Apparatus for measuring jump distances
OwnerStephen Austininventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An apparatus for measuring jump distances has a housing with a bottom surface, a track extending longitudinally along the housing, a carriage translatably affixed to the track, and a laser mounted to the carriage so as to direct the beam in a direction away from the housing. A scale is affixed to or adjacent to the track. The scale has distance indicia formed therein. The carriage has an indicator thereon that is directed to the scale such that the distance indicia corresponding to the indicator corresponds to a location of a surface to which the beam of the laser is directed.
Claims18
An apparatus for measuring jump distances, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a bottom surface, said housing having a pair of side panels and a front panel extending between said pair of side panels, each of said pair of side panels having a flange at a bottom thereof, said flange defining said bottom surface of said housing, said flange extending transverse to the side panel;
- a track extending longitudinally along said housing;
- a carriage translatably the affixed to said track;
- and
- a laser mounted to said carriage so as to direct a beam in a direction away from said housing.
An apparatus for measuring jump distances, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a bottom surface;
- a track extending longitudinally along said housing;
- a carriage translatably the affixed to said track;
- and
- a laser mounted to said carriage so as to direct a beam in a direction away from said housing, said carriage comprising:
- a body having a bracket, said bracket receiving said track therein;
- a pair of surfaces extending upwardly from said body in spaced parallel relation to each other;
- and
- a holder pivotally mounted between said pair of surfaces, said holder removably receiving said laser therein.
An apparatus comprising:
- a jump pit having a granular material therein, said jump having at least one side and an entry end;
- and
- a distance measurement device removably positioned adjacent to the side and forward of said entry end of said jump pit, the distance measurement device comprising:
- a housing having a pair of side panels and a front panel extending between said pair of side panels;
- a track extending longitudinally along said housing;
- a carriage translatably affixed to said track;
- and
- a laser mounted to said carriage so as to direct a beam in a direction away from said housing and toward the granular material in said jump pit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.