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

a training aid and safety technology, applied in the field of gymnastic safety and training aid devices for high bars and other equipment, can solve the problems of serious injury that has often occurred

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-04-09
OMNITEK PARTNERS LLC
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Benefits of technology

The apparatus effectively prevents falls to the ground and reduces the risk of injury by suspending the gymnast securely, allowing for safe dismounting and minimizing the impact with the bar, thus enhancing safety and training efficiency.

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Serious injury has often occurred as a result of young gymnasts loosing their grip while training on the high bar apparatus and falling.

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[0043]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.

[0044]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.

[0045]The attachment means can provide suspension by at least at two points, and can be symmetric and on e...

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Abstract

An apparatus for use with gymnastics equipment having a bar which is held by a gymnast, the apparatus including: one or more sleeves surrounding at least a portion of the bar and rotating relative to the bar while the gymnast holds an outer portion of the one or more sleeves; at least one harness for securing around at least a portion of a torso of a gymnast; and one or more straps fixed at a first end to the harness and to the one or more sleeves at a second end; wherein the one or more sleeves have one or more slots for accepting the second end of the one or more straps.

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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.[0002]BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]1. Field of the Invention[0004]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.[0005]2. Prior Art[0006]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, a ne...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B1/00A63B69/00
CPCA63B1/00A63B2071/0063A63B71/0054A63B69/0064
Inventor RASTEGAR, JAHANGIR S.SPINELLI, THOMAS
Owner OMNITEK PARTNERS LLC