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US 8,113,968 B2Granted
Screen apparatus and method of use
OwnerMarshall Fittlerinventor
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Abstract
A screen apparatus for use in sports training or sports skills development, the screen apparatus including a plurality of screen members and a support means for supporting the screen members in a use condition, each of the screen members at least temporarily attached relative to the support means such that in use, the screen members define a screen until struck by an object at which time at least one of the screen members is at least partially dislodged to allow passage of the object in a substantially uninhibited manner.
Claims23
A screen apparatus for use in sports training or sports skills development, the screen apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of ribbon screen members;
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- a support disposed to support the screen members in a use condition;
- wherein each of the screen members is at least temporarily attached suspended relative to the support utilizing a suspension assembly including a portion attached to the support and a dependent portion pivotally attached thereto, the suspension assembly allowing swivel rotation of each ribbon screen member and biased into an orientation that whereby a width of the ribbon screen member is presented to a user;
- wherein the screen members define a screen disposed between a trainee and an object, the screen configured to obscure vision of the object by the trainee;
- wherein the screen is further configured such that when struck by the object at least one of the screen members is at least partially dislodged to allow passage of the object in a substantially uninhibited manner, whereby the previously obscured object is rendered visible to the trainee such that the trainee has a reduced time to react to the object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.