Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1991-06-12
1992-11-03
Brown, Theatrice
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
124 56, 273 29A, 273 26R, A63B 6940
Patent
active
051601311
ABSTRACT:
Batting skills are improved by a practice routine in which a pneumatic ball projection system projects a ball upwardly to a position at which the batter can hit the ball, with the upward projection providing the batter with means for improving his timing. The subject system replaces those systems in which a ball is placed on top of a tee, and also replaces pneumatic systems which merely suspend the ball in mid air at an appropriate batting position. In one embodiment, a plurality of balls are loaded into a chute within a housing, with the chute being angled downwardly. A foot-actuated switch or other timing mechanism removes a barrier at the end of a chute to permit the ball to roll down into a steeply angled conduit which makes an angled connection with a projection tube or barrel having a blower at one end and having an exit nozzle at the other end, with the exit nozzle pointing upwardly such that the initial horizontal ball direction is redirected along a vertical path. The subject system may be utilized both out of doors and indoors, assuming that a net is placed to intercept the ball after is has been hit.
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Brown Theatrice
Tendler Robert K.
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