Waist mounted tethered ball and target
CA 2113317 C · Owner: Icebreaker Enterprises, Inc. · Inventors: Walker, W. David Jr.
Overview
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A game device has a target plate fixed to the waist area of a person who will play the game, and a ball tethered to the target plate. The tether is flexible to allow the ball to engage a target on the target plate. To facilitate control of the ball on the tether, the tether has a rigid rod flexibly fixed to the bottom of the target plate, and a flexible string extending from the rod to the ball. There are sights between the targets on the target plate. By swinging the tethered ball with the tether aligned with a sight, the player can align the ball to be received by a target. Baskets in the targets catch the balls so the ball can be easily removed from the target.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 12, 1994 and granted March 30, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 12, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 12, 2016.
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