Patent ID: 8858401
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: A45B,A63B,A63C

Abstract:
1. A training apparatus for an athlete who trains by walking on a ground surface in a travel direction, the apparatus comprising: an elongated pole whose lower end carries at least one wheel having a freewheel permitting rolling of the wheel on the surface only in the travel direction, a forearm rest adapted to fit around a forearm of the athlete and pivotally attached to an upper end of the pole such that an angle of inclination of the rest is freely variable with respect to a pole longitudinal axis as the pole is pressed against the ground surface by the forearm of the athlete during walking of the athlete, the angle increasing on rolling of the wheel in the travel direction from a position behind the athlete to a position in front of the athlete as the arm in the rest swings forward in the travel direction, a handgrip fixed on a front end of the forearm rest, positioned to be gripped by a hand of the forearm in the rest, and pivotal with the forearm rest, and a spring element braced between the rest and the pole and pivotally biasing the rest so as to increase the inclination angle, whereby a biasing force of the spring presses the wheel against the ground surface during forward and rearward swinging during walking of the arm on the rest.