Patent ID: 9623304
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A01K,A63B

Claim:
1. A thrower that comprises: an elongate arm; a handle attached to one end of the arm; one of a generally part-ellipsoidal and generally part-spherical base attached to an opposite end of the arm; at least three gripping members attached to, and extending from, a periphery of the base; and a lug that is shorter and more rigid than each of the at least three gripping members, attached to, and extending from, the periphery of the base, most distal with respect to the handle and with reference to each of the at least three gripping members, and aligned with the handle to cooperate with each of the at least three gripping members to resist damage to itself and the base during use, each of the at least three gripping members and the lug being configured to define a retention volume together with the base and an entrance zone to the retention volume, the, or each, gripping member having an inward curved portion and an outward curved portion and being resiliently displaceable with respect to the base so that when the outward curved portion is urged against an object to be thrown, each of the at least three gripping members moves to enlarge the entrance zone to accommodate the object to be thrown and subsequently to retain the object in the retention volume.