US 9,737,780 B1Granted

Ceiling mounted striking bag with flexible foam tube and optional tether system

OwnerBobby I. Khunkhuninventor

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Abstract

A striking bag features a resiliently flexible foam tube, and a striking surface that is connected to an end of the flexible tube to hang therefrom in an exposed position strikeable from below. A threaded rod projects from an upper end of the flexible tube for coupling with a surface mount that is fastened to a ceiling or other suitable overhead surface. The surface mount features a rigid portion into which the threaded rod is threaded. The foam of the tube and the threaded rod solely define a resiliency by which the tube flexes and returns to a normal straight position relative to the ceiling mount. A fabric loop at a bottom of the striking surface allows selective connection of a stretchable tether between the striking surface and a ground based tether point to change a responsive character of the striking bag and enable two distinctive modes of use.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a ceiling mount configured for mounting in an installed position against a ceiling surface and having a threaded lower hole therein, said ceiling mount optionally comprising a foam piece;
a striking bag comprising:
a resiliently flexible tube of foam material configured to have an upper end thereof connected to the ceiling mount to support the resiliently flexible tube in a hanging position extending downwardly therefrom in an axial direction defined by a central axis of the flexible tube;
a threaded rod that is shorter in length than the flexible tube, is received in a hollow opening of the flexible tube at the upper end thereof, is fixed to said flexible tube within the hollow opening thereof, and extends from the upper end of the flexible tube for releasable threaded coupling to the mount at the threaded hole therein, the foam material of the flexible tube and the threaded rod, and optionally the foam piece of the ceiling mount, if included, cooperatively and entirely defining a resiliency of the flexible tube by which the flexible tube is biased into a straight position extending linearly along the central axis;
and
a striking surface that is connected to a bottom end of the flexible tube in a position hanging therebeneath and defines a widest portion of the striking bag, an underside of said striking surface being configured to reside in an exposed position unobstructed by the ceiling mount and the resiliently flexible tube and strikeable from below;
wherein, solely by the resiliency of the flexible tube, as cooperatively defined by the foam material and the threaded rod, and optionally the foam piece of the ceiling mount, if included, the striking bag is biased into a default relaxed state in which the flexible tube occupies the straight position extending linearly along the central axis.

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An apparatus comprising:

a ceiling mount configured for mounting in an installed position against a ceiling surface and having a threaded hole defined in a stationary position at an underside of the ceiling mount in a rigid portion thereof;
a striking bag comprising:
a resiliently flexible tube of foam material configured to have an upper end thereof connected to the ceiling mount to support the resiliently flexible tube in a hanging position extending downwardly therefrom in an axial direction defined by a central axis of the threaded hole of the ceiling mount;
a threaded rod that is shorter in length than the flexible tube, is received in a hollow opening of the flexible tube at the upper end thereof, is fixed to said flexible tube within the hollow opening thereof, and extends from the second opposing end of the flexible tube for releasable threaded coupling to the mount at the threaded hole therein to hold said threaded rod in stationary relation to the rigid portion of the mount, the foam material of the flexible tube and the threaded rod cooperatively and entirely defining a resiliency of the flexible tube, relative to the rigid portion of the ceiling mount, by which the flexible tube is biased into a straight position extending linearly along the central axis;
and
a striking surface that is connected to a bottom end of the flexible tube in a position hanging therebeneath and defines a widest portion of the striking bag, wherein an underside of the striking surface is configured to reside in an exposed position unobstructed by the ceiling mount and the resiliently flexible tube and strikeable from below;
wherein, solely by the resiliency of the flexible tube relative to the rigid portion of the mount, as cooperatively defined by the foam material and the threaded rod, the striking bag is biased into a default relaxed state in which the flexible tube occupies the straight position extending linearly along the central axis.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/621,085Filed 13 Jun 2017 · continuation in part
Priority: 16 May 2014
Granted: 22 Aug 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A63B 69/305
Punching balls , e.g. for boxing; Other devices for striking used during training of combat sports, e.g. bags: hanging heavy punching bags
A63B 69/222
Mounted on, or suspended from, a fixed support: suspended from a fixed support
A63B 69/28
Punching balls , e.g. for boxing; Other devices for striking used during training of combat sports, e.g. bags: attachments located on the balls or…
F16M 13/02
Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles ; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles: for supporting on, or attaching to, an…