Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1974-12-30
1976-04-06
Apley, Richard J.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
273197A, 273 26E, A63B 6100
Patent
active
039485170
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for practising stroking a ball with a racket as in the game of tennis which provides an indication of correct execution of a stroke comprising a racket target means and a rotating ball means. The rotating ball means is mounted for rotation in a vertical plane upon being struck. A path defining means is provided which arrests the rotation of the ball except when it has been hit correctly.
The racket target means is a U-shaped frame mounted on the upper end of a vertically upstanding support member. The U-shaped frame member is mounted such that its legs extend horizontally from the support post. The free end of each leg being remote from the support post and being co-planar in a substantially vertical plane. A tethered ball is suspended from the upper leg of said U-shaped frame such that when the ball is hit by a racket it will travel in a substantially vertical plane around the longitudinal axis of the upper leg. The upper leg is also provided with a pair of upstanding arms, one arm being mounted on one side of the vertical plane of travel of the ball and the other arm is mounted on the other side of the vertical plane of travel such that when the ball is hit correctly the ball will travel the vertical plane without the tether line touching the arms and if the ball is hit incorrectly the tether line will hit at least one of the arms.
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patent: 3341200 (1967-09-01), Brandley
Apley Richard J.
Brown T.
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