Pole vault swing-up rack
OwnerTimothy R. Wernerinventor
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Abstract
A pole vault swing-up rack includes a frame body with upper hooks and a lower push bracket. The rack is designed to hang vertically from a horizontal bar—as a pull-up bar—by the hooks. An athlete hanging from the pull-up bar in an upright vertical position may kick his/her legs and torso up to an inverted vertical position to simulate movement of a pole vault. The athlete's shoulders rest against vertical uprights of the rack to maintain the athlete's shoulders and body in front of a vertical plane as in a pole vault movement. A trainer can use the lower push bracket to assist the athlete in the kicking motion. The parts of the rack that come into contact with the athlete may be covered in foam padding and a rubber coating.
Claims12
A pole vault swing-up rack, comprising:
- a generally rectangular frame body having a long dimension with a pair of vertical uprights oriented in and co-extensive with the long dimension, an upper crossbar substantially coplanar with the pair of vertical uprights and oriented perpendicular to the long dimension, and a lower crossbar oriented perpendicular to the long dimension;
- a pair of hooks attached to and extending from a back side of the frame body proximate to the upper crossbar, wherein said pair of hooks are configured with an opening oriented toward the lower crossbar so as to hang the frame body from a horizontal bar;
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- a push bracket attached to the frame body proximate to the lower crossbar, wherein said push bracket extends from the back side of the frame body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.