Patent ID: 6261195
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A football training apparatus, said apparatus comprising:(a) a base member;(b) an elongated support member engaged at a first end thereof with said base member and adapted to extend generally vertically upward from a playing surface;(c) an elongated arm configured to extend outward from two opposite sides of said support member in a generally perpendicular relationship to said support member, said elongated arm being capable of rotating about said support member;(d) at least two blocking dummy holders, each of said blocking dummy holders being capable of rigidly holding a blocking dummy therein, each of said at least two blocking dummy holders being configured to be suspended from said elongated arm such that at least one of each of said blocking dummy holders is positioned on each of two opposite sides of said support member, whereby a force applied by a person positioned on the playing surface to at least one of said blocking dummies held by said blocking dummy holder will cause said elongated arm to rotate about said support member; and(e) each of said at least two blocking dummy holders are supported for freedom of rotation about said elongated arm by a stem whereby a force applied by a person positioned on the playing surface who strikes a blocking dummy held by said blocking dummy holder will cause said elongated arm to rotate about said support member and said blocking dummy holder to rotate about said elongated arm.