WO1996020770A2 - Perforating-cutting weapon for combat training and/or games - Google Patents

Perforating-cutting weapon for combat training and/or games Download PDF

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WO1996020770A2
WO1996020770A2 PCT/BR1996/000002 BR9600002W WO9620770A2 WO 1996020770 A2 WO1996020770 A2 WO 1996020770A2 BR 9600002 W BR9600002 W BR 9600002W WO 9620770 A2 WO9620770 A2 WO 9620770A2
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piercing
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Marcelo Ribeiro Dos Santos
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41B—WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F41B13/00—Thrusting-weapons; Cutting-weapons carried as side-arms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/009—Toy swords or similar toy weapons; Toy shields

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  • the present invention refers to weapons specially developed for warfare training and, more specifically, to a piercing-cutting weapon particularly suitable for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition.
  • the weapon while completely harmless, allows a perfect simulation of the blows applied to an opponent, and its consequences, during a warfare training and/or a knife play competition with weapons.
  • Wooden knifes or those made from a synthetic material, are too hard and may hurt people during training. Knifes made from plastic or rubber are exceedingly flexible and do not allow an appropriate training. Knifes with retracting blades only attend to their final purpose when of the application of "piercing strokes", and may hurt practitioners when of the application of a "cutting blow” In addition to the above, a disadvantage common to all these prior attempts is the fact that none of them makes it possible to mark or register the blows that have been applied during a training, and their possible consequence.
  • the state of the art has a need for a weapon for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition having means for marking and/or registering the exact location and nature of any applied stroke, in a manner similar to the firing weapons that fire ink projectiles to allow for the firing weapons that fire ink projectiles to allow for the identification of the target hit by a shot.
  • the object of the present invention is to satisfy this need.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a weapon for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition which allows the perfect identification of a piercing blow from a cutting stroke.
  • a piercing-cutting weapon particularly suitable for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition
  • a piercing-cutting weapon particularly suitable for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition
  • said body having a hand-holding portion in a first end and a blade portion in a second, opposed end, said blade portion being provided with means to mark and/or register the location and nature of a stroke applied with the weapon, whether through the cutting edge or through the piercing end of said blade portion.
  • Fig. 1 is a side elevation view of the white weapon according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional view, in an enlarged scale, showing the marking device inserted in the blade portion of the white weapon.
  • a piercing-cutting white weapon for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition is shown in Fig. 1 as comprising, basically, an elongated body 1 having a first end designed as a holding portion 2 and a blade portion 3 in the opposite end.
  • Said elongated body 1 is formed from a material having appropriate strength and flexibility characteristics, preferably natural or synthetic rubber or the like, in order to allow impacts having an intensity similar to the intensity of a real blow while being completely harmless to the practitioners.
  • a marking device 4 is positioned along the whole length of the cutting edge and of the piercing end of said blade portion 3.
  • Said marking device comprises a filament made from an hygroscopic material or the like, inserted in the interior of a groove 5 formed along the whole length of said cutting edge and piercing end of said blade portion 3, as shown in Fig. 2.
  • ink preferably a washable ink
  • marking filament 4 is poured over said marking filament 4 from a dropping device, so that any applied stroke will be registered/marked in the opponent. This will allow for the location and identification of the nature of the blows, whether they are "cutting strokes” applied with the cutting edge of the blade portion or "piercing strokes” applied with the piercing end.
  • said elongated body can be formed with an ink reservoir in said holding portion or in said blade portion, communicating with said filament portion of hygroscopic material through a feeding channel in said body, in order to feed the ink to the filament.
  • said marking device can comprise two separate filament portions of said hygroscopic material, one positioned along the cutting edge and the other positioned along the piercing end of said blade portion, which can be fed with inks having different colors.
  • said elongated body can be formed with two ink reservoirs in said holding portion or in said blade portion, communicating with said separate filament portions of hygroscopic material through feeding channels in said body to feed the ink do the filament.

Abstract

The present invention refers to a piercing-cutting weapon particularly suitable for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition. The weapon, while completely harmless, allows a perfect simulation of the blows applied to an opponent, and its consequences, during a warfare training and/or a knife play competition with weapons. The weapon comprises an elongated body (1) made from a material having appropriate strength and flexibility characteristics, said body having a hand-holding portion (2) in a first end and a blade portion (3) in a second, opposed end, said blade portion (3) being provided with means (4) to mark and/or register the location and nature of a stroke applied with the weapon, whether through the cutting edge or through the piercing end of said blade portion.

Description

Description Perfurating-Cutting Weapon for Combat Training and/or Games The present invention refers to weapons specially developed for warfare training and, more specifically, to a piercing-cutting weapon particularly suitable for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition. The weapon, while completely harmless, allows a perfect simulation of the blows applied to an opponent, and its consequences, during a warfare training and/or a knife play competition with weapons. Background Art
An appropriate and reassuringly harmless equipment to satisfactorily substitute a real knife, both under a teaching point of view - regarding self-defense or martial arts techniques - and under a sportive point of view - in the development of ability and reflexes in connection with aerobic exercises is highly favored.
As it is widely known by those skilled in this field of the art, several prior solutions have been proposed in an attempt to satisfy this need, all of them equally unsuccessful, with limitations or problems that adversely affected a more intense use thereof.
Wooden knifes, or those made from a synthetic material, are too hard and may hurt people during training. Knifes made from plastic or rubber are exceedingly flexible and do not allow an appropriate training. Knifes with retracting blades only attend to their final purpose when of the application of "piercing strokes", and may hurt practitioners when of the application of a "cutting blow" In addition to the above, a disadvantage common to all these prior attempts is the fact that none of them makes it possible to mark or register the blows that have been applied during a training, and their possible consequence. Disclosure of the Invention Therefore, the state of the art has a need for a weapon for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition having means for marking and/or registering the exact location and nature of any applied stroke, in a manner similar to the firing weapons that fire ink projectiles to allow for the firing weapons that fire ink projectiles to allow for the identification of the target hit by a shot. The object of the present invention is to satisfy this need.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a weapon for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition made from a material having appropriate strength and flexibility characteristics.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a weapon for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition which allows the perfect identification of a piercing blow from a cutting stroke.
According to the present invention, these and other objects are achieved by the provision of a piercing-cutting weapon particularly suitable for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition comprising an elongated body made from a material having appropriate strength and flexibility characteristics, said body having a hand-holding portion in a first end and a blade portion in a second, opposed end, said blade portion being provided with means to mark and/or register the location and nature of a stroke applied with the weapon, whether through the cutting edge or through the piercing end of said blade portion.
Although a number of advantages of the present invention has been disclosed above, several additional objects and advantages provided by the piercing-cutting weapon according to the present invention will quickly become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of the invention, particularly when taken in conjunction with the attached drawings. Brief Description of Drawings
The present invention will be described in greater detail hereinafter with specific reference to its presently preferred embodiment shown in the attached drawings in an attempt to illustrate and not to limit the scope of the invention, in which:
Fig. 1 is a side elevation view of the white weapon according to the present invention; and
Fig. 2 is a sectional view, in an enlarged scale, showing the marking device inserted in the blade portion of the white weapon.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
With reference now more specifically to the drawings, a piercing-cutting white weapon for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition according to the present invention is shown in Fig. 1 as comprising, basically, an elongated body 1 having a first end designed as a holding portion 2 and a blade portion 3 in the opposite end.
Said elongated body 1 is formed from a material having appropriate strength and flexibility characteristics, preferably natural or synthetic rubber or the like, in order to allow impacts having an intensity similar to the intensity of a real blow while being completely harmless to the practitioners. A marking device 4 is positioned along the whole length of the cutting edge and of the piercing end of said blade portion 3.
Said marking device comprises a filament made from an hygroscopic material or the like, inserted in the interior of a groove 5 formed along the whole length of said cutting edge and piercing end of said blade portion 3, as shown in Fig. 2.
Before the weapon according to the present invention is used in a warfare training or in a knife play competition, ink, preferably a washable ink, is poured over said marking filament 4 from a dropping device, so that any applied stroke will be registered/marked in the opponent. This will allow for the location and identification of the nature of the blows, whether they are "cutting strokes" applied with the cutting edge of the blade portion or "piercing strokes" applied with the piercing end.
According to this preferred embodiment of the present invention, said elongated body can be formed with an ink reservoir in said holding portion or in said blade portion, communicating with said filament portion of hygroscopic material through a feeding channel in said body, in order to feed the ink to the filament.
According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, said marking device can comprise two separate filament portions of said hygroscopic material, one positioned along the cutting edge and the other positioned along the piercing end of said blade portion, which can be fed with inks having different colors. This will additionally expedite the identification of the strokes and blows applied by opponents Still according to this another preferred embodiment of the present invention, said elongated body can be formed with two ink reservoirs in said holding portion or in said blade portion, communicating with said separate filament portions of hygroscopic material through feeding channels in said body to feed the ink do the filament.
While the present invention has been described above in conjunction with a preferred specific embodiment, which description and examples are intended to illustrate and not to limit the scope of the invention, it is to be understood that several modifications and/or variations will promptly become apparent for those skilled in the art and that all these modifications/or and variations are to be considered as within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

ClaimsPerfurating-Cutting Weapon forCombat Training and/or Games
1. A piercing-cutting weapon particularly suitable for use in warfare training and/or knife play competition characterized by comprising an elongated body made from a material having appropriate strength and flexibility characteristics, said body having a hand-holding portion in a first end and a blade portion in a second, opposed end, said blade portion being provided with means to mark and/or register the location and nature of a stroke applied with the weapon, whether through the cutting edge or through the piercing end of said blade portion.
2. A piercing-cutting weapon according to claim 1, characterized in that said means for marking and/or registering the location and nature of a strole applied with the weapon comprise a marking device positioned along the whole length of the cutting edge and of the piercing end of said blade portion.
3. A piercing-cutting weapon according to claim 2, characterized in that said marking device comprises a filament made from an hygroscopic material or the like, inserted in the interior of a groove formed along the whole length of said cutting edge and piercing end of said blade portion.
4. A piercing-cutting weapon according to claim 3, characterized in that said marking device comprise a first filament of an hydroscopic material positiones along the cutting edge of said bla de portion and a second filament of hydorscopic material positioned along the piercing end of said blade portion.
5. A piercing-cutting weapon according to claim 4, characterized in that said elongated body is made from a material having appropriate strength and flexibility characteristics.
6. A piercing-cutting weapon according to claim 5, characterized in that said elongated body is made from natural rubber.
7. A piercing-cutting weapon according to claim 5, characterized in that said elongated body is made from synthetic rubber.
8. A piercing-cutting weapon according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that said elongated body comprises a reservoir for ink, in said holding portion or in said blade protion, communicating with said filament portion of hygroscopic material through a feeding channel in said body.
9. A piercing-cutting weapon according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that said elongated body comprises a two reservoirs for ink, in said holding portion or in said blade protion, communicating with said filament portions of hygroscopic material through feeding channels in said body.
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FR389213A (en) * 1908-04-14 1908-09-03 Armand Pierre Douat Fencing marker button
FR392424A (en) * 1908-06-24 1908-11-26 Walter S Hoke Epee or foil marker button
US4904222A (en) * 1988-04-27 1990-02-27 Pennwalt Corporation Synchronized sound producing amusement device
US5256099A (en) * 1992-03-19 1993-10-26 Elliot A. Rudell Contact-activated pressurized water release toy
US5354057A (en) * 1992-09-28 1994-10-11 Pruitt Ralph T Simulated combat entertainment system

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR389213A (en) * 1908-04-14 1908-09-03 Armand Pierre Douat Fencing marker button
FR392424A (en) * 1908-06-24 1908-11-26 Walter S Hoke Epee or foil marker button
US4904222A (en) * 1988-04-27 1990-02-27 Pennwalt Corporation Synchronized sound producing amusement device
US5256099A (en) * 1992-03-19 1993-10-26 Elliot A. Rudell Contact-activated pressurized water release toy
US5354057A (en) * 1992-09-28 1994-10-11 Pruitt Ralph T Simulated combat entertainment system

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