Patent ID: 7097589
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A safety jump training apparatus for wall mounting that permits an athlete to safely measure a vertical leap when the apparatus is in an operating position, the apparatus having a storage position for safely storing the apparatus against a wall when not in use, comprising: a jump measurement device having a plurality of vanes rotably mounted to a vane mounting post, the mounting post joined to a vertical post having a safety position limiter; a rotating support having at least one arm, with a distal end and a proximal end, and a vertical sleeve attached to the distal end of the at least one arm and shaped to cooperate with the shape of the vertical post so that the vertical post is slidably received by the sleeve thereby adjusting the height of the jump measuring device, and the motion of the vertical post in the sleeve is limited by the safety position limiter such that a proximal end of the vertical post is limited to a predetermined dimension above a floor surface to ensure that the proximal end does not injure a foot of the athlete during adjustment of the post; a lock attached to the sleeve having an engaged position, wherein the vertical post is secured within the sleeve, and a disengaged position, wherein the vertical post is not secured by the lock; an automatic translation resistor attached to the sleeve and configured to continuously apply compressive force on the vertical post to counteract the gravitational force on the jump measurement device and prevent it from accidental translation within the sleeve when the lock is disengaged; a mounting plate formed with a plurality of fastener openings for receiving fasteners to secure the mounting plate to a wall; and at least one rotational mount attached to the mounting plate and designed to releasably and rotationally attach the proximal end of the at least one arm to the mounting plate so that the rotating support and the jump measurement device may rotate from the operating position to the storage position where the rotating support and jump measurement device are substantially parallel to the wall.