A63B 69/40
Stationarily-arranged devices for projecting balls or other bodies
Official title: Stationarily-arranged devices for projecting balls {or other bodies} ({golf cups with ball ejector means A63B57/405;} traps for clay-pigeon targets F41J9/18)
A63B69/40 (Stationarily-arranged devices for projecting balls or other bodies) appears on 799 US grants and 561 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 799
- Published applications
- 561
- Assignees
- 262
- Inventors
- 1,142
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2004 | 21 | 10 |
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| 2006 | 14 | 22 |
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| 2020 | 29 | 26 |
| 2021 | 32 | 36 |
| 2022 | 20 | 19 |
| 2023 | 30 | 33 |
| 2024 | 29 | 33 |
| 2025 | 36 | 24 |
| 2026 | 14 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Basketball launching apparatus providing multiple types of basketball passes, related systems and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,746,449 B1Shoot-A-Way, Inc.
- Basketball launching apparatus providing next pass indications, related systems and methods1 Sep 2026US 12,722,064 B1Shoot-A-Way, Inc.
- Systems and methods for determining whether a ball is present in a staging area of a ball-throwing machine25 Aug 2026US 12,714,909 B2TOCA Football, Inc.
- Projection system30 Jun 2026US 12,667,766 B2Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Automatic ball machine apparatus utilizing player identification and player tracking30 Jun 2026US 12,667,767 B2Volley LLC
- Automatic ball machine apparatus utilizing player identification and player tracking1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295361 A1Volley LLC
- Ball game practice apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263894 A1
- Billiard ball launching device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249164 A1
- Timed object delivery indicator system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241260 A1
- Ball return system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224946 A1TRK Corporation
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By later US patents
- Ball throwing assistant484US 6,539,931 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2003
- Apparatus and method for assessment and biofeedback training of body coordination skills critical and ball-strike power and accuracy during athletic activitites279US 5,697,791 A1997
- Participatory play structure having discrete play articles153US 5,853,332 A1998
- Ball catching frame with ball expelling machine connected thereto145US 4,883,272 A1989
- Programmable baseball pitching apparatus130US 5,464,208 AWNAN, Inc. · 1995