Method and a device for throwing balls

US6019095A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE
• Brunswick Corporation · US

Inventors

• Klaus Sommer · Heidelberg, DE
• John Clemons · Mount Pleasant, US
• Wolfgang Jacobsen · Berlin, DE
• Ing Kurt Pirk · Neunburg vorm Wald, DE
• Arthur Zerbe · Burscheid, DE
• Werner Konig · Leverkusen, DE
• Berthold Justen · Burscheid, DE
• Jurgen Giesselmann · Markdorf, DE
• William Wasserberger · Muskegon, US
• Raymond M. Edwards · Grand Rapids, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 1998
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2000
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63D3/02
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for throwing balls with specific throwing parameters with the aid of a pendulum. The device consists of a pendulum having a free end which is suspended so as to be movable about an axis, characterized in that a holding device for the ball is located at the free end of the pendulum shaft and can release the ball in response to an electrical signal.