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US 4,049,267 AGranted
Football place-kicking device
OwnerCharles Phelps Forrestinventor
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Abstract
A football place-kicking device for holding a football at any desired kicking position on a playing surface to practice place-kicking. The device includes a base, an L-shaped arm extending laterally from the base arranged to pivot on the base in a vertical plane, and a semi-rigid horizontal ball-engaging arm extending horizontally from the upper end of the L-shaped arm to support a football between the base and the ball-engaging arm.
Claims8
A football place-kicking device comprising:
- a. a base adapted to support the lower end of a football;
- b. an upright arm mounted on said base for pivotal movement in a vertical plane relative to said base;
- c. a rigid upper arm and a rigid lower arm, each having one of its ends attached to said upright arm and each extending substantially horizontally from said upright arm, said lower arm portion having its other end frictionally attached to said base so as to allow said upright arm to pivot in a vertical plane;
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- d. a semi-rigid ball-engaging arm mounted on the other end of said upper arm portion, said ball-engaging arm being adapted to be deformed for engagement with the upper end of a football when supported on said base, for holding said footall in a substantially upright position.
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