Patent ID: 9050514
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A martial arts training dummy, consisting of: an anthropomorphic mannequin having a trunk, left and right upper and lower arms, left and right upper and lower legs, and a head, wherein the mannequin is formed of a solid resilient material having a specific gravity of 1.0, the material having spring cavities defined solely in the upper arms, the upper legs, and the trunk; each of the spring cavities having first and second spaced apart spring retaining plates disposed in each of the upper arms, the upper legs, and the trunk; left and right upper arm springs being captured between the corresponding first and second spring retaining plates disposed in the left and right upper arms, respectively, substantially concentric therewith; left and right upper leg springs being captured between the corresponding first and second spring retaining plates disposed in the left and right upper legs, respectively, substantially concentric therewith; a trunk spring being captured between the corresponding first and second spring retaining plates disposed in the lower trunk, substantially concentric therewith, each of the springs having a bending resistance approximating the force required to break a bone situated in a corresponding location of the human body; and a pivotal friction joint disposed between each of the upper arms and the trunk, each of the upper legs and the trunk, and each of the upper legs and the corresponding lower legs.