A brief history of engine-powered pogo sticks

It seems that the first US patent of invention for an internal - burning powered ‘ Pogo ’ control stick was issued to inventorR.J. Maysback in 1950 .

The jumping machine was intended to be given on gasolene , and , according its Divine was “ … extremely effective and amusing in operation . ” It ’s not completely clear whether May ’s power - stick ever run into yield , buta similar(ish ) equipment , which was granted a US letters patent ten years later , did . According its inventor Mr. G. Spitzmesser , the stick – known commercially as ‘ The Hop Rod ’ was “ … passing safe and harmless and of tremendous entertainment value . ” Edwin Spitzmesser , son of the late inventor , gives item of its R&Dhere(courtesy : bpmlegal.com )

“ I would test it each time he tinkered with it . It ran on butane , but really jump high up when we once used a motley of acetylene and O ! He used a good example ‘ A ’ Ford Muriel Spark roll which deliver quite a few volts to the unprotected spark plug – as I once find out when my zip came in contact with it briefly . I have n’t had a rush like that since ! ”

Sadly , the high - jumping ‘ Hop Rod ’ was eventually withdraw from commercial yield due to safety headache .

Nonetheless , despite possible doubts regarding safety issues , research and development of other choice for powered - pogo - stick has not stopped – work has progressed at at least three university .

University of California , Berkeley , US – The Pogomatic

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“ … a simple and furrowed machine [ … ] in the build of a ability serve pogo stick , which is capable of maintain a constant bounce height of several inch , without take any jump drive by the user . ”

Carnegie Mellon University , US – The Bowgo

“ … a new kind of pogo hold fast that bounces higher , far and more efficiently than established machine . ”

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Université de Sherbrooke , Canada – PSEUS project(Pogo - Stick Extreme of the University of Sherbrooke )

“ … we have ramp up a herculean gimmick which tolerate [ sic ] us to archive [ sic ] the initial mind : a higher leap of around 8 foot of [ sic ] the ground . ”

This situation originally appeared onImprobable Research .

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