US 5,490,668 AGranted

Football practice place-kicking tee

AssigneeSteve Duke

InventorJames L. Ritch

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Abstract

An aid for an assisted practicing of football place-kicks. The device is fabricated of economical elements of p.v.c. conduit and fittings. The device includes an elongated upright p.v.c. conduit substantially longer than the length of a football, and connected at one end thereof into a first p.v.c. right angle elbow fitting. A horizontal leg of p.v.c. conduit shorter than the upright leg is also connected at one end thereof into the first elbow fitting. A second right angle elbow fitting is rotatably fitted onto the other end of the horizontal leg so as to freely rotate with respect to the horizontal leg as a kicker's foot strikes the football. This generally inverted L-shaped device is thus structured to have the lower portion of the upright leg embedded into the ground whereby the open end of the second p.v.c. elbow fitting, oriented facing downwardly, supportively engages over the upper end of the football.

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A football practice place-kicking tee for holding an American football in a substantially upright position for practice kicking, comprising:

an inverted substantially L-shaped member, said member having first and second elongated leg sections and each leg section having first and second ends, said first end of said first leg section being rigidly connected to said first end of said second leg section by a right angle (90.degree.) elbow connector member;
a second right angle (90.degree.) elbow being rotatably connected to said second end of said first leg section and being freely rotatable thereon;
said second leg section having a length substantially greater than the length of an American football and said second end thereof being loosely insertable into the ground to thereby place said second leg section substantially vertical and said first leg section substantially horizontal and spaced from the ground;
said second elbow, having a downwardly facing open free end for engaging the upper end of an American football when held upright by said L-shaped member, will freely rotate on said second end of said first leg and said second leg will rotate about its longitudinal axis.

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