Football practice aid
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1. In a ball apparatus for players in the practice of throwing and receiving a ball, the thrown ball having a capacity for being returned to a player in an opposite direction comprising:
- a thermoplastic ball of ellipsoidal configuration defining a first nose and a second nose at respective ends of the ball and having an end-to-end hollow chamber extending through the ball along its longitudinal axis,a first end cap having an apertured nose portion snugly covering the first nose and enclosing the chamber at said first end of the ball and having an integral central inwardly-projecting tubular portion received in the chamber and communicating with the aperture of the nose portion,a second end cap having a nose portion snugly covering the second nose and enclosing the chamber at a second end of the ball and having an integral central inwardly-projecting tubular portion received in the chamber,an end-to-end tubing seated in the chamber and communicating with the first and second end caps,an elongated elasticized tether loosely extending through the aperture in the first end cap and the tubing and into the tubular portion of the second end cap,swivel means seated within the tubular portion of the second end cap for anchoring one end of the tether in said ball while spiralling of the ball about said tether in its trajectory when thrown, andattachment means secured to another end of the tether for connecting with a player'"'"'s wrist.
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Abstract
A practice device for the throwing of a football, the device consisting of a football and an elasticized cord and an adjustable wrist support band with a means for connecting the cord between the football at one extremity and the wristband at its opposite extremity in combination with a means for causing to develop a spiralling trajectory when thrown.
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1. In a ball apparatus for players in the practice of throwing and receiving a ball, the thrown ball having a capacity for being returned to a player in an opposite direction comprising:
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a thermoplastic ball of ellipsoidal configuration defining a first nose and a second nose at respective ends of the ball and having an end-to-end hollow chamber extending through the ball along its longitudinal axis, a first end cap having an apertured nose portion snugly covering the first nose and enclosing the chamber at said first end of the ball and having an integral central inwardly-projecting tubular portion received in the chamber and communicating with the aperture of the nose portion, a second end cap having a nose portion snugly covering the second nose and enclosing the chamber at a second end of the ball and having an integral central inwardly-projecting tubular portion received in the chamber, an end-to-end tubing seated in the chamber and communicating with the first and second end caps, an elongated elasticized tether loosely extending through the aperture in the first end cap and the tubing and into the tubular portion of the second end cap, swivel means seated within the tubular portion of the second end cap for anchoring one end of the tether in said ball while spiralling of the ball about said tether in its trajectory when thrown, and attachment means secured to another end of the tether for connecting with a player'"'"'s wrist.
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Current AssigneeWing-IT, Inc.
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Original AssigneeWing-IT, Inc.
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InventorsScerbo, Louis
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Primary Examiner(s)Brown, Theatrice
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Application NumberUS08/888,580Time in Patent Office540 DaysField of Search473/430, 473/576US Class Current473/576CPC Class CodesA63B 2243/007 American footballA63B 69/0086 the line or cord being atta...
