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US 8,523,714 B2Granted
Swing training and fitness aid
OwnerTracy Thackerayinventor
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Abstract
A swing training and fitness aid comprising a handle having an extended portion of rotational configuration engaged with a rotating means having flexibly affixed thereto a weight, the weight capable of being rotated along the extended portion in two directions by rotating said handle portion, thereby strengthening the wrists, forearms and shoulders of the user, along with exercising the abdominal muscles and the large muscle groups of the legs.
Claims6
A swing training and fitness aid comprising:
- a handle;
- an extended portion, said portion affixed to said handle in substantial alignment therewith;
- a rotational attachment engaged with said extended portion such that said rotational attachment may rotate around said portion in primary planar fashion at the point of engagement, said rotational attachment further comprising an offset, said offset having a plane of rotation around said extended portion a predetermined distance from said primary plane of rotation of said rotational attachment;
- a spring, said spring having affixed at one end a weight,
- means for fastening said spring's unattached end to said offset;
- and
- an end cap, affixed to said extended portion at the end opposite said handle.
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A swing training and fitness aid comprising:
- a handle;
- a transition piece at one end of said handle;
- an extended portion, said extended portion affixed to said transition piece in substantial alignment with said handle;
- a rotational attachment engaged with said extended portion such that said rotational attachment may rotate around said portion in primary planar fashion at the point of engagement, said rotational attachment further comprising an offset, said offset having a plane of rotation around said extended portion a predetermined distance from said primary plane of rotation of said rotational attachment;
- a spring, said spring having affixed at one end a weight;
- means for fastening said spring's unattached end to said offset;
- and
- an end cap, affixed to said extended portion at the end opposite said handle.
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A swing training and fitness aid composing:
- a handle, said handle having a first threaded receptacle in one end and a transition piece affixed to said handle's opposite end;
- an extended portion affixed to said transition piece in substantial alignment with said handle;
- an end cap, affixed to said extended portion at the end opposite said handle, said end cap having a second threaded receptacle therein;
- a first axle having a threaded portion at one end, said first axle's threaded portion engaged in said first threaded receptacle;
- a second axle having a threaded portion at one end, said second axle's threaded portion engaged in said second threaded receptacle;
- a first bushing having an inside diameter sized to rotate about said first axle, said first bushing having means for attaching a weight on said first bushing's outer circumference;
- means for retaining said first bushing on said first axle;
- said first bushing's length sized such that when said first axle is inserted through said first bushing and said first axle's threaded portion is engaged with said threaded receptacle of said end cap, said means for retaining said first bushing on said first axle locates said first bushing proximate to said handle;
- a second bushing having an inside diameter sized to rotate about said second axle, said second bushing having means for attaching a weight on said second bushing's outer circumference;
- means for retaining said second bushing on said second axle;
- said second bushing's length sized such that when said second axle is inserted through said second bushing and said second axle's threaded portion is engaged with said threaded receptacle of said end cap, said means for retaining said first bushing on said first axle locates said first bushing proximate to said end cap;
- a first weight removably affixed to said first bushing's outer circumference;
- and
- a second weight removably affixed to said second bushing's outer circumference.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.