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US 2002/0151391 A1Published application
Object throwing and catching device
OwnerMarc R. Gelinasinventor
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Abstract
An object throwing and catching apparatus includes a flexible web having a first tubular end, a second tubular end, a first side edge, a second side edge, a pair of handles for inserting into the first and second tubular edges, and two pieces of an elongate, stretchable component, one attached to the first side edge and another attached to the second side edge.
Claims19
An apparatus for throwing and catching an object, said apparatus comprising:
- a flexible web panel having a first tubular end and a second tubular end forming a sling portion therebetween, said sling portion having a first edge and a second edge, a first stretchable component attached to said first edge, and a second stretchable component attached to said second edge;
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- a first elongate handle inside said first tubular end and a second elongate handle inside said second tubular end.
An object throwing and catching game kit comprising:
- a first rigid handle;
- a second rigid handle;
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- a flexible, elongate web having first and second tubular ends, and parallel side edges wherein each of said edges has a stretchable component attached thereto, said first and second tubular ends each having sufficient interior dimension for sliding receipt of said first and second rigid handle.
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A method of making an object throwing and catching device, said method comprising:
- cuffing a piece of flexible material into a predetermined rectangular shape having a shorter first end and second end;
- folding and fastening said first end onto itself forming a first tubular hem;
- folding and fastening said second end onto itself forming a second tubular hem wherein said first tubular hem and said second tubular hem each have a longer first edge and second edge along said piece of flexible material between said first and second tubular hems;
- cutting two pieces of a stretchable material component such that each piece is about the length of said first and second edge;
- attaching one piece of said stretchable material component along said first edge and the other piece of said stretchable material component along said second edge;
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- cutting two pieces of an elongate, rigid material having an outside diameter for sliding receipt into said first and second tubular hems and being approximately equal in length to said first and second tubular hems.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.