Octagonal punching bag arrangement

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

The disclosure relates to punching bags or exercise bags and more particularly pertains to a new octagonal punching bag arrangement for boxing or martial arts training. Most punching bags have a basic cylindrical shape and thus do not provide a variety of striking exercises that would be beneficial to boxers and martial artists.

(2) Description of Related Art including information disclosed under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98.

The prior art relates to punching bags or exercise bags. The prior art, as best understood, does not disclose an octagonal punching bag arrangement with head and body portions connected by a tapered or angled connecting portion.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above in an octagonal punching bag arrangement that generally includes a body portion, a head portion, and a connecting portion. The body portion is designed to simulate a human body and is in the shape of an octagonal prism. The head portion is designed to simulate a human head and is in the shape of an octagonal prism. The connecting portion is positioned to connect the head portion to the body portion. The connecting portion is in the shape of an octagonal pyramidal prism tapering inwardly starting at the bottom outer edges of the head portion and ending at a central section of the body portion. Such a design provides a user, such as a boxer or martial artist, with a variety of differently oriented striking surfaces to permit the user to practice different strikes.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated.

There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a octagonal punching bag arrangement according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a front side view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a portion of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a top view of a portion of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of a portion of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 7 thereof, a new octagonal punching bag arrangement embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 7, the octagonal punching bag arrangement 10 generally comprises a body portion 12, a head portion 14, and a connecting portion 16. The body portion 12 is designed to simulate a human body and is in the shape of an octagonal prism. The head portion 14 is designed to simulate a human head and is in the shape of an octagonal prism. The connecting portion 16 is positioned to connect the head portion 14 to the body portion 12. The connecting portion 16 is in the shape of an octagonal pyramidal prism tapering inwardly starting at the bottom outer edges of the head portion 14 and ending at a central section of the body portion 12. Such a design provides a user 60, such as a boxer or martial artist, with a variety of differently oriented striking surfaces to permit the user 60 to practice different strikes.

In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, the body portion 12 includes an octagonal top body surface 18 and eight side body panels 20 that are rectangular and positioned transverse to the top body surface 18. The head portion 14 includes an octagonal top head surface 22 and eight side head panels 24 that are rectangular and positioned transverse to the top head surface 22. The connecting portion 16 includes eight side connecting panels 26 positioned at an acute angle with respect to the top body surface 18. Each of the side head panels 24, the side connecting panels 26, and the side body panels 20 includes a resilient shock-absorbing material layer 28 designed to be punched or kicked by a user.

In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, the octagonal punching bag arrangement 10 further includes a support frame 30, which is best seen in FIGS. 4 through 7. The support frame 30 includes a central pillar 32 extending through each of the head portion 14, the connecting portion 16, and the body portion 12. The support frame 30 also includes octagonal reinforcing platforms 34 mounted on and extending radially from the central pillar 32 designed to reinforce and shape the head portion 14, the connecting portion 16, and the body portion 12.

In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, the reinforcing platforms 34 include an upper reinforcing head platform 36 positioned within and to support an upper portion of each of the side head panels 24, a lower reinforcing head platform 38 positioned within and to support a lower portion of each of the side head panels 24, an upper reinforcing body platform 40 positioned within and to support an upper portion of each of the side body panels 20, and a lower reinforcing body platform 42 positioned within and to support a lower portion of each of the side body panels 20.

In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, the support frame 30 includes eight reinforcing connecting plates 44 connected at an angle starting at the lower edges of the lower reinforcing head platform 38 and ending at the central pillar 32. Each of the reinforcing connecting plates 44 is positioned behind and to support a corresponding one of the side connecting panels 26.

In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, the central pillar 32 is hollow and has a square cross-section. Each of the reinforcing platforms 34 includes four square frame pieces 46 mounted one on each side of the central pillar 32 and having an essentially similar cross-sectional size as the central pillar 32, and four angled side pieces 48 positioned to connect corners of adjacent square frame pieces 46.

In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, each of the angled side pieces 48 is longer than the sides of each of the square frame pieces 46 such that the side body panels 20 and the side head panels 24 each comprise four larger panels and four smaller panels arranged in an alternating manner.

In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, the reinforcing connecting plates 44 include four rectangular plates 50 connected to the outer edges of the square frame pieces 46 of the lower reinforcing head platform 38 and each side of the central pillar 32, and four triangular plates 52 connected to the angled side pieces 48 of the lower reinforcing head platform 38 and to adjacent rectangular plates 50.

In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, the support frame 30 includes metal. In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, the support frame 30 is made exclusively of metal parts or sections welded together.

In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, each of the side head panels 24, the side connecting panels 26, and the side body panels 20 includes a rigid back layer 54 designed to support and stabilize the resilient shock-absorbing material layer 28 and connect its panel to the support frame 30, and a plastic cover layer 56 designed to cover the resilient shock-absorbing material layer 28 and provide a surface that is sufficiently durable to withstand repeated punching or kicking by a user. The rigid back layer 54 may be made of plywood or similar reinforcing material. The plastic cover layer 56 may be made of vinyl or similar plastic material.

In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, the support frame 30 is designed to provide sufficient weight and stability to permit placement and use of the octagonal punching bag arrangement 10 in a freestanding manner on a ground or floor surface.

In accordance with at least one possible embodiment, the octagonal punching bag arrangement 10 further includes a chain arrangement 58 connected to the top of the support frame 30 or the central pillar 32 and designed to suspend the octagonal punching bag arrangement 10 in a free-swinging manner from a ceiling or similar overhead support structure.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.