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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147383 | Vaulting pole with alignment deviation A vaulting pole apparatus having a predetermined angular displacement at an end of a vaulting pole, attributable to the vaulting pole being constructed with an inherent structural deviation located along and offset from its longitudinal axis. The vaulting pole may b... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7585253 | Pole vault training device A pole vault training apparatus may include a housing, a pole receiver pivotably positioned on the housing, a lift assembly positioned in the housing and a reinforced vaulting pole. In operation, the vaulting pole may be placed in the pole receiver. The lift assembl... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7438962 | Carbon weave vaulting pole A vaulting pole is made of five layers of fiberglass and carbon fiber. The first layer comprises a fiberglass or straight run carbon fiber material oriented such that at least half of the fibers are transverse to the longitudinal axis, the second layer comprises at ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7244216 | Method and system for preventing pole vault fall injuries A method for preventing serious injuries to a person participating in a physical activity, such as pole-vaulting, which occurs at least partially over a hard surface. The method includes: detecting predetermined criteria indicative of a condition which requires depl... | 07/17/2007 |
| 6932744 | Pole vault training device A pole vault training device includes a pole replicating section having generally cylindrical forward and rearward pipe sections extending generally parallel and generally horizontally offset from each other and a training device mounting and support section includi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6361451 | Variable stiffness shaft An variable shaft, for example for a golf club. A hollow shaft has a cable or wire in the center, and means for varying the tension of the cable or wire. Increasing tension on the cable or wire places the shaft in compression and thereby reduces its bendi... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6162148 | Pole vault training device An apparatus used to train pole vaulters to practice the swing and stretch of the vault from the pole plant and bend phase to the inversion phase which includes an upside down "U" shaped tube member with two short extensions protruding from a top surface ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 4468024 | Vaulting pole end plug A pivot end plug or end cap for vaulting poles designed to provide an eccentric portion at the pivoting bottom end of the pole as it pivots within the plant box. The eccentric portion of the end plug causes the bottom of the vaulting pole to move rearward... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4443009 | Pole vaulter's landing cushion A notch or cutout configuration for a pole vaulter's landing cushion provides increased protection for the athlete while avoiding interference with bending of the vaulting pole. The top of the notch is broad at the pole planting region and relatively narr... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4245838 | Pole vaulting landing pit An improved above ground landing pit particularly suitable for pole vaulting events is disclosed wherein the frontal portion of the pit includes an opening which surrounds the plant box having an angularly inclined back wall to accommodate the substantial... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4163551 | Vaulting practice box There is provided a practice box for pole vaulters, which defines a wedge-shaped recess converging in the forward direction, open upwardly and open rearwardly. The practice box has side edges defining the convergence, which side edges are provided with me... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4017070 | Training device for pole vaulters A device intended primarily for removable connection to a vaulting pole as an aid in training athletes in the proper techniques of pole vaulting is adjusted longitudinally on a vaulting pole to a selected location in the area in which the vaulting pole wo... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3965507 | Athlete's landing pit cushion An athlete's landing pit cushion has an upright notch in an edge portion thereof. The notch sidewall is inclined upwardly and outwardly relative the vertical. The landing cushion can be used as a pole vault landing cushion, the notch being placed at the p... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3948514 | Indoor vaulting box An elongated trough having front and rear ends and including a pair of upstanding opposite side flanges interconnected along their lower marginal edge portions by means of an integral bottom wall extending therebetween is provided. The flanges are converg... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3940137 | Pole vaulting game apparatus A pole vaulting game apparatus consisting of a carriage movable along a track by a manually operable device, a flexible pole carried pivotally by the carriage and having a piece simulating the vaulter frictionally mounted thereon, and a trip device operab... | 02/24/1976 |
