Patent ID: 7635319

Claim:
A portable hurdle with a substantially horizontal top portion and ground engaging portion, said hurdle comprising: a base portion; a resilient bow portion operably secured to said base portion, said resilient bow portion having a first end and an opposite second end, a neutral substantially planar position and a tension position whereby said resilient bow portion is in tension and substantially bow shaped; a bow securing device operably secured to said hurdle for holding said resilient bow portion in said tension position, wherein said bow securing device is a strap extending between said first end and said opposite second end; an adjustment structure for adjusting the predefined height of said hurdle, said adjustment structure includes a plurality of spaced apart snaps positioned along said strap; and whereby said top of said hurdle is positioned at a substantially vertical height above the ground when said resilient bow portion is placed in said tension position and said ground engaging surface is positioned on the ground.