Patent Publication Number: US-2011053714-A1

Title: Ball toss and catch device

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. The Field of Invention 
     The Invention disclosed herein relates to the field of games, more specifically hand-held, hand-manipulated Devices, which have as the object of the game, the tossing and catching of a ball consecutively without dropping it. 
     2. Summary of the Invention 
     There are numerous devices that allow for the tossing and catching of a ball as a game. The presently disclosed invention differs in that it embraces a wide variety of game player ages, skill level ability, social or cultural identity, and also a wide range of play environment. The disclosed Device is not dependent upon electricity, nor battery power, the Device does not utilize software nor electronics, and also has no sounding feature; yet it is a Device for ball toss and catch games that the player has the ability to vary the Device itself, by changing the size or colors of the rings, to choose favorite colors or to assign color as a means to organize teams or leagues; and the player can further change the manner of play from playing solo, by oneself, or to play against another, or even numerous players competitively, keeping scores. The presently disclosed Invention can be used in a relatively small play space area, and because it does not require an electric source, it allows for a broad range of play environments: small, large, indoor, outdoor, perhaps while riding mass transportation so as to pass time on journeys, and additionally, play amongst very large groups is possible, and in venues of mass population assembly. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
       FIG. 1 : View of Device on hand, palm side up, in ready position, fingers hold the donut-like plastic ring to palm, ball in center. The second donut-like plastic ring is held via burr-like hook and loop material to the opposite side of hand Device. Hand is seen in this  FIG. 1  to be parallel to the ground/floor. 
       FIG. 2 : Straight on palm view of hand in Device, showing the hand holding the palm side donut-like plastic ring with the player&#39;s fingers. Center of the palm side donut-like plastic ring is empty. 
       FIG. 3 : Straight on view of hand in Device, dorsal/top of hand view, ring is attached to the Device via burr-like hook and loop material, which allows the player to attach and remove the dorsal donut-like plastic ring as desired, to change ring size or colors, for example. 
       FIG. 4 : Hand in ball tossing and catching Device, palm side up, fingers grasp the palm side donut-like plastic ring, the dorsal side donut-like plastic ring is firmly attached via the burr-like hook and loop material, and with the hand held flat, palm side up and the hand being parallel to the ground/floor, the ball is tossed straight up from the center of the palm side donut-like plastic ring. 
       FIG. 5 : Hand in ball tossing and catching Device, parallel to the ground/floor, now palm side down, and the dorsal/top of hand facing up, hand in Device is now in the ready position to catch the ball, in the dorsal/top of hand donut-like plastic ring. Ball shown caught in center of the ring.