US 12,134,019 B2
Coaching tool for footwork development
Patrick Lyall, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Michael Przybylek, Spring Lake, MI (US)
Assigned to Drive Step Products LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed by Drive Step Products LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,780.
Application 17/562,780 is a continuation of application No. 16/272,451, filed on Feb. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,235,217.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/629,227, filed on Feb. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118330 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 69/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 69/002 (2013.01) [A63B 2243/007 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coaching tool for footwork development, comprising:
a housing having a plurality of rubber shims, the housing including a front plate and a back plate opposite the front plate, the plurality of rubber shims being designed to provide a kinesthetic response to a user upon a foot of the user contacting one or more of the plurality of rubber shims, and the kinesthetic response indicating to the user that the foot of the user is in an undesired location as it pertains to the footwork development, the plurality of rubber shims disposed between the front plate and the back plate of the housing, the plurality of rubber shims extending respective heights above the front plate and the back plate of the housing, the plurality of rubber shims respectively decreasing in height from the back plate toward the front plate; and
a handle extending from a first end to a second end with a fulcrum disposed between the first end and the second end, the first end being attached to the housing on the back plate, the second end being spaced from the first end, and the fulcrum being configured such that a force exerted upon the handle near the second end in a downward direction causes the first end of the handle to move in an upward direction.