Disc launching and catching device

A method of launching a flying disc, said method comprising:

• providing a device including:
• a frame having a handle section and an open forked section, said opened forked section including a pair of opposing forks wherein each said fork has a distal end and a proximal end with the distal end being free and the proximal end adjoining the proximal end of the opposing fork;
• and,
• flexible material located between said opposing forks and being attached to said opposing forks so as to be capable of forming a relatively deep elongated channel having an open end such that a forceful swing of the device will cause a flying disc located in the channel to roll in the channel and out through the open end of the channel at a high rate of speed;
• placing a flying disc in the channel of the flexible material adjacent the proximal ends of the forks;
• and,
• swinging the device so that the flying disc rolls in the channel and out through the open end of the channel at a high rate of speed, said swinging action thereby launching the flying disc and imparting a spinning action to the flying disc as it is launched.

A method of launching a flying disc, said method comprising:

• providing a device including:
• a frame having a handle section and an open forked section, said opened forked section including a pair of opposing forks wherein each said fork has a distal end and a proximal end with the distal end being free and the proximal end adjoining the proximal end of the opposing fork at a pivot point;
• and,
• flexible material located between said opposing forks and being attached to said opposing forks so as to be capable of forming a relatively deep elongated channel having an open end such that a forceful swing of the device will cause a flying disc located in the channel to roll in the channel and out through the open end of the channel at a high rate of speed, and wherein said forks cooperate with each other so that when the proximal ends of said forks are gripped and squeezed the forks pivot about the pivot point and move inwardly towards each other to form said channel in said flexible material, said forks further being outwardly biased relative to each other so that they spring back about the pivot point to an open position when a user's grip on the forks' proximal ends is released.
• providing a flying disc;
• gripping and squeezing the proximal ends of the forks so that the forks pivot about the pivot point and move inwardly towards each other to form said channel in said flexible material;
• placing the flying disc in the channel of the flexible material adjacent the proximal ends of the forks;
• and,
• swinging the device so that the flying disc rolls in the channel and out through the open end of the channel at a high rate of speed, said swinging action thereby launching the flying disc and imparting a spinning action to the flying disc as it is launched.

A method of catching an airborne flying disc, said method comprising:

• providing a device including:
• a frame having a handle section and an open forked section, said opened forked section including a pair of opposing forks wherein each said fork has a distal end and a proximal end with the distal end being free and the proximal end adjoining the proximal end of the opposing fork at a pivot point;
• and,
• flexible material located between said opposing forks and being attached to said opposing forks so as to be capable of forming a relatively deep elongated channel having an open end such that a forceful swing of the device will cause a flying disc located in the channel to roll in the channel and out through the open end of the channel at a high rate of speed, and wherein said forks cooperate with each other so that when the proximal ends of said forks are gripped and squeezed the forks pivot about the pivot point and move inwardly towards each other to form said channel in said flexible material, said forks further being outwardly biased relative to each other so that they spring back about the pivot point to an open position when a user's grip on the forks' proximal ends is released.
• providing an airborne flying disc;
• catching the airborne flying disc in the flexible material of the device with the forks of the device in a generally open position and then immediately gripping and squeezing the proximal ends of the forks of the device to close the forks so that the disc is held between the forks and in the channel of the flexible material formed by closing the forks.

A flying disc of the type for throwing through the air which includes:

• a circular central portion defining a generally flat upper surface and a generally flat underside surface;
• a rim circumscribing the circular central portion;
• and,
• a section of curvature adjoining said central portion curving downwardly to a point of juncture with said rim;
• and,
• wherein the improvement comprises a frustoconically shaped section having a larger diameter end and a smaller diameter end and wherein said larger diameter end is secured to said underside surface of said circular central portion such that said frustoconically shaped section is axially aligned with said circular central portion, said smaller diameter end defining a hole in communication with the interior of said frustoconically shaped section so as to provide the flying disc with a vented interior chamber.