Kayaking trainer
OwnerDouglas Grant Whiteinventor
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Abstract
A paddling action simulating exerciser in the form of a kayaking trainer that includes pole, a cord that extends along the pole and linearly displaceably passes therethrough, a hollow spacer that extends between a seating facility and an anchoring layout including a cord guiding layout via which the free ends of the cord are secured to a spring. A multi-directionally adjustable footplate facility that includes an upright foot abutment plate fitted with a heel rest and a toe strap is fitted along the spacer. The spacer, seating facility, leg, footplate facility and guiding layout in constituting a trainer core assembly are laterally rockable by way of rocking formations fitting along slots.
Claims19
A paddling action simulating exerciser, comprising:
- a paddle pole including a first end and a second end that is configured to simulate paddling action of at least one end region of a paddle;
- a cord delimited between a first end and a second end and extending displaceably through at least part of a length of the pole and from at least one of the first end and the second end of the pole;
- an anchoring assembly to which at least a portion of the cord extending beyond the pole is at least indirectly secured such that a tension is caused to tensionably extend up to and along the pole when the pole is held to simulate the paddling action by movement of the pole to-and-fro relative to the anchoring assembly;
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- a resilient element secured to at least one of the first end and the second end of the cord;
- wherein linear displacement of the cord along the pole is resisted by the resilient element and by frictional resistance generated between the cord and the pole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.