Collapsible hurdle with quick reset
US7785233B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 1, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63K3/043
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A hurdle has a crossbar and a pair of vertical legs. The hurdle is designed to give way or collapse when the crossbar is struck by a user to minimize the risk of injury and thereby decrease the user's fear of injury. This is done either by splitting the crossbar into separate left and right sections, or by splitting each of the legs into separate top and bottom sections. This permits the separate sections to break apart from an aligned, end-to-end orientation which they possess in an operative position of the hurdle into a nonaligned orientation after the hurdle has given way or collapsed. An elastic member connects the separate sections and urges the sections back into their aligned, end-to-end orientation when a user picks the sections of the hurdle up and resets the hurdle.
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