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Title: Restraint particularly suited for use as an aquatic training aid
Claims: Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. A device particularly suited for use as an aquatic training aid comprising: A. a rigid base adapted to be affixed to a wall defining a pool and project therefrom along an axis lying in a plane substantially paralleling the surface plane of a body of water confined within the pool; B. a socket adapted to receive in mated relation the head of a user applied therewith pressure sufficient to maintain said mated relation; and C. coupling means interconnecting said socket with said base including an elongated body interposed between the base and the socket, and means mounting said socket on said elongated body for oscillation of said socket with respect to said elongated body about a pair of normally related axes. 2. A device as defined in claim 1 further comprising a pair of arm guides of elongated configurations arranged in substantial parallelism suspended from said elongated body and adapted to be disposed beneath said surface plane and employed in controlling stroking motion for said user. 3. A device as defined in claim 1 further comprising a pressure sensing means for measuring pressures at which the user's head is applied to said socket. 4. A device as defined in claim 1 further comprising handles suspended from said elongated body adapted to be grasped by said user. 5. A device as defined in claim 4 wherein said handles comprise a pair of rigid handle bars. 6. A device as defined in claim 4 wherein said handles comprise a pair of thongs depending from said elongated body. 7. A device as defined in claim 1 further including pressure sensing means interposed between said base and said socket for measuring pressures at which the head of user is applied to said socket. 8. A restraint particularly suited for use as an aquatic training aid for swimmers in a pool of dimensions substantially less than the dimensions of a pool usually considered adequate for suitably accommodating training of competitive swimmers, comprising in combination: A. a pedestal of a substantial tripodal configuration including suction feet adapted to affix the pedestal to a substantially vertical wall of a water-filled pool; B. a head socket of a truncated helmet-like configuration adapted to receive a swimmer's head applied thereto with sufficient pressure for maintaining therebetween a mated relationship; C. means comprising a universal joint connecting said socket to said pedestal and supporting the socket for simultaneous oscillation about a pair of normally related substantially horizontally disposed axes with the socket being faced outwardly from said pool wall, whereby the head of the swimmer may remain mated with the socket so long as the swimmer remains substantially prone in the water; and D. pressure sensing means interposed between the pedestal and said socket for measuring pressures at which the swimmer's head is applied to said socket. 9. A restraint as defined in claim 8 further comprising arm guides of substantially elongated configurations suspended from said pedestal in substantially spaced parallelism adapted to be disposed beneath the surface plane of a body of water confined within said pool and project outwardly from the wall thereof. 10. A restraint as defined in claim 8 further comprising a pair of handles suspended from said pedestal in a position to be grasped by the swimmer as the swimmer's head is received by said socket. Other info: Inventors: Whitling, Tom S. (Fresno, CA, US) Application Number: 954564 Filing Date: 1978-10-25 Publication_date: 1980-08-19 Assignee: Primary Class(es): 482/55 73/379.01, 73/379.08, 434/254 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
Other Refs: Primary Examiner: Pinkham, Richard C. Assistant Examiner: Kramer, Arnold W. Attorney: Huebner & Worrel |
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