Patent ID: 7727127
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A multi-station/multi-functional martial arts device, the device comprising, in combination: a base unit having a substantially planar floor resting surface, the base unit having an interior void for reversibly encasing ballast material; a cylindrical elongate support column having a proximal end and a distal end, the support column being attached to the base unit at the proximal end of the support column and extending vertically along an axial centerline in a direction substantially opposite the substantially planar floor resting surface; a board support assembly having a lower end and an upper end and having a recess sized and shaped for telescopic reception of the support column, the board support assembly having a vertical axis; three training stations being a first training station, a second training station, and a third training station, the training stations attached to and extending radially from the board support assembly, the three training stations being equally spaced angularly along a first horizontal axis, a second horizontal axis and a third horizontal axis, the three horizontal axes being in a common horizontal plane radiating from the vertical axis of the board support assembly at 120 degrees from one another; the first training station including a resilient pad with an exterior surface adapted to be struck by a user, the exterior surface being generally planar in configuration, the exterior surface located along the first horizontal axis, the exterior surface being in a plane perpendicular to the floor resting surface; the second training station including a pair of parallel projections, the parallel projections having parallel exterior surfaces, each of the exterior surfaces having an associated strap, a fixedly positioned martial arts training board, not shown, having an interior face in contact with the exterior surfaces of the parallel projections, the fixedly positioned martial arts training board having an exterior face in contact with and supported by the straps, the fixedly positioned martial arts training board being adapted to be struck by the user between the parallel projections, the fixedly positioned martial arts training board being generally planar in configuration, the fixedly positioned martial arts training board being located along the second horizontal axis, the fixedly positioned martial arts training board having an upper edge and having a lower edge with the lower edge located closer to the board support assembly than to the upper edge; the third training station including an interior plate, the interior plate being generally planar in configuration, the interior plate located along the third horizontal axis, the interior plate being in a plane perpendicular to the floor resting surface, the third training station also including an exterior plate being generally planar in configuration, the exterior plate located along the third horizontal axis, the exterior plate being in the plane perpendicular to the floor resting surface, a separable plate with a pair of supplemental projections extending radially outwardly from the separable plate, the supplemental projections having parallel exterior surfaces, each of the exterior surfaces having an associated strap, a repositionable martial arts training board having an interior surface in contact with the exterior surfaces, the repositionable martial arts training board having an exterior surface in contact with and supported by the straps, the repositionable martial arts training board adapted to be struck by the user between the supplemental projections, the repositionable martial arts training board being generally planar in configuration, the repositionable martial arts training board located along the third horizontal axis, the separable plate having bolts separably coupling the separable plate from the exterior plate for use independent of the remainder of the system; and a rotation assembly including a pivot pin rotatably coupling the interior and exterior plates, the pivot pin being located along the third horizontal axis, the rotation assembly including a plurality of recesses in the interior plate in a circular configuration around the pivot pin and a plurality of spring urged balls in the exterior plate in a circular configuration around the pivot pin, the balls being selectively positionable in the recesses to vary the angular orientation of the exterior plate and the repositionable martial arts training board.