Interactive exercise and training system

Abstract

An article of manufacture, comprising: a body comprising a stacked construction of layers, the layers comprising a backing layer, a flexible printed circuit board, a compression-molded foam, and an outward facing front layer. The flexible circuit board comprises an array of strike pads positioned to provide a set of hit targets, wherein each strike pad has associated therewith a set of lights, and a force sensor.

Having described our invention, we claim: 
     
         1 . An article of manufacture, comprising:
 a body comprising a stacked construction of layers, the layers comprising a backing layer, a flexible printed circuit board, a compression-molded foam, and an outward facing front layer;   wherein the flexible circuit board comprises an array of strike pads positioned to provide a set of hit targets, wherein each strike pad has associated therewith a set of lights, and a force sensor.   
     
     
         2 . The article of manufacture as described in  claim 1  wherein the compression-molded foam and the outward facing front layer comprise a compression-molded front shield comprising the set of hit targets. 
     
     
         3 . The article of manufacture as described in  claim 1  wherein the set of strike pads are positioned in a starburst arrangement. 
     
     
         4 . The article of manufacture as described in  claim 1  wherein each strike pad in the array has associated therewith a subset of the set of lights configured for selective activation as a hit point. 
     
     
         5 . The article of manufacture as described in  claim 4 , wherein the subset of lights associated with a given strike pad is configured as a runway of light emitting diodes (LEDs) extending from a center of the array.