Game apparatus

• US 5,429,351 A
• Filed: 05/19/1994
• Issued: 07/04/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hanson, Thomas E.
• Original Assignee: Hanson, Thomas E.
• Inventors: Hanson, Thomas E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Application Number:
  US08/245,969
• Time in Patent Office: 411 Days
• Field of Search: 273/415, 273/65 A, 273/58 F
• US Class Current: 473/594
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 65/00 Implements for throwing throwing toys A63H33/18 ; Mechanical projectors, e.g. using spring force

Abstract

A hand bag for striking by a back of a game player'"'"'s hand comprises first and second panels stitched about their periphery and containing fluid pellets of a high density polyethylene material therein. Lacing further extends about the stitched periphery to further secure the panels while protecting the initial stitching. The panels are configured to complement the back of the user'"'"'s hand so that upon striking a desired lift and airborne flight is imparted to the bag.

Claims

1. A game hand bag comprising:

a pair of congruent upper and lower circular panels formed of a resilient material and each presenting a periphery, said panels presenting congruent surfaces;

a line of stitching for joining said panel peripheries in alignment to present a housing therebetween, said stitching allowing for a maximum allowable displacement between said panels at an imaginary common vertical axis passing through a center of each panel;

a plurality of pellets disposed within said housing, said pellets displacing said aligned panels at a minimum at said aligned peripheries and successively increasing to a maximum at the common vertical axis, said pellets cooperating with said panels to present a generally ellipsoid configuration to said hand bag;

lacing extending about said stitched panel peripheries and across said line of stitching for maintaining said line of stitching of said panel peripheries and said ellipsoid configuration of said hand bag, whereby contact of the panels of the hand bag with a back of a player'"'"'s hand imparts effective lift thereto.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said panels are of a garment suede material.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said lacing is of a leather material, said lacing projecting beyond the sewn periphery to defer direct contact of said stitching during hand bag use.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said pellets are rounded in configuration to allow fluid movement therebetween.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein each panel is approximately three inches in diameter.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said displacement between said panels of said hand bag at said central axis is approximately one inch.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said pellets between said panels increase in quantity from said panel peripheries towards said central axis.