Patent ID: 6846254

Claim:
A sports training device with a breakaway feature, which consists of: (a) a first yoke for removable attachment to a first wrist of a user and a second yoke for removable attachment to a second wrist of said user, said first yoke and said second yoke being made of flexible material, being elongated and having a middle portion and each having two opposing ends, said opposing ends having complementary attachment mechanisms for removably attaching one opposing end to an opposite opposing end, said second yoke having breakaway feature temporary attachment means for attachment of a connecting strap to said middle portion of said second yoke; (b) a connecting strap having a first end and a second end, said first end being permanently attached to said middle portion of said first yoke, said second end having yoke attachment means for attachment to said temporary attachment means of said second yoke, said temporary attachment means and said yoke attachment means creating a predetermined breakaway resistance when connected to one another, said connecting strap being permanently attached to said middle portion of said first yoke at a location facing said second yoke when said connecting strap is temporarily connected to said second yoke, said connecting strap being a flexible, non-elastic strap; wherein when a user wears said first yoke on a first wrist, and wears said second yoke on a second wrist, and said yoke attachment means of said connecting strap is removably attached to said temporary attachment means of said second yoke, said connecting strap is connected from said first yoke to said second yoke along a path that is the shortest distance between the first yoke and the second yoke, said connecting strap may be separated from said second yoke by merely pulling said first wrist away from said second wrist.