Patent ID: 7390288

Claim:
A training bag apparatus comprising: (a) a base comprising: (1) a bottom part having an upper surface and a lower surface, said lower surface having a rounded edge extending around said lower surface; and (2) a top part attached to said upper surface of said bottom part of said base; and (b) a column supported on said top part of said base and extending substantially vertically upward from said top part of said base, said column consisting of foam encased within a sleeve; wherein said column and said base are an integral one-piece unit and move in the same direction when said column is struck by a user such that said apparatus tilts away from the user, then said apparatus tilts back toward the user and then said apparatus tilts back and forth away and toward the user until said apparatus returns to a vertical position; and wherein said upper surface of said bottom part is spaced above said lower surface and said upper surface has a greater surface area than said lower surface.