Patent ID: 9339709
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. A guide arm machine, comprising: a guide arm; an equipment holder attached to the guide arm, the equipment holder being optimized to hold a sports equipment item; a shaft, the guide arm being attached to the shaft, so that the shaft defines a rotation axis around which the guide arm rotates; a housing which anchors the shaft; a frame including tracks, the housing sliding along the tracks so that the rotation axis moves with respect to the frame but not with respect to the housing; an adjustable main beam whose position is adjustable with respect to a stationary anchor, the adjustable main beam supporting the frame so that when the sports equipment item is held by the equipment holder and a position of the adjustable main beam is appropriately adjusted, movement of the guide arm guides an athlete holding the equipment holder item into a desired motion that trains the athlete in efficient use of the sports equipment item, rotation of the guide arm around the shaft defining a motion path of the sports equipment and changing of position of the housing within the frame allowing the athlete to vary the motion path defined by rotation of the guide arm around the shaft.