Sports training device
OwnerMichael A. Olsoninventor
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Abstract
A sports training device is provided that conveys a perceptible cue to a user indicative of a weight transfer event for evaluating timing correctness of such weight transfer event. The device includes an enclosure having a base chamber defined therein and top wall upon which a user stands or places a foot during use. The enclosure flexes or deforms during use, while an amount of user weight supported by the enclosure changes. As the enclosure flexes or deforms, the device conveys the perceptible cue as an audible and/or visual indication of, e.g., the initiate of the weight transfer event.
Claims15
A sports training device comprising:
- a flexible enclosure defining a base chamber therein and having a generally planar top wall that is configured to receive a user's foot thereupon during use, the enclosure deforming in shape in response to a changing application of user weight thereto, such that the shape deformations of the enclosure correspondingly change a volume of a void space of the base chamber;
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- indicator assembly connected to the enclosure and being configured to convey a perceptible cue to a user in response to a changing application of user weight to the flexible enclosure, the indicator assembly further comprising a valve that is fluidly coupled to the base chamber, the valve being configured to emit an audible cue when air flows therethrough, and wherein the changing volume of the void space of the base chamber establishes an airflow through the valve so as to emit the audible cue.
A sports training device comprising:
- a flexible enclosure defining a base chamber therein and having a generally planar top wall that is configured to receive a user's foot thereupon during use, the enclosure deforming in shape in response to a changing application of user weight thereto, such that the shape deformations of the enclosure correspondingly change a volume of a void space of the base chamber;
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- indicator assembly connected to the enclosure and being configured to convey a perceptible cue to a user in response to a changing application of user weight to the flexible enclosure, the enclosure further comprising a bottom wall having a lower surface that undulates along at least one of a width and length dimension and sits upon a supporting ground surface, and the bottom wall having multiple grooves defined between corresponding multiple lands which contact a supporting ground surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.