Stowable, swing-down martial arts trainer

Abstract

A martial arts training device is especially suited for attachment to an overhead support framework and includes a training article such as a foam-filled punching bag mounted on an axially extending arm that is pivotally mounted by a mounting assembly to the overhead structure. The bag and arm may thus be raised and lowered between a lowered, vertical use position within the room space and a raised overhead, horizontal storage position in which they leave the space unobstructed for carrying out various activities without interference from the training devices. The mounting assembly includes a releasable latch operable by a person standing on the floor to lock the bag in either its raised or lowered position, this permitting quick and easy placement of the bag in either of its alternative positions.

1 . A martial arts training system comprising: 
 a support frame including an overhead portion adapted for positioning above a training space;    a training article; and    a mounting assembly attaching said training article to the overhead portion of the support frame in such a manner that the training article may be selectively lowered to a deployed position in which the training article is disposed within the training space or raised to a stowed position in which the training article is at least substantially up out of the training space.    
   
   
       2 . A martial arts training system as claimed in  claim 1 , 
 said support frame comprising a free-standing frame having a plurality of upright legs supporting said overhead portion.    
   
   
       3 . A martial arts training system as claimed in  claim 1 , 
 said mounting assembly including a support arm attached to said training article and swingable about a transverse horizontal axis between raised and lowered positions,    said mounting assembly further including a latch releasably retaining said arm in the lowered position.    
   
   
       4 . A martial arts training system as claimed in  claim 3 , 
 said latch being operable to releasably retain said arm in the raised position.    
   
   
       5 . A martial arts training system as claimed in  claim 3 , 
 said mounting assembly further comprising a spring yieldably biasing the arm toward the raised position.    
   
   
       6 . A martial arts training system as claimed in  claim 1 , 
 said mounting assembly including an elongated support arm swingable about a transverse horizontal axis adjacent an inner end of the arm between raised and lowered positions,    said training article comprising an elongated, padded bag attached to an outer end of the support arm in generally axial alignment therewith,    said support arm and said bag extending generally vertically into the training space when the arm is in its lowered position and extending generally horizontally above the training space when the arm is in its raised position.    
   
   
       7 . A martial arts training system as claimed in  claim 1 , 
 said mounting assembly including a bracket fixed to said overhead portion of the support frame, a pivot member pivotally connected to said bracket for movement about a transverse horizontal axis relative to the bracket, and a support arm fixed to said pivot member for swinging movement therewith about said axis between a raised, generally horizontally extending position above the training space and a lowered, generally vertically extending position within the training space,    said training article being attached to an outer end of the arm for disposition within the training space when the arm is in said lowered position and for disposition above the training space when the arm is in said raised position.    
   
   
       8 . A martial arts training system as claimed in  claim 7 , 
 said mounting assembly further including a latch on said bracket releasably engageable with said pivot member for selectively retaining the arm in either its raised or lowered  25  positions.    
   
   
       9 . A martial arts training system as claimed in  claim 8 , 
 said pivot member having a pair of circumferentially spaced notches therein corresponding to the raised and lowered positions of said arm,    said latch being selectively engageable with either of said notches.    
   
   
       10 . A martial arts training system as claimed in  claim 9 , 
 said latch being yieldably biased toward engagement with said notches.    
   
   
       11 . A martial arts training system as claimed in  claim 10 , 
 further comprising a pull element connected to said latch for use in manually withdrawing the latch from said notches.    
   
   
       12 . A martial arts training device adapted for attachment to a support, said training device comprising: 
 a mounting assembly including a bracket attachable to the support and an arm operably coupled to the bracket for selective swinging movement relative to the bracket about a transverse axis between a raised storage position and a lowered use position,    said arm being selectively retainable in either of said positions: and    a padded training article attached to an outer end of the arm for support by the arm in either of said positions thereof.    
   
   
       13 . A martial arts training device as claimed in  claim 12 , 
 said mounting assembly further comprising a latch releasably retaining said arm in the lowered position.    
   
   
       14 . A martial arts training device as claimed in  claim 13 , 
 said latch being operable to releasably retain said arm in the raised position.    
   
   
       15 . A martial arts training device as claimed in  claim 14 , 
 said mounting assembly further comprising a spring yieldably biasing the arm toward the raised position.    
   
   
       16 . A martial arts training device as claimed in  claim 12 , 
 said mounting assembly further including a pivot member pivotally joined to said bracket for movement about said transverse axis,    said arm being fixed to said pivot member for movement therewith between said raised and lowered positions.    
   
   
       17 . A martial arts training device as claimed in  claim 16 , 
 said mounting assembly further including a latch on said bracket releasably engageable with said pivot member for selectively retaining the arm in either its raised or lowered positions.    
   
   
       18 . A martial arts training device as claimed in  claim 17 , 
 said pivot member having a pair of circumferentially spaced notches therein corresponding to the raised and lowered positions of said arm,    said latch being selectively engageable with either of said notches.    
   
   
       19 . A martial arts training device as claimed in  claim 18 , 
 said latch being yieldably biased toward engagement with said notches.    
   
   
       20 . A martial arts training device as claimed in  claim 19 , 
 further comprising a pull element connected to said latch for use in manually withdrawing the latch from said notches.