Hand held ball throwing implement
OwnerJoseph H. Woolardinventor
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Abstract
A ball throwing implement (10) is disclosed which includes a flexible shaft (12) having at one end a threaded portion (16) on which a stop disk (18) is movably mounted. A ball or similar game element (20) having a diametral bore (22) is slipped over the end of the flexible shaft into position against the stop disk. On the other side of the ball from the stop disk, a resilient release element is incorporated in the shaft so that it bears against the wall of the diametral bore. By moving the stop disk to adjust the extent of engagement of the diametral bore with the release element, the force required to throw the ball from the shaft may be adjusted.
Claims4
An improved ball throwing implement, comprising:
- an elongated, flexible shaft having a grip end;
- radially extending resilient means positioned near the opposite end of said shaft for frictionally engaging the wall of a diametral bore provided in a game element to be thrown by said implement;
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- axially adjustable stop means positioned adjacent said resilient means for adjusting the extent of engagement of a diametral bore in a game element with said resilient means, whereby the force required to throw a game element from the implement can be selectively varied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.