Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Projectile tethered to hand-held – apertured manipulator
Patent
1987-06-01
1988-04-26
Grieb, William H.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Projectile tethered to hand-held, apertured manipulator
273412, 273DIG30, A63B 6700
Patent
active
047399937
ABSTRACT:
An electrically powered device for tossing and catching a ball includes a cup portion configured to receive the ball and having an internal push member which can be reciprocated within the cup portion. Both the push member and the ball preferably are coated with Velcro material to hold the ball to the push member, and a coil spring is provided between the push member and the bottom wall of the cup portion to urge the push member in an upward position adjacent the open end of the cup portion. A solenoid or other electrically-powered device is provided for retracting the push member within the cup portion to enable a user to catch the ball within the cup portion, and a latching bar is provided to hold the push member in its retracted position. Additionally, a switch is provided to withdraw the latching bar from its engagement with the push member after catching the ball so the ball can be forcibly ejected from the cup member by the action of the coil spring. In this way, the device can be used to toss a Velcro-covered ball towards a playmate having a comparable device for catching the tossed ball and thereafter the playmate can activate the switch on his device to return the Velcro-covered ball.
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patent: 4266778 (1981-05-01), Sine
patent: 4303247 (1981-12-01), Fain
Dunne Gerard F.
Grieb William H.
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