String shooting device
AssigneeZipstring LLC
InventorsStephen Giovanni Fazio, Austin Mark Hillam
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Abstract
Provided herein is a string shooting device, and more particularly, a string shooting device having that is wearable and operable by hand gestures or body movement. Embodiments include a wearable device for propelling a string including: a string shooting device; a band configured to attach to a body part of a user; and a holder, where the holder is secured by the band to the user; where, in response to the body part of the user being in a first position, the string shooting device is not actuated, and where in response to the body part of the user being in a second position, the string shooting device is actuated.
Claims20
A device for propelling a string comprising:
- a body including a cavity;
- a pair of wheels attached to the body, wherein at least one wheel of the pair of wheels is a driven wheel, the driven wheel rotatable in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction;
- a gap disposed between the pair of wheels, and wherein during use the string is propelled through the gap by the driven wheel in a first direction distal to a user;
- an extension supported by the body and extending therefrom;
- at least one strap configured to attach to a wrist of a user, and to position the extension within a palm of the user;
- wherein an actuator is positioned on the palm within reach of at least one finger of the user in response to the at least one strap attaching to the wrist of the user and, wherein the actuator is configured to cause the driven wheel to be driven in the first direction in response to actuation, and in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to move the string toward the cavity.
A device for propelling a string comprising:
- a body;
- a cavity associated with the body;
- a pair of wheels attached to the body, wherein at least one wheel of the pair of wheels is a driven wheel, wherein the pair of wheels defines a gap therebetween, wherein a looped string is propelled through the gap by the driven wheel rotating in a first direction;
- at least one strap configured to attach to a wrist of a user, and to hold the body against the wrist of the user along a length of the body;
- a housing at least partially covering the pair of wheels, wherein the housing defines an exit aperture through which the string is propelled and an intake aperture, wherein an opening is defined between the housing and the cavity;
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- an actuator, wherein the actuator is operable by the user using a hand associated with the wrist to cause the driven wheel to be driven in the first direction wherein the pair of wheels are configured to propel the looped string through the exit aperture away from the device and return the looped string to the intake aperture through the opening in response to the driven wheel rotating in the first direction and retrieve the looped string into the cavity in response to the driven wheel rotating in a second direction, opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.