Patent ID: 11883728
Assignee: SLINGER BAG LTD.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A  F

Claim 18:
19. A portable and ready to use sport carrying bag, comprising:
a) launching apparatus for automatically launching balls therefrom to a distance, comprising a single electrically rotatable fly wheel driven by a fly wheel motor and rotatably mounted in a structure having two laterally spaced mounting plates and a lower guiding surface from which a ball is ejectable that interconnects a bottom edge of the two mounting plates;
b) a disc of a ball sorting apparatus which is rotatable about a vertical axis and configured to deliver a ball to said launching apparatus;
c) an outer periphery enclosing the launching apparatus and the ball sorting apparatus, the outer periphery having opposed sidewalk and formed with an opening from which a ball launched by said launching apparatus is ejected, wherein the outer periphery has a height greater than a width, and is kept in an upright position during operation of said launching apparatus while balls are being launched, so as to be prevented from falling over as a result of the launch;
d) a platform extending between the opposed sidewalk of the outer periphery and located above the disc of the ball sorting apparatus;
e) a hopper which is integral with the outer periphery of the sport carrying bag and is expandable, the hopper configured with a bottom opening located below the platform through which stored balls falling from the platform are directable to the ball sorting apparatus; and
f) a side cover of the hopper which is securable to the outer periphery in a closed condition to allow a first number of balls to be stored in the hopper and is also configured to be pivotally opened while remaining partially secured to the outer periphery so as to be able to hold a second number of balls greater than the first number.