US1817364A - Tackling and blocking dummy for football practice - Google Patents

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Aug. 4, 1931. H. GOLDSMITH I 3 3 4 TACKLING'AND BLOCKING numur FOR FOOTBALL PRACTICE Fild Sept. 18,' 1928 Tackling dummies, Suspended from wires,

- arrangement of parts otwhich to give at the 'base so 'ly holding the Pateted ug 4, 1931 y l UNITED STATES HUGO GOLDSMITH, or CINGINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNO'R TO THE GOLDSMITH'SONS con- PANY', OF CINCINNATI, oHIo, A 'ooRroRATIoN OF O'I-IIOVV TACKLING AND BLOCKNG DUMMYNFOR rooT'BALL ;e mm

i Application filed September 18 3 19228.` 'Serial No. 306339;

With the prominence and importancewhichthe game of football has assumed in different devices for use' in practice have been in use for a number of years and blocking dummies which tend to resist the impact of a player against them have also been used quite eXtensively. A tackling dummy, being Suspended from above tends tackled and thrown oi Blocking dummies, on topple over from the opposing player being his feet is achieved.

the other hand, tend to top and are firmly held eil'ect is obtained of a player standing rmly on his feet as he would in interfering or blocking a play.

It is the object of my mventon to provide a dummy, which in accordance with the way the apparatus for supporting the dummyis set, may be used either as a tackling dummy or a blocking dummy or both. It is further my object to provide an overhead suspension system and an'anchoring system for reslentdummies at their bases, which be used singly or conjointly.

Systems may which ref The above and other obj ects to erence will be made in the ensuing I accomplish by that certain combination and I have disclosed a preferred modification. Referring to the drawings y Figure 1 is a sectional view of a preferred type of blocking and tackling du'mmy shown in position being supported both at the base and top.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the dum my shown in section in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing how y the dummy is aifected by the impact of a players body against it. e

The dum'my is formed of a cylindrical casing 1 of ,canvas or the like filled with some soft filler-like sawdust, as is indicated at 2. The casing is madewith a hole 3 eXtending down through it' and in order 'to stifi'en the relates to tackling and block-,

that the eliect of an at the'base so that the- 'place the fiexibleband with a coiled disclosure in the casing prior to orjduring the filling. Afterinserting the tube &and fillingthecas 'casing a libre shell 4 or tube is disposed withing 'with sawdust the cover is secured at the 4 top. The ,casing may 'be suspended from a oable 5 by a ring 6 :which is secured to the up`-' per portion of the dummy with straps 7. i y

" Anchored under the ground I have shown a base plat-e 8, which in this instance is a board, having a hoolb'olt 9 secured in the base. The hooked end 10 ofthebolt extends up through a holein the ground. The upper 'end of 'the bolt is preferably several inches below the surface of the ground so that there wlljbeno danger of players trpping on the hooks. The clummy hasa strap 11 which maybe Secured to the hook. The strap is se-,

cnredto an elasticband 12 which permits thetensionofthe resilient member may be obtain'ed l have Secured the upper part of the band l 2to the top ofthe dummy with a strap 13 vvhclrmay be Secured in desir edposition in abuckle let. e jWhile fiexible band has been' found to against it as is suggested by,

permit" a deslredresilience to the mounting of the base it will be entirely practical to re spring SOgJ or other suitable resilient member. A fur,-` ther modification ofthe specific arrangement shown m'a y be achieved by insertinga flexible band' connecting' the strapsg' with'th'e ring 6` as is indicated at lin Figure 3, The dummy is normally used supported on its-own base.

vIn using *the dum'my practically; any type of play canbe practced. .If fortexample the players' are: practicing'tackling, the strap 11 maybe disengaged from the hook and the efect of a dummy suspended from its' top may be acquired. Ifthe players are practicing blocking the top support may be released and the dummy held only at the base. For other types of play, both the top and base 'may be Secured as indicated.

' I am 'aware that in the past it has been. v suggested to attach a rope with a counter- 'balanced weight to the `base of a tackling dummy so that theweight Wlll exert a force opposed to the displacement of the dummy,

but all such arrangements I disclaim as a resilient support is essential to the successful operation of my invention. With the base of the dummy held resiliently With a fiexible member attached to the top, as I have described, the stronger the impact of a play er hurling his body against the dummy, the stronger Will be thetendency for the dummy 10 to rebound. Thus if a player does not throyv his Weight squarely against the dummy, t Will rebound and slip by him much as a player would do in actual play.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.' A football tackling and blocking dumm'y comprising a stufl ed cylindrical casing having a rigid tubular reinforcement extending 20 through said casing, a fiexible member eX- tending through said tubular reinforcement having means for attachment to an anchor, and a resilient member connected to said fleX ible member.

25 2. A football tackling and blocking dummy comprsing a stufi'ed cylindrical casing having a rigid tubular reinforcement extending through said casng, a flexible member extending through said tubular reinforcement 30 having means for attachment to an anchor, and a resilient member connected to said flexible member, and means for adjnsting the tension of said resilient member.

3. A football tackling and blocking 3:, clummy comprising a stuffed cylindrical casing having a rigid tubular reinforcement extending through said casing, a flexible member extending through said tubular reinforcement having means for attachment to an a anchor, and a resilient member connected to said fiexible member, and another fiexible member supporting said dummy and Secured to the top of said dummy.

4:. A football tackling and blocking dummy 4.3 comprising a stuffed casing having a passage extending therethrough, a tubular reinforcement extending through said passage, a fieXible member extending through said tubular reinforcement provided With means for m attachment to an anchor, a resilient member connected to said fiexible member, and means for restraining free movement of the upper end of said dummy.

HUGO GOLDSMITH.

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