Patent ID: 8152659
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A holder for an elongated football comprising: two elongated football holding devices shaped to receive an elongated football, each of said two elongated football holding devices attached to a waist strap that is designed to secure around the waist of a user, each of said two elongated football holding devices attached to a separate leg strap, one leg strap designed to secure around a first leg of the user and a second leg strap designed to secure around a second leg of the user, and each of said two elongated football holding devices capable of holding an additional elongated football in a vertical orientation on one hip of a user until the user is ready to throw the additional elongated football; wherein each of said two elongated football holding device includes a top cupped end for receiving a first pointed end of an elongated football and a bottom cupped end for receiving an opposite second pointed end of the same elongated football, the top and bottom cupped ends on each of said two elongated football holding device being spring loaded to bias the top and bottom cup ends toward each other for removably holding an elongated football there between; and wherein each bottom cupped end includes a notch to facilitate removal of an elongated football from the two elongated football holding device by applying a twisting motion to the elongated football.