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Dummy for martial arts and self-defense teaching/trainingDummy for martial arts and self-defense teaching/training description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080026917, Dummy for martial arts and self-defense teaching/training. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]1. Field of the Invention [0002]The invention relates to a dummy for use in teaching individuals principles of martial arts and self-defense as well as a method for fabricating said dummy. In particular, the invention relates to a dummy which in anatomical appearance bears a resemblance to a human. This enables that users have more realistic learning and practice sessions due to the improved and secure attachment of the dummy to a supporting core enabling the dummy to withstand blows of realistic force and speed. [0003]2. Description of the Related Art [0004]It is known to use various forms of dummies for the purpose of teaching martial arts and self-defense as well as for student practice. [0005]One device commonly used as a dummy is a heavy training bag of the type used by boxers for training. While a heavy bag is fairly heavy in weight and has a fairly solid impact absorbing structure it has some acceptability attraction for teaching or practicing martial arts with the bag. A big shortcoming though is that the bag does not offer a certain realism of what an opponent will look like in a real life situation. Representative of an attempt to make a heavy bag more realistic of a human is Publication WO 9852655. The device is a heavy bag provided with a number of straps on the bag and each carrying a number of stick arms or legs. Such appearance is not realistic in appearance or function. [0006]Recognition of the shortcoming noted above has resulted in some effort to provide dummy constructions, which are more realistic of humans. [0007]U.S. Pat. No. 6,063,011 is an example of a construction of a device made to incorporate a heavy bag with additional structure to produce a realistic human looking dummy, The device attaches a pad partly around the circumference of a heavy bag. The pad contains a target showing of part of a human, e.g., a persons head and chest, the target being a two dimensional figure. Legs and arms protrude from the target. There is no three dimensional appearance of a structure corresponding to a human body wherein arms extend from the top at sides of a torso, or of legs extending down from a simulated human body nether region. In other words there is no human torso appearance with arms and legs attached at torso locations as exist in real people. The device simply looks like a heavy bag with a pad at a front side and arms and legs projecting from an unreal location relative to the heavy bag. [0008]The last-mentioned device, as well as others of known dummy devices, bear evidence that no one has recognized that properly utilizing arms and legs in combination with a heavy bag can provide a most convincing human appearing dummy for suitable high impact and high-energy training. [0009]Accordingly, it is desirable that such a dummy construction wherein a heavy bag is used along with other structure to present a configuration of a closely resembling that of a real human body be provided along with a method for fabricating the dummy. OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0010]Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a dummy for use in teaching and training individuals principles of martial arts and self-defense that embodies features making it most realistic of the appearance of a human body and capable of withstanding the energy expended on it during live training without breakdown. [0011]Another aspect is to provide a dummy for use in teaching and training individuals principles of martial arts and self-defense, which is inexpensive and easy to make. [0012]Another aspect is to provide a dummy for use in teaching and training individuals principles of martial arts and self-defense which heightens training by providing a realism attendant therewith not heretofore available when using such type of dummy. [0013]A further aspect is to provide a dummy for use in teaching and training individuals principles of martial arts and self-defense which embodies a heavy training bag in its structure thereby allowing user delivery of high impact blows against the dummy creating a reaction for the user paralleling which he can expect when involved in a self-defense or combat situation. [0014]An additional aspect is to provide a method for fabricating the dummy. [0015]In a further aspect of the present invention it is considered that additional fixtures or fixing points may be various positioned about the usable surface of the dummy thereby allowing users to attach training tools to more realistically represent a combat environment. [0016]In accordance with these and other aspects of the invention, the dummy includes a core member, this advantageously but not essentially, being a heavy training bag of the type common to gymnasiums and commonly used by boxers in training. An advantage of the heavy bag is that it can absorb high impact blows. The heavy bag is suspended so it can swing from an overhead support. One manner of suspension is with a suspender means such as plural chains lengths attached securely to the top of the bag and these in turn are attached to a bracket fixed to an overhead structure such as a beam. [0017]A suit of a flexible material is provided to be mounted on the core member. The suit is configured in shape as that of a human body. The suit has a top part and a bottom part. The top part defines a human torso upper portion having front and back sides, and a top side. A pair of arms is carried at opposite sides of the top part. The bottom part defines a human nether region, and a pair of legs extends down from the nether region. The bottom part has an at least a partly encircling waist piece defining an entry opening to the nether region. The upper torso front side is a solid panel area while the rear side is normally closed but can be is opened when access is needed for mounting the suit to the core member. As being an open or closed area depends on whether or not right and left side rear side panel parts are folded partly overlapped one with the other in closing position, or are opened outwardly to the sides of the torso upper portion in rear side open position. [0018]Impact absorbing material such as a foam fill interior areas of upper and lower lengths of said arms and legs. To mount the suit on the core member, the suit is oriented such that a lower length section of the core member is received through the entry opening and locates in the nether region with a top of the core member located proximally slightly above the torso upper member top side. The panel parts are folded to the rear side of the upper torso and manipulated to wrap the upper torso portion in a tightened embrace about the core member. Means are carried on the panel parts to affect a stopping of the tightened condition preventing any loosening thereof on the core member. [0019]To prevent any vertical slipping down of the suit top part on the core member as when the dummy is being used and blows are struck and forces exerted on the dummy in teaching/training use, means are provided for supporting the top part of the suit from the core suspender means. Also to prevent a slipping or pull down of the suit bottom part on the core member, means are provided to securely affix the bottom part to the top part. [0020]To bulk out the torso upper portion, a padding filler is embodied in the upper portion and in the nether region as well. The effect is to enhance the appearance of the upper torso configuration as being that of a human torso and to specifically provide a training apparatus that simulates--under training impacts--the response and "feel" of a human opponent. [0021]The suit can be provided with the top and bottom parts being individual members like a coat and trousers are separates. Preferably, the suit is provided as a component in which the top and bottom part are contiguous members of a single structure. [0022]The invention also provides a method for fabricating a dummy for use in teaching and training individuals principles of martial arts and self-defense. The method comprises supporting a heavy training bag from an overhead support with a bag support member which is connected to said overhead support and to an upper part of said training bag. A suit of a flexible material which is configured in shape of a human body, and has a top part and a bottom part is provided. The top part defines a human torso upper portion front and back sides, and a top side, with a pair of arms being carried at opposite sides of said top part. Continue reading about Dummy for martial arts and self-defense teaching/training... Full patent description for Dummy for martial arts and self-defense teaching/training Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Dummy for martial arts and self-defense teaching/training patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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