Ball throwing and catching apparatus
CA 1069146 A · Owner: Wham-O Mfg. Co. · Inventors: Melin, Arthur, K.; Gillespie, Richard L.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
of the Invention, A ball throwing and catching apparatus has the form of an open framework on a handle, the framework defining an oblong scoop for catching, cradling and thereafter throwing a projectile. The framework of the scoop has the form of an elongated closed loop and includes a rim and projectile guide tracks located along the back of the interior of the scoop. The projectile which preferably is a hollow ball, has a textured surface and the tracks and a top portion of the front face of the rim where the tracks terminate have an uneven surface which cooperates with the textured surface of the projectile to enable a user of the apparatus to impart a spin to projectiles as they are …
Read the whole patent
Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted January 1, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 1, 1997.
- We check Canadian rights only. A patent in its family in another country could still be in force: check its family on Google Patents.
Timeline
Timeline From CIPO dates
Sources & verification
Official CIPO records
Everything on this page comes from the CIPO record linked above. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.