Patent ID: 6669601
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A hit detection and signaling system for fencing, comprising:for each adversary, a weapon comprising an insulated guard and conductive tip, an outfit with a completely conductive surface and comprising conductive surface areas corresponding to plural hit validation regions for accounting for weapon hits, a conductive fencing mask with a luminous hit signal device, and shoes having conductive soles, and a hit detection unit with a central signaling unit, the central signaling unit being located apart from each adversary, wherein, the outfit, the tip of the weapon, the mask, the conductive surface areas, and the luminous hit signal device associated with each adversary are connected, via a separate connection path for each adversary, to the hit detection unit, and the soles of the shoes are not part of the connection path to the central signaling unit.