EP 1436049 A1 20040714 - SOCCER TRAINING APPARATUS
Title (en)
SOCCER TRAINING APPARATUS
Title (de)
FUSSBALLTRAINIERGERÄT
Title (fr)
APPAREIL D'ENTRAINEMENT AU FOOTBALL
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 0204611 W 20021010
- GB 0124816 A 20011016
Abstract (en)
[origin: GB2380948A] A football training apparatus comprises a chassis 10 on which are mounted a plurality of contact members 3 which partially surround the player, each contact member 3 having a visual indicator (4 figure 1) operable by the user in a pre set or random manner, a rocker arm 22 and a switch means 36 to deactivate or activate the visual means (4 figure 1) when the contact member 3 has been kicked by the player and a control means (50 figure 1) able to detect when a visual indicator has been deactivated and able to activate the next visual member (4 figure 1) in the sequence. Each contact member 3 being attached to a rocker arm 22 which is pivotly mounted on the chassis 10 and may have an optical sensor 36 at its distal end. When a contact member 3 is kicked by a user, movement of the rocker arm 22 is detected by the sensor 36 to deactivate the visual indicator (4 figure 1). Each contact member 3 may comprise a realisably attachable module 5 with cooperating means (17,18 figure 3) at its ends to attach to an adjacent module 5. The control means (50 figure 1) may comprise of a computer processor, memory and an interface. Also included is a computer program for use with the football training apparatus.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63B 69/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A63B 69/002 (2013.01 - EP US); A63B 69/0053 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 03033082A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
GB 0124816 D0 20011205; GB 2380948 A 20030423; BR 0213315 A 20041013; EP 1436049 A1 20040714; JP 2005505389 A 20050224; US 2004266563 A1 20041230; WO 03033082 A1 20030424
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 0124816 A 20011016; BR 0213315 A 20021010; EP 02801379 A 20021010; GB 0204611 W 20021010; JP 2003535879 A 20021010; US 49301404 A 20040416