Throwing device
OwnerRoger Sieversinventor
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Abstract
Throwing devices are described. In one embodiment, a throwing device includes a spring-actuated throwing arm wherein a cup member is disposed at an end of the throwing arm and is adapted to allow a user to pick up an object to be thrown by the throwing device without touching the object. In another embodiment, a throwing device includes a tension adjustment member, by which a user can adjust the tension applied to the launching spring, thereby adjusting the launch range of the throwing device.
Claims28
A device for throwing balls, toys or other safe objects comprising:
- a throwing arm comprising a cup member and a handle, wherein the throwing arm is adapted to be cocked in a cocked position;
- a launching spring adapted to actuate the throwing arm about a pivot point from the cocked position to a throwing position;
- a shroud which substantially encloses the throwing arm along the arc from the cocked position to the throwing position, wherein the shroud comprises an opening along the arc to allow a user to move the throwing arm to the cocked position;
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- wherein the cup member is adapted to receive an object.
A device for throwing balls, toys or other safe objects comprising:
- a throwing arm comprising a cup member and a handle, wherein the throwing arm is adapted to be cocked in a cocked position;
- a launching spring adapted to actuate the throwing arm about a pivot point from the cocked position to a throwing position;
- wherein the cup member is adapted to receive an object;
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- wherein the throwing device further comprises a shroud which substantially encloses the throwing arm along an arc from the cocked position to the throwing position, and wherein the shroud comprises an opening along the arc and a slide adapted to engage the cup member of the throwing arm through the opening in the shroud.
A device for throwing balls, toys or other safe objects comprising:
- a throwing arm comprising a cup member and a handle, wherein the throwing arm is adapted to be cocked in a cocked position;
- a launching spring adapted to actuate the throwing arm about a pivot point from the cocked position to a throwing position;
- wherein the cup member comprises a base end, a top end, a first side edge, a second side edge, and an inner surface, wherein a radius of the inner surface of the cup member increases between the base end and the top end, wherein the cup member further comprises a first finger extending upward from the first side edge, a second finger extending upward from the second side edge, and at least one finger extending from the top end, and wherein the cup member is adapted to releasably grip an object;
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- wherein the throwing device further comprises a shroud substantially enclosing the throwing arm along an arc from the cocked position to the throwing position, and wherein the shroud comprises an opening along the arc and a slide adapted to engage the cup member of the throwing arm through the opening in the shroud.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.