Roping training apparatus and method
US5080373A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 25, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B69/0068
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A roping training appartus is adapted to simulate on a fixed platform the relative movement between a rider and an object to be roped in certain roping maneuvers, particularly heading and heeling in Dally team roping. The roping training device includes an elongated roping target and a mount simulator for supporting a trainee in a riding position within a desired training distance range from the target body. The target body is mounted on a target body pivot mechanism to allow the roping target body to pivot about a substantially vertical target rotational axis and the mount simulator is mounted on a mount pivot mechanism enabling the mount simulator to pivot about a substantially vertical mount rotational axis. The mount rotational axis and the target rotational axis are offset a desired initial heeling separation distance along an X coordinate axis and a desired initial heading separation distance along a Y coordinate axis, the X and Y axes being substantially perpendicular and defining a horizontal plane. A pivoting arrangement is connected to both the roping target and the mount simulator for pivoting the roping target body about its rotational axis and the mount simulator about…
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