Projectile return apparatus with ball target area
US4191374A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 1978 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B69/406
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A game apparatus for use with projectiles, such as table tennis balls, including a ball receiving housing having a ball entrance and ball guide apparatus leading to a target area to receive balls propelled toward it by a player or players. Balls arriving at the target area are received by ball propelling apparatus which return or eject the balls toward the player through ball ejection guiding passage apparatus and an ejection opening. The game may be played by a single player for practice or by several players to simulate tennis, table tennis, handball or the like.
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