Patent ID: 6190271
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
In combination for propelling an element,a member having an outer periphery constructed to receive the propelled element and manually operable to impose a force by the member against the element for propelling the element, andan apparatus for propelling the element toward the member for the manual operation of the member to impose the force on the member, the apparatus being separated from the member,the member including a switch actuatable from the outer periphery of the member and a signal transmitter disposed in the member and normally not energized and energizable in response to an actuation of the switch, before a propulsion of the element from the apparatus and before any movement of the member to strike the element, to send signals on a wireless basis to the apparatus for obtaining the propulsion of the element from the apparatus, andthe apparatus including a receiver, normally inoperative disposed in the apparatus for receiving the signals on a wireless basis from the member, the apparatus being constructed to hold the element and being inoperative until the reception of the signals on the wireless basis by the receiver from the member and being operative upon the reception of the signals on the wireless basis by the receiver from the member to release the element for propulsion toward the member and to propel the element toward the member.