Games using tangible projectile – Playing field or court game; game element or accessory... – Practice or training device
Patent
1996-02-09
1997-03-18
Grieb, William H.
Games using tangible projectile
Playing field or court game; game element or accessory...
Practice or training device
473573, 473575, A63B 4300
Patent
active
056115407
ABSTRACT:
A tethered ball apparatus includes an attachment assembly for attachment to a rigid support. A swivel assembly is connected to the attachment assembly, and an elastic cord is connected to the swivel assembly. A cord receiver includes an externally threaded screw portion, and the elastic cord is connected to the cord receiver. A ball assembly includes an internally threaded anchor embedded in a portion of the ball assembly, and the externally threaded screw portion of the cord receiver is screwed into the internally threaded anchor. In one embodiment, the attachment assembly includes a support-attaching screw eye. In another embodiment, the attachment assembly includes a strap assembly which contains a quantity of a hook-containing fabric and a quantity of a complementary loop-containing fabric. The swivel assembly includes a swiveling strap eye bolt snap. The elastic cord is comprised of bungee cord material. The cord receiver includes a ball-attaching screw eye. The internally threaded anchor in the ball assembly is comprised of an internally threaded hollow cylindrical anchor which further includes external threads. The ball assembly may be a football which has two pointed ends, and the internally threaded anchor is located in the football at one of the pointed ends. With a football, the ball assembly includes an exterior jacket portion, and an inflated internal tube portion. The internally threaded anchor is secured into a pointed end of the exterior jacket portion of the ball assembly.
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Williams James J.
Williams Sean P.
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