Lifting and propelling sling for bowling balls
OwnerWilliam J. Leehaninventor
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Abstract
A strong flexible lightweight sling for lifting and propelling a bowling ball avoids the necessity for drilling finger grip openings in the ball and allows any bowler to bowl successfully with any ball. The annular body portion of the sling is adapted to completely surround a bowling ball snugly in a region below the maximum diameter plane of the ball and to have its diameter adjusted for convenient application to the ball and safe lifting and propelling without slippage. Flexible finger grip loops are employed to swing and release the bowling bowl with precision and to accomplish the girth adjustment of the sling body on the ball.
Claims9
A lifting and propelling sling for bowling balls comprising a flexible band body portion which is endless and adapted to completely surround a bowling ball snugly in a region below the maximum diameter plane of the ball, and a pair of flexible finger grip loops connected with the band body portion and adapted to extend above the band body portion and somewhat above the bowling ball and being engageable above the ball by fingers of a bowler using the sling to bowl.
An entirely flexible sling for a bowling ball comprising an expandable and contractable flexible band body portion of endless construction adapted to assume an annular form around a bowling ball snugly and in conformance to the spherical surface of the ball in a region of the ball below its maximum diameter plane, and a pair of equal length identically formed flexible finger grip loops attached to the band body portion at opposite side portions thereof and adapted to be extended upwardly and over the top of the ball for lifting and propelling the ball in a bowling mode, and the width of the band body portion being substantially less than the radius of a bowling ball of conventional size.
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