Tennis ball delivery device
OwnerHadi Morshed, Nicholas A. Morshedinventors
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Abstract
A tennis ball delivery device for use in practicing one's tennis stroke. The device includes an adjustable frame, at least one declining ball delivery conduit carried by the frame in an upper portion thereof, a declining ball discharge shoot carried by and communicating with the delivery conduit and a ball release mechanism carried by the discharge conduit. The release mechanism allows a single ball to fall from the shoot in response to the activation thereof. A depending handle that can be easily struck by the player's racket in initiating their tennis stroke is operatively connected to the release mechanism so as to effect the release of the ball.
Claims13
A tennis ball delivery device adapted to be activated by a player while practicing one's tennis stroke, said device comprising an adjustable frame, at least one declining ball delivery conduit carried by said frame in an upper portion thereof, a declining ball discharge chute carried by and communicating with said delivery conduit and a ball release mechanism operatively associated with said discharge chute so as to allow a single ball to fall from said chute in response to activation thereof, said mechanism including means responsive to engagement for activating said ball release mechanism, said means being positioned so as to be engaged by the player's racket while practicing a tennis stroke.
A tennis ball delivery device for use in practicing one's tennis stroke, said device comprising an adjustable frame, a first declining ball delivery conduit carried by said frame in an upper portion thereof, a first declining ball discharge chute carried by and communicating with said first delivery conduit and a ball release mechanism carried by said discharge chute, said mechanism allowing a single ball to fall from said chute in response to activation thereof, means for activating said ball release mechanism, a second declining ball delivery conduit, a second ball discharge chute carried by and communicating with said second delivery conduit, said first and second conduits being disposed in an adjacent helical juxtaposition and said first and second discharge chutes extending first and second conduits in opposed directions.
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