Abstract: A balance training device for sports such as skiing and skating uses force sensors located to sense forward pressure between a boot and the wearer thereof and electrical components to generate immediate feedback to the wearer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 5, 1996
Date of Patent:
March 2, 1999
Assignee:
Mountain Dynamics, Inc.
Inventors:
Karl D. Brommer, Peter J. Schibly, Thomas G. Hebert
Abstract: A relocatable ski camber sensor provides active sports training for skiing and the like including levers extending from a planar surface to be sensed for camber, a force sensitive resistor affixed to one of the levers, a resilient compressible element for applying varying amounts of compressive force to the sensitive resistor, and a device for indicating a predetermined amount of sensed camber.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 20, 1996
Date of Patent:
October 27, 1998
Assignee:
Mountain Dynamics, Inc.
Inventors:
Karl D. Brommer, Thomas G. Hebert, Peter J. Schibly