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US 4,049,270 AGranted
Tethered ball and shaft game device
OwnerAdrian W. McCall, William L. Kellogginventors
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Abstract
A game device providing exercise and recreation preferably for two players, which comprises a staff with a ball connected to the mid portion of the staff by a line having an adjustable length, the staff having end pads affixed to each end of the staff enabling the ends to be positioned against the bodies of two players such that the staff is horizontally oriented, the players oscillating in unison to wind and unwind the ball and line on the staff.
Claims4
A ball and staff game device comprising:
- an elongated staff with distally spaced opposite ends;
- a pair of enlarged end pads connected to the opposite ends of the staff for horizontal support of the staff;
- a line of predetermined length having first and second ends;
- a ball, wherein the first end of the line is connected to said ball and the second end of the line is connected to said staff, said line having a substantial segment pendant from the staff approximately midpoint along the staff;
- and, a line adjustment means connected to said second end of the line for adjusting the length of the segment of line pendant from the staff, wherein said adjustment means comprises an adjustable slide mechanism slidably engaged with said staff said slide mechanism having a plurality of positions on said staff to which it is movable, said slide mechanism having clamping means for maintaining said slide mechanism at the position to which it is moved, said second end of said line being connected to said slide mechanism, wherein said staff comprises a hollow tube, said tube having a longitudinal slot along a portion of said staff and an aperture proximately displaced from said slot, and wherein said slide mechanism includes a tang insertable in said slot, said line being connected to said tang and passed through said hollow tube and out said aperture.
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A ball and staff game device comprising:
- an elongated staff with distally spaced opposite ends;
- a pair of enlarged end pads connected to the opposite ends of the staff for horizontal support of the staff;
- a line of predetermined length having first and second ends;
- a ball, wherein the first end of the line is connected to said ball and the second end of the line is connected to said staff, said line having a substantial segment pendant from the staff approximately midpoint along the staff;
- and, a line adjustment means connected to said second end of the line for adjusting the length of the segment of line pendant from the staff, wherein said adjustment means comprises a key stop mechanism engageable in a plurality of discrete stop positions on said staff, said second end of said line being connected to said stop mechanism.
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A ball and staff game device comprising:
- an elongated staff with distally spaced opposite ends;
- a pair of enlarged end pads connected to the opposite ends of the staff for horizontal support of the staff;
- a line of predetermined length having first and second ends;
- a ball, wherein the first end of the line is connected to said ball and the second end of the line is connected to said staff, said line having a substantial segment pendant from the staff approximately midpoint along the staff;
- and, a line adjustment means connected to said second end of the line for adjusting the length of the segment of line pendant from the staff, wherein said staff comprises a hollow tube, said tube having a longitudinal slot along a portion of said staff and an aperture proximately displaced from said slot, and wherein said line adjustment means includes a stop mechanism engageable with said slot and moveable with respect to said slot to a plurality of positions on said slot, said line being connected to said stop mechanism and passed through said hollow tube and out said aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.