Object forming and launching apparatus and method

Details Object forming and launching apparatus and method Object forming and launching apparatus and method

2006-10-31

2006-10-31

Heckenburg, Donald (Department: 1722)

Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus

Means excavating from a bulk source with simultaneous shaping

C425S318000, C124S005000, C280S819000, C279S129000

Reexamination Certificate

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07128556

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is an apparatus, including a shaft; a scoop, coupled to a distal end of the shaft, for collecting and holding a bolus of a compressible medium, the compressible medium retaining a post-compressed shape when operated from a proximal end of the shaft; and a former, coupled to the scoop and mating with the scoop, for molding and compressing the bolus into a generally spherical ball retained within the scoop. A method for forming a throwable ball, includes scooping a bolus of a compressible medium with a scoop coupled to a distal end of a shaft, the compressible medium retaining a post-compressed shape; and molding compressively the bolus into the scoop using a former coupled to the distal end, wherein the molding step creates the ball retained in the scoop when a user operates a proximal end of the shaft.

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Abstract for DE 20300813U1, undated.
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