# US 8,771,157 B2 · Foot pivot sports training aid

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- Number: US 8,771,157 B2
- Document ID: US8771157B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/116,761
- Filed: 2011-05-26
- Published: 2011-12-22
- Granted: 2014-07-08
- Earliest claimed: 2010-06-21
- Assignees: James Caponigro
- Applicants: James Caponigro
- Inventors: James Caponigro
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8771157B2

## CPC

- A63B 69/0002: {for baseball}
- A63B 21/025: {Spiral springs with turns lying substantially in plane surfaces}
- A63B 22/14: Platforms for reciprocating rotating motion about a vertical axis {, e.g. axis through the middle of the platform}
- A63B 23/03508: {For a single arm or leg, (A63B21/0726 takes precedence)}
- A63B 23/0405: {involving a bending of the knee and hip joints simultaneously (A63B23/0476 takes precedence)}
- A63B 2069/0008: {for batting}
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A foot pivot sports training aid is disclosed. The training aid may include a platform coupled to a base. The platform may rotate around the base. The platform may include an upwardly projecting baffle with an inwardly facing contour and/or a sloped surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A foot pivot training aid, comprising:
a base including a circular area;
a footrest positioned on a platform over the base, the footrest disposed to rotate over the base;
a sloped surface disposed in the footrest, the footrest configured to allow a ball of a user's foot to pivot inward while raising a heel of the user's foot during rotation of the footrest, the sloped surface commencing from a line extending across the footrest intermediate to a front side and a back side of the platform, wherein:
the front side of the platform is configured for engagement with the user's toes, and
the sloped surface tapers downwardly from the line extending across the footrest to the front side of the platform; and
a retaining wall disposed between a top edge of the sloped surface and a flat portion of the footrest, wherein the flat portion is disposed above the sloped surface.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The foot pivot training aid of claim 1, further comprising a pair of baffles positioned opposite one another on the platform, wherein the front side of the platform is disposed between an opening between ends of the pair of baffles.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The foot pivot training aid of claim 2, wherein the pair of baffles includes opposing inwardly facing curved contours.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The foot pivot training aid of claim 1, further comprising a spring loaded return coupling the platform to the base.