Patent ID: 8226503
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A sports training apparatus comprising: a track, a cart fitted to said track and rollable along said track, a blocking pillar connected to said cart, tension means for storing force, said tension means being operatively connected to said cart and said blocking pillar, said blocking pillar being lowered by force released by said tension means, and a triggering system for lowering said blocking pillar at specified intervals as said cart travels rolls along said track, wherein said triggering system includes a lever pivotably mounted upon said cart, said lever being operatively engaged to said tension means and operable to regulate the tension of said tension means, said lever being pivotable between a pre-trigger condition wherein said tension means is tensioned and said blocking pillar is in an upright position, and a trigger position, wherein said tension means releases force to lower said blocking pillar, and at least one trigger spot situated so as to cause said lever to pivot from said pre-trigger position to said trigger position when said cart rolls over said at least one trigger spot.