Boxing Performance Improvement Assembly

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The disclosure relates to boxing performance devices and more particularly pertains to a new boxing performance device for facilitating a boxer to improve their striking performance. The device includes a strap which can be wrapped around a wrist of a boxing glove and a plurality of pockets disposed on the strap. The device includes a plurality of weights which can be inserted into a respective pocket to increase the weight of the boxing glove and a tracking unit that is insertable into a respective pocket for tracking the velocity of strikes delivered by the boxer.

The prior art relates to boxing performance devices including a variety of glove devices that can be worn on a hand of a user which includes a glove that has weights fixedly integrated into the glove and a plurality of weights that can be selectively integrated into the glove. In no instance does the prior art disclose a boxing training device that includes a strap that can be wrapped around a wrist of a boxing glove and plurality of pockets integrated into the strap and a plurality of weights that can each be inserted into a respective pocket and a tracking unit that is insertable into a respective pocket for tracking the velocity of strikes delivered by a boxer.

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a strap that has a plurality of pockets each applied to the strap and the strap can be wrapped around a wrist of a boxing glove. A plurality of weights is each insertable into a respective one of the plurality of pockets to increase the weight of the boxing glove thereby increasing the difficulty of a boxer to deliver strikes for incrementally increasing the intensity of boxing training. A tracking unit is insertable into a respective one of the plurality of pockets and the tracking unit includes a motion sensing element to sense the speed at which the tracking unit is traveling. The tracking unit is in remote communication with an extrinsic electronic device such that the extrinsic electronic device receives velocity data from the motion sensing element to facilitate the boxer to analyze the performance of their striking abilities for training purposes.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular tothereof, a new boxing performance device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeralwill be described.

As best illustrated in, the boxing performance improvement assemblygenerally comprises a strapwhich has a plurality of pocketseach applied to the strap. The strapcan be wrapped around a wristof a boxing glovehaving each of the plurality of pocketsbeing exposed. Each of the plurality of pocketshas a top walland a perimeter wallextending downwardly from the top walland the perimeter wallof each of the plurality of pocketshas a lower edgethat is attached to a top surfaceof the strap. Furthermore, the pocketsare evenly spaced apart from each other and are distributed along the strapsuch that the pocketsare spaced from a first endof the strapand a second endof the strap. As is most clearly shown in, the boxing glovemay be a fingerless glove and as is most clearly shown in, the boxing glovemay be a closed fist boxing glove. As is most clearly shown in, the strapmay be filled with a cushioning materialfor enhancing comfort of the strapwhen the strapis wrapped around the wristof the boxing glove.

The perimeter wallof each of the plurality of pocketshas a top sidethat is open into an interior of the pockets. Each of the plurality of pocketsincludes a flapwhich is foldable over the top sidehaving the flapresting on the top wallof the pocket to which the flapis attached for closing the top sideof the perimeter wallof the pocket to which the flapis attached. A first fasteneris attached to the top surfaceof the strapat a point located adjacent to the first endof the strapand a second fasteneris attached to a bottom surfaceof the strapat a point located adjacent to the second endof the strap. The first fasteneris releasably matable to the second fastenerfor forming the strapinto a closed loop thereby facilitating the strapto be retained around the wristof the boxing glove. Each of the first fastenerand the second fastenermay comprise complementary portions of a pair of hook and loop fasteners or other type of multiple use, releasable fasteners.

A plurality of first couplersis provided and each of the plurality of first couplersis attached to an upper surfaceof the top wallof a respective one of the plurality of pockets. Additionally, each of the plurality of first couplersis positioned adjacent to the top sideof the perimeter wallof the respective pocket. A plurality of second couplersis provided and each of the plurality of second couplersis attached to a lower surfaceof the flapof a respective one of the plurality of pockets. Each of the plurality of second couplersis releasably matable to the first coupleron a respective one of the plurality of pocketsfor securing the flapon the respective pocketin a closed position. Furthermore, each of the plurality of first couplersand each of the plurality of second couplersmay comprise complementary portions of a hook and loop fastener or other type of multiple use, releasable fasteners.

A plurality of weightsis included and each of the plurality of weightsis insertable into a respective one of the plurality of pockets. Additionally, each of the plurality of weightsis comprised of a sufficiently dense material, including but not being limited to steel or lead, such that each of the plurality of weightshas a weight of at least 55.0 grams. Furthermore, the plurality of weightscan impart a total weight of at least 1.0 kg to the strapthereby increasing the weight of the boxing glove. In this way the difficulty of a boxerto deliver strikes can be increased such that the training intensity for the boxercan be incrementally increased. Furthermore, each of the plurality of weightsmay have a maximum weight of approximately 100.0 grams such that the maximum weight that can be imparted to the strapmay be approximately 2.25 kg.

A tracking unitis provided and the tracking unitis insertable into a respective one of the plurality of pockets. The tracking unitincludes a motion sensing elementthereby facilitating the tracking unitto sense the speed at which the tracking unitis traveling. In this way the tracking unitcan sense the velocity of the strikes delivered by the boxer. Additionally, the tracking unitis in remote communication with an extrinsic electronic devicethereby facilitating the extrinsic electronic deviceto receive velocity data from the motion sensing elementfor subsequent analysis. In this way the tracking unitcan facilitate the boxerto analyze the performance of their striking abilities for training purposes. The extrinsic electronic devicemay comprise a personal computer, a smart phone or other type of electronic device that has both wireless communication capabilities and data storage capabilities. As is most clearly shown in, the pocketin which the tracking unitcan be inserted may have dimensions that are greater than the dimensions of the remaining plurality of pockets.

The tracking unitcomprises a housingthat is insertable into a respective one of the plurality of pocketsand a control circuitthat is integrated into the housing. The tracking unitincludes an accelerometerthat is integrated into the housingsuch that the accelerometerdefines the motion sensing elementof the tracking unit. In this way the accelerometercan sense acceleration and deceleration of the boxing glovewhen the strapis positioned around the wristof the boxing glove. Additionally, the accelerometeris electrically coupled to the control circuit. The accelerometermay comprise an electronic accelerometer of any conventional design that may have an operational sensitivity ranging between approximately 5.0 m/sand 20.0 m/s. In this way the accelerometercan sense the acceleration and deceleration associated with the velocity that a typical boxer can generate while delivering strikes.

The tracking unitincludes a transmitterthat is integrated into the housingand the transmitteris electrically coupled to the control circuitsuch that the transmitterreceives motion data from the accelerometer. The transmitteris in wireless communication with the extrinsic electronic devicethereby facilitating the transmitterto broadcast the motion data to the extrinsic electronic devicefor subsequent analysis. The transmittermay comprise a radio frequency transmitter or the like and the transmittermay employ Bluetooth communication protocols. In this way the transmittercan be synchronized to a wide variety of electronic devices that employ Bluetooth communication protocols. The tracking unitincludes a power supplythat is integrated into the housing. The power supplyis electrically coupled to the control circuit, the power supplycomprises at least one batteryand the power supplyis electrically coupled to the control circuit. As is most clearly shown in, an electronic score boardmay be provided that is in communication with the extrinsic electronic devicefor displaying strikes that the boxerhas successfully landed for scoring a boxing match in which the boxeris participating.

In use, the strapis wrapped around the wristof the boxing gloveand a desired number of the plurality of weightsis each inserted into a respective pocketto increase to total weight of the boxing gloveto a desired weight. In this way the difficulty of delivering strikes is increased for the boxerfor the purposes of enhanced training of delivering strikes. The tracking unitis synchronized with the extrinsic electronic deviceto facilitate the extrinsic electronic deviceto receive the velocity data from the accelerometer. In this way the boxercan subsequently analyze their performance in delivering strikes to further enhance the boxer'sability to improve their technique of delivering strikes.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.