Sports training ladder
AssigneePro Performance Sports, L.L.C.
InventorAllen Holland
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Abstract
A sports training agility ladder is usable in a flat ladder position with the ladder rungs on or close to the ground. The ladder may also be moved into and used in a hurdle position where a bridge or center section of each rung is raised up off of the ground. The ladder accordingly provides advantages of an agility ladder and of hurdles. Each rung may have permanently attached left and right tubes forming a frame. Left and right elastic cords may extend through the left and right tubes. The ladder is consequently easily and compactly folded up for storage and transport, and quickly and easily unfolded for use in either the ladder position or the hurdle position.
Claims19
A sports training ladder, comprising:
- a plurality of rungs with each rung it eluding a bridge having a left end pivotally attached to an upper end of a left riser, and a right end pivotally attached to an upper end of a right riser;
- a left fitting at a lower end of the left riser and a right fitting at a lower end of the right riser;
- a left pole attached to the left fitting and a right pole attached to the right fitting, with the left pole substantially perpendicular to the left riser and the bridge, and with the right pole substantially perpendicular to the right pole and the bridge;
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- with the ladder movable from a ladder position wherein the risers are substantially parallel to the bridge, to a hurdle position wherein the risers are substantially perpendicular to the bridge.
A sports training ladder, comprising:
- a first rung including a first bridge having a left end pivotally attached to a first left riser, and a right end pivotally attached to a first right riser;
- a first left fitting on the first left riser and a first right fitting on the first right riser;
- and a first left pole permanently attached to the first left fitting and a first right pole permanently attached to the first right fitting, with the first left pole substantially parallel to the first right pole and with both poles substantially perpendicular to the first bridge;
- a second rung including a second bridge having a left end pivotally attached to a second left riser, and a right end pivotally attached to a second right riser;
- a second left fitting on the second left riser and a second right fitting on the second right riser;
- a second left pole releasably attached to the first left fitting and permanently attached to the second left fitting, and a second right pole releasably attached to the first right fitting and permanently attached to the second right fitting, with the second left pole substantially parallel to the second right pole and with second left and right poles substantially perpendicular to the second bridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.