Rotatable rock climbing practice device
View Patent ↗A rock climbing practice device includes a body which is rotatable 360 degrees about an axle support by a support unit. The body has multiple climbing surfaces and side surfaces, and multiple climbing holds are connected to the climbing surfaces which are formed along the rotational direction of the body. A shaft is connected to the support unit and co-rotated with the axle. A damping unit is connected to the shaft so as to provide proper damping force to the body and an adjustment unit is connected to the damping unit to adjust the damping force. When climbers climb the body which is rotated due to the weight of the climbers and the rotated body provides the climbing surfaces at different inclinations.
1. A rock climbing practice device comprising:
a body having multiple climbing surfaces and side surfaces, an angle defined between adjacent climbing surfaces/side surfaces so as to form a three dimensional body, an axle extending through two opposite sides of the body and multiple climbing holds connected to the climbing surfaces which are formed along a rotational direction of the body; and
a support unit supporting the axle and wherein the body is rotatable 360 degrees about the axle relative to the support unit,
wherein the body is composed of multiple cubic units and includes four climbing surfaces and two side surfaces, each cubic unit has a board fixed on a side thereof and the boards define the climbing surfaces and the side surfaces, the climbing holds are connected to the boards of the climbing surfaces, the axle extends through a short axis of the body.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support unit includes a base portion and two sub-portions between which the base portion is connected, three support rods extend from each of the two sub-portions, the body is located between the two sub-portions and two ends of the axle are rotatably supported on the support rods of the two sub-portions.
3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a shaft is connected to the support unit and co-rotated with the axle, a damping unit is connected to the shaft and an adjustment unit is connected to the damping unit.
4. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of the sub-portions of the support unit has a first post and a second post, a shaft is supported between the first and second posts, two gears are connected to the axle and the shaft respectively and a chain is connected between the two gears.
5. The device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the damping unit includes a rotating disk connected to the shaft and two braking drums, the braking drums are controlled by the adjustment unit to contact the rotating disk to provide damping force.
6. The device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the adjustment unit includes an arm and an activation portion is connected to a first end of the arm, the activation portion is an oval piece and located between two ends of the two braking drums, an adjustment rod is pivotably connected to a second end of the arm and threadedly extends through a third post, an operation wheel is connected to a top end of the adjustment rod so as to rotate and move the adjustment rod, the adjustment rod pivots the arm to change a position of a long axis of the activation portion so as to pivot the two braking drums to contact the rotating disk.