Patent ID: 8113999
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A knock-down and adjustable training hoop for training a pupil to ski, snowboard, or skate, the hoop comprising: the hoop being formed of six tubes sized so that end regions of the six tubes can telescope together into an assembled hoop; the end regions of the tubes having push pin and hole latch arrangements allowing the end regions to be pushed together into telescoping and latched joints during assembly and allowing a knock-down disassembly of the tubes upon release of the push pins holding the telescoped joints together; the six tubes including a pair of front side tubes and a pair of rear side tubes having straight regions telescoped together with push pin and hole latch arrangements adjusting the length of the assembled side tubes for long and short hoops; front end regions of the front side tubes having 45 degree bends, and rear end regions of the rear side tubes having 45.degree bends; a front cross tube and a rear cross tube each having a straight central region and 45 degree, bends at each opposite end region so that the end regions of the front and rear cross tubes telescopically connect respectively with the front side tubes and the rear side tubes in corner joints; each of the four corner joints being latched together with push pin and hole latch arrangements; all of the straight and bent end regions of the tubes lying in a single plane when assembled into a hoop; and the joints between the front and rear side tubes and the corner joints all being disassembleable by release of the push pin and hole latch arrangements to knock down the hoop into the six tubes so that straight and bent end regions of the tubes nest together for compact storage and transport; and the hoop enclosing a region that is empty to accommodate the pupil in the empty region while an instructor grips the hoop.