US3829093A - Tethered ball apparatus - Google Patents

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US3829093A
US3829093A US00214876A US21487672A US3829093A US 3829093 A US3829093 A US 3829093A US 00214876 A US00214876 A US 00214876A US 21487672 A US21487672 A US 21487672A US 3829093 A US3829093 A US 3829093A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B69/00—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
    • A63B69/0073—Means for releasably holding a ball in position; Balls constrained to move around a fixed point, e.g. by tethering
    • A63B69/0079—Balls tethered to a line or cord
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/16—Supports for anchoring force-resisters
    • A63B21/1618—Supports for anchoring force-resisters on a door or a door frame
    • A63B21/1627—Supports for anchoring force-resisters on a door or a door frame for anchoring on or between the vertical posts of a door frame
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B43/00—Balls with special arrangements
    • A63B43/007—Arrangements on balls for connecting lines or cords
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B69/00—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
    • A63B69/0073—Means for releasably holding a ball in position; Balls constrained to move around a fixed point, e.g. by tethering
    • A63B69/0079—Balls tethered to a line or cord
    • A63B2069/0082—Balls tethered to a line or cord with movement of the cord-attachment along its rotational axis as a function of the number of revolutions, e.g. following a helicalmember
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/02—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00 for large-room or outdoor sporting games
    • A63B71/023—Supports, e.g. poles
    • A63B2071/024—Supports, e.g. poles with screws or pins in the earth
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2225/00—Miscellaneous features of sport apparatus, devices or equipment
    • A63B2225/05—Miscellaneous features of sport apparatus, devices or equipment with suction cups
    • A63B2225/055—Miscellaneous features of sport apparatus, devices or equipment with suction cups used for fixing

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  • SHEET 3 [IF 3 TETHERED BALL APPARATUS This invention relates to amusement devices and in particular to a device of the kind including a captive impact element which may be struck with the hand or by a bat, racket or like implement.
  • This invention provides apparatus for playing a game comprising a tube at one end of which a co-axial bolt is attached and extending therebeyond, a nut threadedly mounted for movement on the said bolt, an impact element, and flexible means connected at one end to said impact element and its other end to the nut.
  • the impact element is preferably a hollow ball such as a tennis ball or the like.
  • the tube is normally provided with a means whereby it may be firmly mounted on the ground.
  • Such means is perferably comprised by a pointed end which can be forced into the ground.
  • the apparatus may further comprise a second tube attached to the free end of the bolt and means at the ends of the tubes to abut against closely spaced members such as the uprights of a door frame.
  • a second tube attached to the free end of the bolt and means at the ends of the tubes to abut against closely spaced members such as the uprights of a door frame.
  • the nut is desirably secured to the inside of a hollow tube by welding or similar means.
  • the flexible means may comprise a string, cord, twine or the like and preferably a nylon cord.
  • the flexible means may be connected directly to the nut but preferably it is connected to one end of the lug which is attached to a tube which encloses the nut.
  • One end of the lug may be welded on to the tube on its outer surface and the other end of the lug has a hole to which the flexible means is secured.
  • a flanged ferrule is conveniently inserted into the hole in the lug to protect the cord where it is secured to the lug.
  • the other end of the cord is preferably connected to an elongated member such as a wing nut which is pushed through the first of two holes in the ball.
  • a flanged ferrule fits the bore of the wing nut and a second flanged ferrule protects the cord at the second hole in the ball.
  • the flanges of the two ferrules bear one upon the other.
  • the ferrules are preferably made of plastic or similar material having a low co-efficient of friction so that they can easily bear on each other.
  • the tube may be formed in two telescoping parts if it is desired that the distance of the bolt above the pointed end be varied.
  • the tube preferably has a flange above the point to limit the amount it is inserted into the ground.
  • the flange preferably has two points to secure the tube in the ground and to prevent undue movement of the tube in the ground.
  • the two tubes are preferably held together by a pin which may conveniently be in the form of a bolt pushed through a pair of holes in each.
  • One of the holes in the outer tube may be large enough to allow the head of the bolt to pass through it and to butt against the registering hole in the inner tube.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged detail of the device shown partially in section,
  • FIG. 3 is a section through the ball forming part of a device of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 2 of a modified device of the invention.
  • an amusement device FIG. 1 comprises a tube 2, an impact element 3 in the form of a hollow ball 3, a rotating cap member 4 and a cord 5 connecting the cap member 4 to the ball 3.
  • the tube 2 is in two parts 2a and 2b.
  • the lower part 2a is pointed at its lower end 6 so that it can penetrate the ground and has a foot-plate 7 near this end to limit such penetration. Spikes 7a are formed on the footplate to grip the ground into which the pointed end 6 is forced.
  • the upper part 212 is hollow and is telescopically received within the lower part 2a.
  • a bolt 8 passes through aligned holes 9 in the two parts respectively to hold them in the desired relative position.
  • the head 8a of bolt 8 passes through hole 9a and butts against the inner tube 2b to force the two tubes 7 together.
  • the other end of the bolt 8 is secured by means of a wing nut 10.
  • a nut 11 is welded into the upper end of the upper part 2b and has a bolt 12 received therein.
  • a lock nut 13 fixes the position of the bolt 12 in the nut 11.
  • the rotating cap member 4 has an internal nut 4a which is in threaded engagement with the bolt 12.
  • a head 12a is provided at the upper end of the bolt 11 to prevent the nut 40 riding off of the end of the bolt.
  • the cap member also has a plastic closure 41) and a radially projecting lug 40.
  • One end of the cord 5 is tied to the lug 4c by being passed through a hole therein.
  • a plastic ferrule 4d lines the hole to protect the cord.
  • the other end of the cord passes through a hole 3a in the ball. This end of the cord is knotted.
  • the cord 5 passes through a pair of facing flanged plastic ferrules l3 and 14.
  • One ferrule 13 passes through a wing nut 15 forming a holding member while the other ferrule 14 lines the ball opening 3a.
  • the hole 3a is formed by first punching a hole 3b at the opposite part of ball.
  • the cord 5 passes through both holes and then receives the wing nut and ferrules.
  • the wing nut is inclined and the wing nut and ferrules are drawn through the hole 3b.
  • the first hole 3b in the ball may be ruptured by the insertion of the locking device without causing damage to the hole 3a retaining the locking device.
  • a game is played by mounting the tubes 2a and 2b in a vertical position and striking the ball 3 by bats, rackets or other devices.
  • One player strikes the ball so that it moves in a clockwise direction and the other so that the ball moves in an anticlockwise direction.
  • the cap member 4 rotates and the nut 4a moves axially along the bolt 12. Should one player fail to strike the ball when it approaches him the nut 4a will complete a revolution and will move axially.
  • the game begins when the internal nut 4a is midway along the bolt 12 and ends as mentioned above when it contacts the head 12a or the lock nut 13.
  • the length of the game can be increased or decreased as desired.
  • the tube 20 is made considerably shorter than the tube 2b.
  • a second tube 21 has a nut 22 welded therein to receive the bolt 23.
  • the tube 21 is a telescopic tube comprising two parts 21a and 21b, the former being slidable within the latter.
  • a spring 29 is contained within the tube part 21b and acts between a bolt 30 passing through the tube part 21b and the inner end of the tube part 21a. This spring tends to urge the two tube parts apart so that the tube 21 takes up its maximum length.
  • the two tubes 20 and 21 have suction cups 24 or the like at their free ends.
  • the bolt 23 passes through the nut 25.
  • the cord 26 is much shorter than that used in the first embodiment and the ball 27 and the bats used are also smaller and lighter.
  • the ball may be a solid ball.
  • the modified apparatus is used by inserting the bolt 23 into the nut 22 of the second tube 21 and screwing this up so that the combined length of the two tubes is at a minimum.
  • the tubes are then inserted between the uprights 28 of a door frame and unscrewed so that the combined leng'rhs'of the tube increases to such an extent that the suction cups 24 are forced against the uprights so that the tube is firmly held between the upi without it falling outside the scope of the invention which is determined solely by the following claims.
  • Apparatus for playing a game comprising a tube; a coaxial bolt attached to one end of the tube and extending therebeyond; a pair of stop means on said bolt; a nut threadedly mounted on the said bolt and axially movable therealong on rotation thereof, such movement being limited by the said stop means; a hollow ball; a first hollow plastic ferrule passing through the wall of the hollow ball; a hollow holding member in the ball; a second ferrule in the holding member and a flexible cord having one end connected to the nut and the other end entering the ball through the first plastic ferrule and passing through the second ferrule and the holding member within the ball; the first and second ferrule serving to protect the cord when passing through the ball and the holding member respectively.

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USD246130S (en) 1974-12-09 1977-10-18 K-Tel International, Inc. Tether ball game apparatus
US4079934A (en) * 1976-07-08 1978-03-21 Nixon Alan C Tethered ball tennis practice device
US4158458A (en) * 1977-05-16 1979-06-19 Gomez Ismael M Tether ball apparatus
US4162790A (en) * 1977-03-18 1979-07-31 D. R. K. Limited Connector assembly for a ball and cord
JPS5527505U (enExample) * 1978-08-10 1980-02-22
US4240629A (en) * 1979-01-08 1980-12-23 Ligon Samuel B Tetherable game ball
US4248423A (en) * 1979-07-12 1981-02-03 Lotfy Hussein M Tetherball
FR2479006A1 (fr) * 1980-03-28 1981-10-02 Pretorius Willem Dispositif pour jeu avec balle
US4491329A (en) * 1982-08-26 1985-01-01 Zimm Zamm Ag Tetherball game
US4828262A (en) * 1986-01-04 1989-05-09 Henley Douglas R Ball hitting practice device
USD365128S (en) 1994-08-01 1995-12-12 Testasecca Raymond L Table tether ball
US5516116A (en) * 1995-02-10 1996-05-14 Castro; Paul R. Tethered ball practice device
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US20060052188A1 (en) * 2004-09-07 2006-03-09 European Sports Merchandising Bv Anchor fitting for a hollow ball
US20060234802A1 (en) * 2005-04-19 2006-10-19 Louis Arsenault Portable golf swing practice device having a separable cord shield incorporated therein
US20060241537A1 (en) * 2005-04-26 2006-10-26 Liu Chin C Handheld palm acupressure apparatus
US20070042841A1 (en) * 2005-08-17 2007-02-22 Peter Suissa Ball return system
WO2008122197A1 (fr) * 2007-04-06 2008-10-16 Fuchen Chi Football à retour autonome
US20140256475A1 (en) * 2013-03-09 2014-09-11 Randy Lee Hymer Batting training apparatus
US20160166910A1 (en) * 2014-12-10 2016-06-16 Charles D. Adams, JR. Therapeutic Striking and Rehabilitation Training System
US20160236045A1 (en) * 2013-10-15 2016-08-18 Limpet Sports Management B.V. Ball
US9827468B2 (en) * 2013-10-14 2017-11-28 Limpet Sports Management B.V. Anchor fitting for hollow ball
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USD246130S (en) 1974-12-09 1977-10-18 K-Tel International, Inc. Tether ball game apparatus
US4079934A (en) * 1976-07-08 1978-03-21 Nixon Alan C Tethered ball tennis practice device
US4162790A (en) * 1977-03-18 1979-07-31 D. R. K. Limited Connector assembly for a ball and cord
US4158458A (en) * 1977-05-16 1979-06-19 Gomez Ismael M Tether ball apparatus
JPS5527505U (enExample) * 1978-08-10 1980-02-22
US4240629A (en) * 1979-01-08 1980-12-23 Ligon Samuel B Tetherable game ball
US4248423A (en) * 1979-07-12 1981-02-03 Lotfy Hussein M Tetherball
FR2479006A1 (fr) * 1980-03-28 1981-10-02 Pretorius Willem Dispositif pour jeu avec balle
US4491329A (en) * 1982-08-26 1985-01-01 Zimm Zamm Ag Tetherball game
US4828262A (en) * 1986-01-04 1989-05-09 Henley Douglas R Ball hitting practice device
USD365128S (en) 1994-08-01 1995-12-12 Testasecca Raymond L Table tether ball
US5516116A (en) * 1995-02-10 1996-05-14 Castro; Paul R. Tethered ball practice device
ES2203264A1 (es) * 2000-12-28 2004-04-01 Jesús Cerezo Nicolás Dispositivo para el juego y entrenamiento de tenis.
ES2203264B1 (es) * 2000-12-28 2005-04-01 Jesus Cerezo Nicolas Dispositivo para el juego y entrenamiento de tenis.
US20060052188A1 (en) * 2004-09-07 2006-03-09 European Sports Merchandising Bv Anchor fitting for a hollow ball
US7252607B2 (en) * 2004-09-07 2007-08-07 European Sports Merchandising Bv Anchor fitting for a hollow ball
US20060234802A1 (en) * 2005-04-19 2006-10-19 Louis Arsenault Portable golf swing practice device having a separable cord shield incorporated therein
US7214137B2 (en) 2005-04-19 2007-05-08 Louis Arsenault Portable golf swing practice device having a separable cord shield incorporated therein
US20060241537A1 (en) * 2005-04-26 2006-10-26 Liu Chin C Handheld palm acupressure apparatus
US20070042841A1 (en) * 2005-08-17 2007-02-22 Peter Suissa Ball return system
US7186192B1 (en) * 2005-08-17 2007-03-06 Peter Suissa Ball return system
WO2008122197A1 (fr) * 2007-04-06 2008-10-16 Fuchen Chi Football à retour autonome
US20140256475A1 (en) * 2013-03-09 2014-09-11 Randy Lee Hymer Batting training apparatus
US9827468B2 (en) * 2013-10-14 2017-11-28 Limpet Sports Management B.V. Anchor fitting for hollow ball
US20160236045A1 (en) * 2013-10-15 2016-08-18 Limpet Sports Management B.V. Ball
US9731169B2 (en) * 2013-10-15 2017-08-15 Limpet Sports Management B.V. Ball
US20160166910A1 (en) * 2014-12-10 2016-06-16 Charles D. Adams, JR. Therapeutic Striking and Rehabilitation Training System
US9975028B2 (en) * 2014-12-10 2018-05-22 Charles D. Adams, JR. Therapeutic striking and rehabilitation training system
USD992038S1 (en) * 2021-01-18 2023-07-11 Steven K. Dwyer Tether pole

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