Gymnastics safety and training aid harness for high bar and other apparatus

a training aid and harness technology, applied in gymnastics, gymnastic exercise, freely suspended gymnastics, etc., can solve the problems of serious injury and other problems, and achieve the effect of preventing a gymnast from falling

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-10-19
OMNITEK PARTNERS LLC
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[0019] Still yet provided is a method for preventing a gymnast from falling while practicing or performing on gymnastic equipment. The meth

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Serious injury has often occurred as a result of young gymnasts loos

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[0048] Although the present invention is applicable to numerous types of gymnastic equipment, it is particularly useful in the environment of the high bar, the loop and the parallel bars. Therefore, without limiting the applicability of the present invention to the high bar, the loop and the parallel bars, it will be described in such environment. The fall protection methods and apparatus and its various embodiments are described first for the use on a high bar. Their use in gymnastic parallel bars and loops is similar and is then briefly described.

[0049] The methods and apparatus disclosed herein for protecting a falling gymnast use a means of loosely “attaching” the gymnast to the bar such that in the case that the gymnast grip on the bar is lost, the gymnast is safely suspended via the attachment means to the bar, thereby preventing the gymnast from falling to the ground below.

[0050] The attachment means can provide suspension by at least at two points, and can be symmetric and...

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Abstract

A device for use with gymnastics equipment is provided in which the device includes: at least one harness for securing around at least a portion of a torso of a gymnast; and one or more straps fixed at one end to the harness and rotatably engaged with a portion of the gymnastics equipment at another end.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 671,686, filed Apr. 16, 2005, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by its reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates generally to safety and training aids for gymnasts and, more particularly, to gymnastics safety and training aid devices for the high bar and other apparatus. [0004] 2. Prior Art [0005] Serious injury has often occurred as a result of young gymnasts loosing their grip while training on the high bar apparatus and falling. Similar injuries occur as a result of a gymnast loosing his or her grip on the high bar, parallel bars or the loop and falling. A need therefore exists in the art of gymnastics for preventing a gymnast from falling on the ground after loosing his or her grip on gymnastic equipment, such as the high bar, the loop or the parallel bars. Additionally, ...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B26/00A63B7/02
CPCA63B1/00A63B2071/0063A63B71/0054A63B69/0064
Inventor RASTEGAR, JAHANGIR S.SPINELLI, THOMAS
Owner OMNITEK PARTNERS LLC
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