Patent ID: 6877501

Claim:
A ball launching apparatus comprising: a ball propulsion mechanism at least partially housed in a housing, said ball propulsion mechanism being configured and located to propel a ball from said housing along a propulsion axis that is at a fixed location with respect to said housing, said housing having a first base portion and a second base portion, said first base portion being inclined with respect to said second base portion, said ball launching apparatus being self-supported when said first base portion rests upon a planar support surface and when said second base portion rests upon the planar support surface, said propulsion axis being at a first position when said first base portion rests upon the planar support surface, said propulsion axis being at a second position when said second base portion rests upon the planar support surface, said propulsion axis when at said second position being obliquely angled with respect to said propulsion axis when at said first position.