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Baseball toy with tail

Baseball toy with tail description/claims

This Application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 60/926,624 filed on Apr. 26, 2007.

The present invention relates generally to toys, and more specifically to a baseball toy with tail including a launching system and method.

Baseball, and its variants, is very popular. There are many baseball systems, some are designed for novelty and amusement, and some are designed for training a person, particularly a child or young adult, certain fundamentals relating to hand-eye coordination such as hitting a baseball and/or throwing and catching a baseball.

In the toy industry, retailers and consumers are frequently looking for a fresh perspective on solutions addressing combinations of novelty, amusement, and baseball instruction/play. This is especially true for creative solutions that either help teach younger adults/children or enable them to better participate in certain aspects of the activity.

Disclosed is an apparatus, system, and method for a creative solution that helps teach younger adults/children about baseball and permits them to better participate in hitting fundamentals. The apparatus includes a spheroid having a diameter in a range of about two to five inches and constructed using foam or blow-molded ball; and a tail, coupled to the spheroid, constructed using foam or blow-molded material, the tail providing both enhancement of aerodynamic flight properties of the spheroid and inhibition of end-over-end rotation of the spheroid after being thrown, hit, or launched.

FIG. 1 is a view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention including a ball and a tail;

FIG. 2 is an alternative view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic system block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a top and side view of the system shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a front and side view of a preferred embodiment for a small rocket baseball of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a top view of a launchpad used in the system shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a series of side views of the launchpad shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 includes a front and back view of the launchpad shown in FIG. 6 in certain operational modes;

FIG. 9 is a set of views of a foot bellow used in the system shown in FIG. 3;

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