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US 2009/0023523 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for collecting projectile game pieces
OwnerGary Poillucciinventor
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Abstract
A projectile sports game piece collector provides for receipt of game pieces into a housing through an inlet aperture and an inclined conduit leading to a game piece repository. A compliant impact surface dissipates the kinetic energy of received game pieces before receipt into the repository.
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A projectile sports game piece collector comprising:
- a housing having a lower end for resting on a playing surface, and defining at a front portion an inlet aperture proximate the lower end and sized to receive a projectile game piece directed into the inlet aperture with an entrance momentum:
- the housing further defining an internal game piece repository for accumulating received projectile game pieces;
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- a conduit disposed between the inlet aperture and the repository and configured to redirect the momentum of received projectile game pieces towards the repository.
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A portable game piece collector comprising:
- a housing having a front surface defining an inlet aperture for receiving game pieces with an inlet momentum;
- a game piece repository disposed above the inlet aperture adjacent the front surface;
- a conduit extending into the housing from the inlet aperture and configured to redirect the momentum of a game piece received at the inlet aperture towards the repository;
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- a compliant impact surface configured to dissipate the kinetic energy of a received game piece such that the game piece falls into the game piece repository.
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A method of collecting projectile game pieces, the method comprising:
- positioning a portable game piece collector on a playing surface, the collector comprising a housing defining an inlet aperture in a front surface of the housing for receiving projectile game pieces, a repository for retaining received projectile game pieces and a conduit for redirecting the momentum of received game pieces into the repository;
- receiving a projectile game piece at the inlet aperture;
- redirecting the momentum of a received game piece towards the repository;
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- receiving the game piece into the repository.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.