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Athletic training device with multi-directional movementAthletic training device with multi-directional movement description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080026918, Athletic training device with multi-directional movement. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001]This application claims priority to provisional application Ser. No. 60/820,508, filed Jul. 27, 2006, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002]1. Field of the Invention [0003]The present invention relates to athletic training devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to an athletic training device capable of translating a training medium, such as a punching bad or a blocking bag, under resistance in multiple directions relative to the device. [0004]2. Description of the Prior Art [0005]In training for certain athletic sports, it is often desirous to train or practice without engaging another competitor or trainee. Consequently, devices have been developed to aid a person in training or practicing for a particular sport. Unfortunately, devices that have been developed for athletic sports, such as, for example, marital arts, boxing, kickboxing, football, and rugby, have often struggled to provide a more accurate and realistic condition or response. Such devices include static devices, hand-held pads, blocking sleds, punching or body bags simply suspended by chains or springs, pivotable blocking or tackling bags, and other devices that rotate, pivot, or deflect about a fixed point. None of these devices provide an experience similar to real life situations, where competitors react with movement and resistance when engaged or contacted by an opposing player. [0006]Accordingly, there continues to be a need for a training device that provides a player with the ability to engage a device that not only resists the engaging player but also moves with the player or otherwise allows the player to move the simulated competitor or competitors as desired. Further, there is a need for a device that also returns the simulated competitor to a starting position. Still further, there is a need for a device that also provides multiple simulated competitors, which may also be arranged to simulate the alignment or scheme of players for an opposing team. Finally, there is a need for a device that is adjustable to provide more or less resistance, or direct the resistance to be responsive to a trainee approaching from a specific direction. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007]A particular embodiment of the present invention includes a resistive athletic training device comprising: a housing; a translatable mechanism operably mounted to the housing that translates relative to the housing, the mechanism including a training medium mount that is translatable in any of a plurality of directions within a two-dimensional plane; and, a resistive element mounted to the translatable mechanism. [0008]An additional embodiment of the present invention includes a resistive athletic training device comprising: a housing; a training medium mount operably associated with housing; means for translating the mount relative to the housing in any of a plurality of directions within a two-dimensional plane; and, a resistive element mounted to the means for translating. [0009]An additional embodiment of the present invention includes a resistive athletic training device comprising: a housing having a plurality of tracks; a translatable mechanism operably mounted to the housing that translates with respect to the housing along any of the tracks, the mechanism including a training medium mount; and, a resistive element attached to the translatable mechanism. [0010]These and other advantages will be apparent upon a review of the detailed description of the invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an athletic training device of the present invention; [0012]FIG. 2 is a close-up top perspective view of the athletic training device as shown in FIG. 1; [0013]FIG. 3 is a top view of the training device shown in FIG. 1; [0014]FIG. 4 is a side view of the training device shown in FIG. 1; [0015]FIG. 5 is a front view of the training device shown in FIG. 1; [0016]FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the housing of the training device shown in FIG. 1; [0017]FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the external frame of the translatable mechanism of the training device shown in FIG. 1; [0018]FIG. 8 is a top view of the external frame of the translatable mechanism of the training device shown in FIG. 1; [0019]FIG. 9 is a side view of the external frame of the translatable mechanism of the training device shown in FIG. 1; [0020]FIG. 10 is a front view of the external frame of the translatable mechanism of the training device shown in FIG. 1; [0021]FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the internal frame of the translatable mechanism of the training device shown in FIG. 1; Continue reading about Athletic training device with multi-directional movement... 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