Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1995-01-25
1995-12-12
Brown, Theatrice
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
A63B 6700
Patent
active
054742900
ABSTRACT:
The application discloses an apparatus for use in conditioning and/or evaluating a football player or other athlete. The apparatus includes a blocking pad for movement from a first to a second position by a force which is applied thereto, a hydraulic cylinder with a movable rod interconnected with the blocking pad for resisting movement of the blocking pad with hydraulic pressure which opposes the force, a dissipating mechanism cooperating with the hydraulic cylinder for dissipating the hydraulic pressure when the force is removed, a returning mechanism for returning the blocking pad from the second to the first position with an independent force, and a frame for supporting the hydraulic cylinder. A flow control valve may control the flow rate of hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic cylinder to a bladder in an accumulator which has a compressed gas with a generally predetermined pressure. The flow control valve may freely permit a return flow of the hydraulic fluid from the bladder to the hydraulic cylinder whenever the gas pressure exceeds the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic cylinder. A digital meter may display the force which is sensed by a load cell or pressure transmitter. Alternatively, a processor may collect and output samples of the force with respect to time, provide a start signal associated with a starting time, determine whether the blocking pad is being approached before the start signal, determine reaction time, and enunciate the start signal with a virtual-reality headset.
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Adam Rogers, Through a Glass, Darkly, p. 52, Jan. 23, 1995, Newsweek.
Polacek William C.
Rascona Sebastian D.
Blenko, Jr. Walter J.
Brown Theatrice
Houser Kirk D.
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