Ball throwing and catching scoop

In a ball tossing and catching scoop, the combination comprising,

• a longitudinally extending receptacle member and a handle member connected to said receptacle member, said receptacle member including a remotely positioned sloped section and a pocket section integrally connected to said sloped section, said receptacle member resembling a crescent in side elevation but wherein ball tossing and catching functions are confined to said sloped and pocket sections of said receptacle member only, said sloped and pocket sections being U-shaped in transverse cross section to define a cavity and entryway thereto to catch and throw a ball, said handle member including a wall means having an outer surface of angulated cross section defining a longitudinally extending apex oriented with respect to said entryway of said sloped and pocket sections of said receptacle member such that said apex and said entryway face in opposite directions with respect to each other,
• a user having a hand for forming a grip about said handle member, said hand also including a longitudinally extending axis, a palm, a wrist bisected by said axis and a series of digits extending from said palm, said palm and said digits being placed on said handle member so that said palm and said entryway of said receptacle face in a common direction and said palm contacts said longitudinally extending apex of said wall means of said handle member along said longitudinally axis whereby pronation efficiency of said wrist is promoted to better throw and catch a ball within said receptacle member,
• said wall means of said handle member being of a transverse triangular cross section defining first, second and third surfaces oriented such that said first surface defines a longitudinal plane that is coextensive of and project in close proximity to said entryway and said second and third surfaces are angled from said longitudinal plane and contact each other to form said longitudinally extending apex oriented with respect to said entryway wherein said grip includes the placement of adjacent digits of said hand of said user in surface contact with said second and third surfaces to substantially emulate that of a baseball pitcher's fingers on the seams of baseball.

In a ball tossing and catching scoop, the combination comprising

• a ball of good elasticity having a radius R1,
• a longitudinally extending receptacle member and a handle member connected to said receptacle member, said receptacle member including a remotely positioned sloped section and a pocket section integrally connected to said sloped section, said receptacle member resembling a crescent in side elevation but wherein ball tossing and catching functions are confined to said sloped and pocket sections of said receptacle member only, said sloped and pocket sections being U-shaped in transverse cross section to define a cavity and entryway thereto to catch and throw a ball therein,
• said handle member including a wall means having an outer surface of angulated cross section defining a longitudinally extending apex oriented with respect to said entryway of said sloped and pocket sections of said receptacle member such that said apex and said entryway face in opposite directions with respect to each other whereby increased flexibility and accuracy in catching and throwing said ball is achieved,
• said sloped and pocket sections of said receptacle member also including a floor and side walls connected to said floor, said side walls extending transversely to terminating upper edges coincident with said entryway, said floor being curved and including a nadir region at its interior and an apex region at its exterior, both said nadir and apex regions being concave with respect to said entryway, said curved floor of said sloped and pocket sections of said receptacle member relative to said entryway, defining a series of transverse formation centers C longitudinally extending said sloped and pocket sections, said formations centers C defining a series of radii R relative to said radius Ri of said ball wherein said radii R of said formation centers are always equal to or greater than R1,
• said pocket section also including a reverse-slope segment, a bowl segment and an initializing segment joined integrally end-to-end longitudinally together and in which said sloped section also includes a transition segment and an entry segment joined integrally end-to-end longitudinally together, said transition segment of said sloped section integrally connected to said initializing segment of said pocket section wherein a series of height values H are defined between said upper edges of said side walls and said nadir region of said floor that relate to said radius R1 of said ball,
• said bowl segment of said pocket section defining a height value H2 equal to 3 times R1 where R1 is the radius of said ball.