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Snowball launching and batting apparatus

OwnerJohn Hinnen, IIIinventor

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Abstract

A snowball launching and batting apparatus comprising a barrel member, a handle member, and a knob feature, the handle member further comprising a primary cradle structure configured to accept, form, and store snow or snowballs. The apparatus further comprises a secondary cradle structure capable of coupling the primary cradle structure and configured to accept, form, and store snow or snowballs. The knob feature may further comprise a depression configured to form snowballs. The apparatus is further configured to have an extended and retracted state. A user inserts snow into the barrel and cradle structure to form a snowball and inserts it into the apparatus while in an extended state. Launching the snowballs from the apparatus may comprise swinging the apparatus or applying a force to the handle member to quickly move it from an extended state to a retracted state.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A snowball launching and batting apparatus, comprising:

a. a barrel member, the barrel member having a first opening and a second opening;
b. a handle member, the handle member having a first end and a second end;
c. a knob feature having an oblate ellipsoid structure and an elongate member;
d. the first opening of the barrel member further configured to accept the first end and the second end of the handle member;
e. the first opening of the barrel member further configured to accept an amount of snow or at least one snowball;
f. the second opening of the barrel member further comprising a plurality of threading structures disposed along an interior surface thereof, configured to couple and retain the second end of the handle member;
g. the second opening of the barrel member further comprising a plurality of threading structures disposed along an interior surface thereof, configured to couple and retain the first end of the handle member;
h. the first end of the handle member comprises a primary cradle structure configured to accept an amount of snow or at least one snowball;
i. the first end of the handle member further comprising a plurality of threading structures disposed along an exterior surface thereof and configured to couple and retain both the first opening of the barrel member and the second opening of the barrel member;
j. the second end of the handle member further comprising a plurality of threading structures disposed along an exterior surface thereof and configured to couple and retain the second opening of the barrel member;
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k. the primary cradle structure further configured to form a snowball when an amount of snow is pressed between the cradle member and a user's hand.

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Facts

Application: 15/971,941Filed 4 May 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 9 May 2017
Published: US 2018/0326272 A115 Nov 2018
Granted: 12 May 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A63B 60/38
Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like: structurally associated means for storing and dispensing balls
A63B 59/50
Bats, rackets, or the like, not covered by groups A63B49/00 - A63B57/00: substantially rod-shaped bats for hitting a ball in the air, e.g. for…
A63B 60/14
Handles: coverings specially adapted for handles, e.g. sleeves or ribbons
A63B 65/122
Ball-throwing apparatus with or without catchers ; Mechanical projectors, e.g. using spring force: hand-held mechanical projectors, e.g. for balls