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Portable pole-dancing assemblyPortable pole-dancing assembly description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080070753, Portable pole-dancing assembly. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001]The present invention relates to platforms and more particularly to portable, knock-down type platforms having a freestanding vertical pole suitable for pole dancing. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002]The activity of pole dancing is a well-known staple of modern day gentleman's or "strip" clubs. In these settings, a dancer performs a dance routine using a vertical pole to twirl, swing, and balance upon. In order to provide a safe dancing environment, these poles are often anchored to a fixed location. [0003]Pole dancing has become a more mainstream activity where individuals are taking advantage of the health benefits of pole dancing as exercise in addition to their prurient interests. In furtherance of its more mainstream appeal, people have begun installing dance poles in their homes for personal use. These dance poles, however, are oftentimes fixed in place similar to the traditional club-based poles. [0004]Dance poles inherently require a minimum of a few feet of clearance around the pole itself to allow the user to properly use the pole. In a conventional setting, such as an individual's home, finding sufficient space to permanently fix a dance pole may be difficult to find. [0005]Further, the increased interest in pole dancing has also created an industry related to the instruction and training in pole dancing. Instructors in this field may be required to take their poles with them to reach a broader audience. [0006]Additionally, and while pole dancing is becoming well known, it still retains a slight stigma due to its strip club origin. Individuals therefore may wish to have the ability to disassemble their dance poles when not in use to allow for a higher degree of discretion and/or to allow the pole to be easily relocated. It is therefore desirable to provide a pole dancing assembly is both portable and easily put-up and taken-down. [0007]It is known in the art to provide portable pole-dancing poles. For example, United States Patent Application Pub. No. 2004/022003 published Nov. 4, 2004 and filed by Randy E. Blacker for REMOVABLE EXERCISE POLE AND METHOD OF USE discloses a ceiling and floor mounted pole dancing exercise pole. With this pole, however, the pole must be anchored at both its top and bottom, thereby limiting its use to rooms having relatively low ceilings. Further, the pole must be tightly wedged between the floor and ceiling to ensure that it held rigidly in place. This wedging creates the possibility of the user damaging the ceiling, floor, and/or the pole. [0008]One known portable pole-dancing platform includes a free-standing dance pole, i.e., the vertical pole is supported only at the pole's bottom end. This platform includes an elevated stage that the pole is coupled to and extends vertically from. This elevated stage, however, increases the likelihood of a user falling from the stage and becoming injured. Further, the size of the elevated stage also undesirably increases the size and weight of the platform and its components. In order to make this stage-type pole assembly portable, the stage must either be broken down into numerous components, thereby increasing the time to assemble the stage, or the stage must be formed from a smaller number of larger and heavier components. The size of these sub-components limits their portability, particularly, if the person transporting the assembly is small in stature. [0009]Therefore, there is a need for a free-standing and portable pole dancing assembly that is lightweight and can be easily assembled and disassembled. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0010]The present invention provides a portable free-standing dance pole assembly having a vertical pole extending from the center of a platform. The assembly is formed from a number of interconnected metal tubes or rails that cooperate to provide a stable platform for the vertical pole and its use as a pole dancing implement. [0011]The assembly is readily assembled and disassembled and is formed from a number of elongated tubular sections that slidably connect together and define the framework of the assembly's floor that is disposed on top of the tube sections. In the one embodiment of the invention, the floor is preferably formed from a plurality of hinged panels that allow the floor to be folded for transport. [0012]It is an advantage of the present invention to provide a knockdown pole dancing frame that has interconnecting male and female tubular ends that allows the frame to be readily assembled and disassembled from a limited number of portable components. [0013]It is another advantage of the present invention to provide a knockdown pole assembly having an elongated support post that resides within the dance pole. This elongated post increases the pole-contacting surface area to distribute the force applied to the assembly during use, thereby reducing the likelihood of the pole bending, breaking, or coming free from the rest of the assembly. [0014]It is still another advantage of the present invention to provide a knockdown frame that provides a flat upper and lower surface that ensures that the floor disposed atop the frame is parallel to the ground. [0015]It is yet another advantage of the present invention to provide a portable dance pole assembly that is both readily assembled and is free-standing (i.e., does not have additional lateral support beyond the support frame beneath the assembly's dance floor. [0016]It is still yet another advantage of the present invention to provide a dance pole assembly that is capable of being carried and assembled by one person. [0017]It is a further advantage of the present invention to provide a portable dance pole assembly that does not require additional weights or ballast to support the lateral loads applied during use and keep the assembly from tipping. [0018]Still further objects and advantages of the invention will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains upon reference to the following detailed description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0019]The description refers to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, and in which: [0020]FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the invention; Continue reading about Portable pole-dancing assembly... 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