Multiple football tackling dummy sled

Claim 1

A football tackling dummy apparatus comprising a horizontal frame spaced above the ground, upright supports for the frame, runners on the lower ends of said supports, a plurality of equally spaced rearwardly disposed horizontal track arms rigidly connected to the horizontal frame, a carriage slidable longitudinally upon each track arm, a tackling dummy suspended from each carriage, spring means normally urging the carriages toward the forward end of the horizontal frame, latch means for latching each carriage at the rear end of the corresponding arm, said latch means including an L-shaped latch bar pivotally mounted adjacent the juncture of the arms of the L-shaped latch upon each carriage and having a latch projection, a stop plate on the corresponding horizontal track arm, said latch projection being adapted to engage over said stop plate, said L-shaped latch bar having a relatively long arm and a relatively short arm, said arms being disposed at right angles to define said L-shape, the latch projection being located upon the relatively long arm and the spring means being connected to the relatively short arm, and means for simultaneously releasing all of said latch means.