Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Projectile tethered to hand-held – apertured manipulator
Patent
1992-08-21
1994-03-01
Grieb, William H.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Projectile tethered to hand-held, apertured manipulator
A63B 5902
Patent
active
052900398
ABSTRACT:
An unitary ball hurling and catching scoop is described comprising crescent-shaped receptacle and handle segments. The receptacle segment includes a remote up-sloped section connected to a pocket section. The pocket section is connected to the handle segment. In shape, the up-sloped and pocket sections are U-shaped in transverse cross section and include a curved floor and a pair of upright side walls terminating in a pair of coextensive and coplanar upper edges. Between the side walls, a longitudinal entryway is formed. The upper edges of the entryway mimic the shape of the inner edge of a crescent and define different depths within the up-sloped and pocket sections wherein the depth values change from a minimum at the up-sloped section to a maximum at the pocket section. The handle segment has a triangular cross section and includes a flat upper surface and a pair of sloped side surfaces oriented with respect to the entryway such that the flat upper surface and the entryway face in a common direction. The user grips the handle segment so as to emulate a throwing motion: his palm is placed along the apex of the sloped side surfaces with the palm and entryway facing in the common direction. The index and middle fingers are placed on opposite sides of the apex. The ends of the remaining thumb and fingers contact the upper surface. In that way, a baseball pitcher's grip on a baseball is emulated wherein the pronation efficiency of the wrist is utilized.
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Grieb William H.
Messner Harold D.
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