Robert Hackaday

US Patent:

20030125168, Jul 3, 2003

Filed:

Jan 3, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/034514

Inventors:

Robert Hackaday - Long Beach CA, US

International Classification:

A63B069/28
A63B069/30

US Classification:

482/089000

Abstract:

A boxing training target is formed with a central, elongated, elastic bungee cord at its core. The elastic, bungee cord core line is encompassed within a plastic sheath that is surrounded by a resilient foam jacket having an outer diameter of between about one-half and six inches. The jacket extends over a length of at least about five feet of the core line in an area corresponding to the vertical level of the head, torso, and legs of an opponent. A sheath surrounds the jacket and has indicia thereon at different vertical levels. The elastic bungee cord is maintained in tension between an overhead support and a floor support. As blows are delivered to the target, the target quivers laterally thus necessitating good hand and eye coordination to repeatedly land blows upon the target. The vertically separated indicia provide different target areas for a boxer to vary the vertical level at which successive blows are delivered.