A training harness and harness assembly for training livestock. The assembly includes a halter with a guiding ring attached, a neck strap, a belly strap, a back strap, a buck strap and a harness lead.

A training system is formed by supporting a mannikin torso on a rigidly fixed base. The mannikin torso provides anatomically defined aiming references and may be attached to a frame which is supported by the base. The base allows the frame to be positioned either in a vertical or angled forward position to provide differing types of training. A harness is provided which is adapted to support the mannikin torso when it is detached from the frame and base. The harness has arm straps to allow a coa...

An exercise aid is composed of a harness which is worn on the lifter's chest when performing the bench press exercise and has left and right sides disposed at opposite respective sides of a central plane of the harness. The harness includes two pockets which are symmetrically disposed about the central plane. A stiff plate can be removably inserted in each pocket to provide a spacer which limits the extent to which the bar can be lowered.

A training grenade uses a high intensity flash to simulate an explosion in a time delayed fashion when thrown and/or a sonic device such as a buzzer for indicating arming. Alternative means to simulate the explosion can include sonic devices or radio frequency sources. An internal power source and firing circuit connected to an internal timer control the activation of the indicator or flash upon closure of an externally controllable switch. The switch can be locked in an open position through th...

A training football having a weighted bar weighing at least 1/2 pound inside the football, located along the long axis of the football, is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a solid cylindrical element, in the shape of a bar, is inserted along the major axis of the training football inside a bladder. The weighted bar has convex ends that conform to the curved concave interior ends of the training football for holding the bar in place. The thickness and weight of the bar det...

A training device is provided for teaching the proper technique for the putting of a golf ball. The training device includes a putting surface having contours therein and a cup for receiving a golf ball. A tee box is provided on the putting surface. The tee box has ball placement indicia for placing a golf ball thereon, a length generally equal to a desired length of a stroke of the putter necessary to putt the golf ball from the ball placement indicia into the cup in the putting surface, and a ...

A training wheel frame is disclosed comprising a stem, where the stem has an upper and lower end. The upper end is capable of being connected to a bicycle frame. The frame has left and right side tubes, where each of the side tubes has a front end. The front end of each side tube is connected to the lower end of the stem. The left and right side tubes are of the frame are incapable of separately rotating about the lower end of the stem, and the left and right tubes being capable of pivoting abou...

A device for training an animal having a first collar, a second collar, spacer members, a mechanism for simultaneously changing the perimeter of at least one of the first and second collars, and a mechanism for limiting the changing of at least one of the perimeters of the first and second collars to a maximum perimeter and a minimum perimeter such that when either or both of the collars are increased to their respective maximum perimeter the animal is prevented from getting free from the traini...

An apparatus for training muscles of the back, abdomen, arms, neck and shoulders, consisting of two equally dimensioned parallely disposed and coaxial rings (1) which are fixedly connected with a support frame (2) and a U-shaped swing (4) with a foot rest (7) and a locking device (23, 24) to support the feet of the user. A fixing device (15-21, 25-28) for the waist of the user is arranged close to the axis of rotation of the swing. In use, the rings (1) serve as a handrail. The swing is adjustab...

A training device has a ramp means to be worn on a bottom of a sole of a shoe which has an upper section with toe and heel portions and an ankle portion above the heel portion. The sole has longitudinally spaced apart heel and toe sections and the training device and the ramp means having an underside contoured to be placed against the bottom of the sole. The ramp means has, in substantially longitudinal serial relationship, a ramp down section, a parallel section, and a ramp up section. The ram...