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Method and apparatus to prevent diver injury from hitting the springboard after commencement of the dive

a technology of diving springboard and diving apparatus, which is applied in the direction of sports equipment, instruments, electric digital data processing, etc., can solve the problems of injury to the athlete's body, unanticipated contact of the springboard by part of the athlete's body, limited control of the diving trajectory, etc., to reduce the risk of scratches, bruises, fractures, and increase stopping force

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-05-25
POVZNER ALEXANDER +2
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The patent describes a method to prevent injury during training by using a layer of soft material between the springboard and the athlete's body. This layer, known as padding, absorbs the shock of a collision and reduces the risk of injury to the athlete's body. The padding is placed there using a special apparatus. The technical effect of this method is to provide a safer training experience for gymnasts and other springboard users.

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In the sport of springboard diving, after commencement of the dive, the athlete is in free fall movement and has limited control of the dive trajectory.
A miscalculation on the part of the athlete (resulting for instance in insufficient horizontal speed away from the board at the moment of the take-off) can result in a part of the athlete's body coming into unwanted or unanticipated contact with the springboard.
Such contact may result in an injury to the body of the athlete.

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[0019]The injury prevention apparatus (the invention) has two distinct states, being loaded and being deployed.

[0020]In the loaded state (FIG. 9) the apparatus completely resides under the springboard, not hindering in any way the athlete's use of the springboard's top surface for the purpose of performing the preparation to the dive and the dive itself. In the second state, deployed (FIG. 11), the apparatus engages so that the top surface of the springboard is covered with protective padding. The material of the padding in the described embodiment is reticulated polyurethane foam, but other materials can be used as well that provide the same impact-adsorption properties, including natural or synthetic fibres.

[0021]In the deployed or activated state (FIG. 11) the padding covers the springboard top surface and is ready to cushion the impact resulting from an accidental collision of the athlete with the springboard. In order to deploy the apparatus (to transition from state “loaded” t...

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Abstract

The invention's innovation in the field of safety of aquatic sport of springboard diving is a method and apparatus to diminish the risk of the athlete's injury caused by an accidental collision with the springboard after the take-off by timely activating a device that places a protective padding covering the top of the springboard.

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RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS[0001]This invention is a non-provisional patent application based on the previously filed Provisional application of the same name and the same Inventors:[0002]Provisional patent filed to US PTO on 3 Dec. 2013 No. 61 / 911,134.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The invention is a safety device used to prevent a practitioner of an aquatic sport of springboard diving from injury caused by unanticipated or unwanted contact with a part of the springboard after clearing the surface of the springboard and commencing the inertial phase of the dive or another skill.[0004]In the sport of springboard diving, after commencement of the dive, the athlete is in free fall movement and has limited control of the dive trajectory. A miscalculation on the part of the athlete (resulting for instance in insufficient horizontal speed away from the board at the moment of the take-off) can result in a part of the athlete's body coming into unwanted or unanticipated contact with the ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B71/00A63B24/00A63B5/10
CPCA63B71/0054A63B2071/0063A63B24/0087A63B5/10G06F3/04164G06F3/04166G06F3/0443G06F3/0416G06F3/044G06F2203/04102G06F2203/04103G06F2203/04111
Inventor POVZNER, ALEXANDERMASLIEV, ILIARYUMSHYN, OLEXANDR
Owner POVZNER ALEXANDER
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