US565747A

US565747A - Punching-bag

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Publication number: US565747A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-08-11
Anticipated expiration: 1913-08-11

Description

(No Model.)

' .E. A. HAWTHORNE 8: H. SHEBLE.

PUNGHING BAG. No. 565,747; Patented Aug. 11, 1896.

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UNITED TATEs ATENT OFFICE.

ELLSI/VORTH A. HAWTHORNE, OF PHILADELPHIA, AND HORACE SHElBLE,

, OF MELROSE, PENNSYLVANIA.

PUNCHlNG-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,747, .dated August 11, 1896.

Application filed December 14., 1895. Serial No. 572,379. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ELLSWORTH A. H-AW- THORNE, residing at Philadelphia, and HOR- ACE SHEBLE, residing at Melrosc, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, citizens of the United States, have invented certain Improvements in Punching-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists of certain improvements in a punching-bag of the character set forth in MacLearns patents, Nos. 547, 730 and 547,731, dated October 8, 1895, one object of our present invention being to provide a more acceptable means of securing the bag to the vertical rod or standard than is set forth in either of said patents, and a further object being to prevent rupture of the elastic inner casing of the bag, which is likely to occur from the delivery of a side or glancing blow. These objects we attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a punching-bag and part of the support therefor con structed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a modified form of bag, illustrating the application of one feature of our invention thereto; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a modification of the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The punching-bag forming the subject of the above-recited patents of MacLearn consisted of a bag of rubber or other elastic material inclosed within a protecting outer casing, usually of leather, the whole being mounted upon and secured to the, upper end of a rod or standard having a universally flexible and elastic support at the base, so that the bag when struck would be free to yield in any direction. It has been found in practice that when the bag is securely mounted upon the upper end of the standard a glancing blow delivered upon the bag, that is to say, a blow which does not strike the bag fairly and squarely in the center, is likely to cause rupture of the delicate elastic inner bag.

One feature of our invention, therefore, consists in mounting the bag upon the upper end of the standard so that it can turn or spin around freely thereon when such a glancing blow is struck upon it. i

In Figs. 1 and 2' we have illustrated this feature of our invention as applied to a punching-bag of the character set forth in Patent No. 547,731, A representing the inner elastic bag, and B the outer protective casing therefor, this structure being mounted upon a shoe D,which has in the under side a socket for the reception of the upper rounded end of the vertical supporting rod or standard F, so that it is free to turn thereon.

The outer casing B has a series of depending tabs or straps G, four of which are shown in the present instance, although a greater or less number may be used, as desired, the lower end of each of these straps being folded back and secured upon itself, so as to form a loop a for the reception of a lacing thong or cord 1), which passes through openings in a disk H, the latter surrounding the rod or standard F and having a bearing against a shoulder d, formed upon said rod. One of these lacing cords or thongs cl may be pro- Vided for each strap G, or a single lacing-cord may engage with the loops of the entire series of straps. While the bag is thus firmly held in a vertical direction upon the upper end of the vertical rod or standard, it can turn or spin around freely thereon. Hence any likelihoodof rupture of the internal elastic bag by side blows is effectually prevented.

In applying our invention to that form of punching-bag shown in Patent No. 547,730 we prefer to adopt the construction shown in Fig. 3. In this case the inner bag A has a central tube A for the reception of a socket D, secured to or forming part of the outer casing 13 of the bag, this socket receiving the: upper end of a supporting-rod F and the bag and socket being vertically secured to the upper end of said rod by means of a screw f, which passes through a washer g and through openings in the top of the easing B and socket D, the threaded stem of the screw engaging with the upper end of the rod F. \Vhen this construction is adopted,

the bag and its internal socket are free to turn or spin on the supporting rod or standard when a side or glancing blow is delivered upon the bag, the internal tube D being the equivalent of and performing substantially the same office as the shoe D in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The thong or lacing-cord I) is a more acceptable method of fastening than the wrapping whereby the lower ends of the straps G were secured directly to the supporting rod or standard in the construction shown in Patout No. 547,731, as said lacing thong or cord provides for the ready application or removal of the bag when desired. The use of the lacing cord or thong is not, however, absolutely essential to the form of bag shown in Figs. 1 and 2, as the depending straps or tabs G may, if desired, be secured directly to the disk H. For instance, they may have their ends extended so as to pass through slots in the disk, the ends being then doubled back and secured to the main strap by any suitable means, such as a buckle m. This construction is shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of a punching-bag with a supporting rod or standard upon which said bag is mounted so that it is retained vertically, but is free to turn or spin around upon the supporting-rod when a side blow is delivered upon it.

2. The combination of the supporting rod or standard, the bag, a shoe to which said bag is confined so as to be incapable of rotation thereon, said shoe being rotatably mounted on the upper end of the supporting-rod,

and means for vertically confining the bag and its shoe to said rod, substantially as specified.

'3. The combination of a punching-bag and a supporting-rod therefor, with a rotatable shoe mounted upon the upper end of the supporting-rod and serving as a seat for the bag, a rotatable disk or collar on the rod, and means for confining the bag to said rotatable disk or collar, substantially as specified.

&. The combination of a punching-bag, the supporting rod or standard, the rotatable shoe serving as a support for the bag, a disk or collar rotatable on the standard, straps or tabs depending from the bag, and means for securing said straps or tabs to the rotatable disks, substantially as specified.

5. The combination of a punching-bag, a supporting rod or standard therefor, a shoe rotatable on the rod and serving as a support for the bag, straps depending from the bag and having loops at their lower ends, a disk or collar rotatable upon the supporting-rod, and one or more lacing thongs or cords whereby the looped lower ends of the depending straps are connected to said rotatable disk, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

E'LLSWVORTH A. HAWTHORNE. HORACE SHEBLE.

\Vitnesses:

WILL. A. BARR, J os. H. KLEIN.