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Dummy arranged to register hits against the dummy

US5716302A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 5, 1996
Grant dateFeb 10, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2244/10
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A dummy which is constructed to register blows inflicted thereon, wherein the dummy includes one or more sensors at the location or those locations on the dummy where a blow or blows delivered thereto shall be registered, and wherein the sensor or sensors is/are adapted to deliver an electric signal to a computer. The sensor (3, 13, 14) includes a pressure sensor (5) which is adapted to deliver an electric signal which corresponds to the pressure generated in the pressure sensor in response to a blow landing on said sensor; and in that the surface of the sensor (3, 13, 14) parallel with the dummy surface on which the sensor is attached is divided into two or more sections (4), where each section (4) is adapted to deliver an electric signal when the blow lands on the section concerned.

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