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Game ball training apparatus/carrier

  • US 5,280,843 A
  • Filed: 01/27/1992
  • Issued: 01/25/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A game ball training device/carrier assembly for use with a game ball, comprising:

  • a net for receiving and holding the game ball;

    a handle adapted to be retained within a user'"'"'s hand;

    a length adjuster having a body part with first and second ends, and a relatively movable locking slide part defining with said body part two paths at opposite sides of the slide part, wherein the body part has an outer portion including a tab for retaining a portion of the tether external to the body portion and between the first end and the second end of the body part; and

    an elongated substantially inelastic tether in a predetermined threading configuration through the length adjuster, wherein a first end of the tether is attached to the handle and the tether is threaded through one of the paths of the length adjuster, through the net, and from the first end to the second end of the body part through the other path of the length adjuster such that a second end of the tether is retained by the slide part adjacent the second end of the body part;

    wherein said predetermined threading configuration enables the user to alter a spacing between the handle and the net by holding the length adjuster and pulling back on the handle.

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