Catching game

• US 6,604,742 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2001
• Issued: 08/12/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jimmy El Sabbagh
• Original Assignee: Jimmy El Sabbagh
• Inventors: El Sabbagh, Jimmy
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham, Mark S.
• Application Number:
  US09/871,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20020180154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 799 Days
• Field of Search: 273/348.4, 473/570, 473/573, 446/46-48
• US Class Current: 273/348.4
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/12 specially adapted for children
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 59/30 forming hand-held throwing or catching aids for use with rings, discs, wheels or cylindrical throwing-bodies, or for use with balls having a central bore
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/06 Ring or disc tossing games , e.g. quoits; Throwing or tossing games, e.g. using balls; Games for manually rolling balls, e.g. marbles

Abstract

A throw and catch game or sport whereby a plastic disk is thrown by one player and caught by the other player wearing a glove or pad. The disk and the glove have complementary strips of VELCRO on their outer surfaces. The catcher merely touches the flying disk, allowing it to adhere to the target glove. The disk is a plastic, arc-shaped device with a foam padding or air pocket at the bottom center portion. VELCRO covers the foam padding/air pocket at the top center, and the plastic disk below the bottom center and the outer edge. The pocket may also contain a battery operated light. The pocket may also include an electronic recorder (programmed or random) and an electronic sound/music player, which may be activated by spinning the disk, as when it is thrown or activated by other means as desired.

Claims

1. A throw and catch game for first and second players comprising:

a generally arcuate disk having an upper outer surface and a lower inner surface forming;

a depending lip portion;

a disk rise portion inward of said lip portion;

an inner lip inward of said disk rise portion; and

a generally flat center portion surrounded by said inner lip;

a closed disk pocket attached to said lower inner surface of said disk at said inner lip;

said disk pocket being flexible and generally hemispheric;

means for catching said arcuate disk by a receiving game player;

loop material located along the outer surface of said depending lip portion of said arcuate disk and upon exposed portions of said hemispheric pocket; and

hook material located upon portions of said catching means;

whereby, upon said first player throwing said arcuate disk in a manner to induce spin, said second player receives said arcuate disk by engaging said loop material on said arcuate disk or said disk pocket with said hook material on said catching means.

2. The throw and catch game of claim 1, wherein said catching means is a glove having said hook material located on its exterior.

3. The throw and catch game of claim 2, wherein said glove has a top side and a bottom side and said hook material is located on both said top side and said bottom side.

4. The throw and catch game of claim 1, wherein said catching means is a generally circular pad having a first side and a second side and having hook material located on at least said first side of said pad and a strap for engaging the wrist of said receiving player located on said second side.

5. The throw and catch game of claim 1, wherein said generally arcuate disk has loop material located on said generally flat center portion upper surface.

6. The throw and catch game of claim 5, wherein said hemispheric pocket has a generally upper inner surface and a generally lower outer exposed surface.

7. The throw and catch game of claim 6, wherein said generally lower outer exposed surface of said hemispheric pocket has loop material located thereon.

8. The throw and catch game of claim 7, wherein said loop material covers said outer exposed surface of said pocket.

9. The throw and catch game of claim 8, wherein said pocket contains a pad of foam material.

10. The throw and catch game of claim 8, further comprising a recorder mounted within said closed pocket.

11. The throw and catch game of claim 10, further comprising a centrifugally actuated switch for actuating said recorder upon spin being imparted to said generally arcuate disk.

12. The throw and catch game of claim 8, further comprising a sound or music box mounted within said closed pocket.

13. The throw and catch game of claim 12, further comprising a centrifugally actuated switch for actuating said recorder upon spin being imparted to said generally arcuate disk.

14. The throw and catch game of claim 8, further comprising a battery operated light mounted within said closed pocket.