow delivered by a participant;
- and a vibrational transducer coupled to the vibration conducting base between the outer surface of the strike receiving shell and the vibration conducting base to detect vibration in the vibration conducting base caused by the blow delivered by the participant to the outer surface of the strike receiving shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.