Patent ID: 11931635
Assignee: nan
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  F | IPC A  F

Claim 12:
13. A ball tossing device comprising:
a rod, the rod being substantially rigid;
a basket attached to a front face of the rod proximate to an upper end of the rod;
a cup positioned in the basket and attached to a bottom of the basket, the cup being sized complementarily to a portion of a ball to be used in a ball tossing game, wherein the cup is configured for selective insertion of the portion of the ball, such that the ball is retained in the cup when the rod is substantially vertical;
a rear sight attached to and extending from the upper end of the rod, wherein the rod is configured for grasping in a hand of a user, positioning the user for aligning the rear sight with a target and for launching the ball at the target by one or both of a flick of a wrist or an extension of a forearm of the user;
a finger bar having opposite ends attached to a rear face of the rod defining a finger loop, the finger bar being positioned between the basket and a lower end of the rod, wherein the finger loop is configured for insertion of a respective finger of the user;
an ovoid panel attached to the front face of the rod and extending from the finger bar toward the basket, the ovoid panel extending bilaterally from the rod;
a plurality of openings positioned in the ovoid panel, wherein each opening is configured for selective insertion of a respective finger of the user;
wherein the plurality of openings comprises:
a pair of first cutouts positioned singly distal from the rod;
a proximate cutout extending bilaterally from the rod proximate to the finger bar; and
a distal cutout extending bilaterally from the rod distal from the finger bar.