# US 5,706,756 A · Flag for throwing

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- Number: US 5,706,756 A
- Document ID: US5706756A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/530,590
- Filed: 1995-09-19
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1995-09-19
- Inventors: Scott R. Cunningham; Heidi Cunningham
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5706756A

## CPC

- G09F 17/00: Flags; Banners; Mountings therefor
- A63B 2043/001: {Short-distance or low-velocity balls for training, or for playing on a reduced area}
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A flag for throwing having a flexible main body member, a flexible handle member having a first end attached to the main body member, and a throwing weight attached to the main body member. The throwing weight is attached to the main body member adjacent to the intersection of the handle member and the main body member, and is positioned in a pocket formed at the intersection of said main body member and said handle member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A flag for throwing, said flag comprising:
a. a pliant and planar main body member having first and second parallel opposing sides and third and fourth parallel opposing sides, said first and second opposing sides intersecting said third and fourth opposing sides;
b. a pliant handle member having a first end attached to said main body member at the intersection of said first and third sides, and extending outwardly from said main body member parallel to a longitudinal extension of said third side, said handle member having a width less than the length of said first side; and
c. a throwing weight attached to said main body member at the intersection of said handle member and said main body member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A flag as defined in claim 1 comprising:
a. a pocket formed at the intersection of said main body member and said handle member; and
b. said throwing weight positioned within said pocket.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A flag as defined in claim 2, wherein said throwing weight is a deformable weighted material.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

A flag as defined in claim 2, wherein said throwing weight is a granular deformable mass.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

A flag as defined in claim 2, wherein said throwing weight is sand.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A flag as defined in claim 1, wherein said main body member has a rectangular shape.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A flag as defined in claim 1, wherein said main body member has a square shape.

### Claim 8

A flag for throwing, said flag comprising:
a. a pliant and planar main body member having first and second parallel opposing sides and third and fourth parallel opposing sides, said first and second opposing sides intersecting said third and fourth opposing sides;
b. a pliant handle member having a first end attached to and extending outwardly from said main body member at the intersection of said first and third sides, and extending parallel to and coincident with a longitudinal extension of a hypothetical line connecting the intersection of said first and third sides with the intersection of said second and fourth sides; and
c. a throwing weight attached to said main body member at the intersection of said handle member and said main body member.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

A flag as defined in claim 8 comprising:
a. a pocket formed at the intersection of said main body member and said handle member; and
b. said throwing weight positioned within said pocket.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

A flag as defined in claim 9, wherein said throwing weight is a deformable mass.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

A flag as defined in claim 9, wherein said throwing weight is a granular deformable mass.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

A flag as defined in claim 9, wherein said throwing weight is sand.