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Accessory for a ball gameRelated Patent Categories: Games Using Tangible Projectile, Player Held And Powered, Nonmechanical Projector, Per Se, For Projecting Aerial Projectile By Striking; Part Thereof Or Accessory Therefor, Body AttachableAccessory for a ball game description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070021243, Accessory for a ball game. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] THIS INVENTION relates to an accessory for a ball game. [0002] According to the invention, there is provided an accessory for a ball game, the accessory including hand engaging means or a hand receptor for receiving a hand of a user of the accessory; and [0003] a ball striking formation defining spaced, opposed outwardly facing ball striking surfaces on opposed sides of the hand receptor. [0004] Thus, the hand engaging means or hand receptor is located or sandwiched between the ball striking surfaces. [0005] The hand receptor may include spaced cushions or cushion portions between which the hand of a user is receivable. At least one of the cushions or cushion portions may define a bulge or raised portion to fit into the palm of an open hand of a user. Typically, the cushions or cushion portions are of a resilient material. In one embodiment of the invention the cushions or cushion portions are of foam rubber. The cushions or cushion portions may be adhesively attached to the ball striking formation. [0006] At least a major portion of each ball striking surface may be planar. Although the planar portions of the opposed ball striking surfaces may be parallel, if desired, they are not parallel in an envisaged preferred embodiment of the invention. If desired, the ball striking surfaces may be apertured. [0007] The ball striking formation may include two opposed spaced panels, each panel defining one ball striking surface. The panels may be of wood, plywood, perspex, or another synthetic plastics or polymeric material, or a laminate of more than one material. Typically, each panel is an injection moulded panel of a synthetic plastics or polymeric material. [0008] The panels may be releasably connected to one another along peripheries of the panels. Preferably, the panels are connected to one another by snap connectors. [0009] Openings may be defined along a periphery of the ball striking formation, between the panels. [0010] The accessory may be configured to allow for flexing of the wrist of the hand of a user inserted into the hand receptor or hand engaging means. Thus, the ball striking surfaces may be deformed outwardly away from each other in a wrist area. Instead, or in addition, the ball striking surfaces may have peripheries in the wrist area which curve inwardly towards a finger end of the accessory. [0011] The accessory may include a fastener to releasably fasten the accessory to the hand or wrist of a user. [0012] The hand receptor may be in the form of a glove for snugly receiving the hand of a user. [0013] The invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings, in which [0014] FIG. 1 shows a three dimensional view of one embodiment of an accessory in accordance with the invention for a ball game; [0015] FIG. 2 shows a three dimensional view of another embodiment of an accessory in accordance with the invention for a ball game; [0016] FIG. 3 shows a top plan view of the accessory of FIG. 2; [0017] FIG. 4 shows a bottom plan view of the accessory of FIG. 2; [0018] FIG. 5 shows a left side view of the accessory of FIG. 2; [0019] FIG. 6 shows a right side view of the accessory of FIG. 2; [0020] FIG. 7 shows a wrist end view of the accessory of FIG. 2; and [0021] FIG. 8 shows a finger end view of the accessory of FIG. 2. [0022] Referring to FIG. 1 of the drawings, reference numeral 10 generally indicates an accessory in accordance with the invention for a ball game. [0023] The accessory 10 includes hand engaging means or a hand receptor, in the form of a glove 12, and ball striking surface defining means or a ball striking formation, comprising two spaced planar panels 14, 16, defining two spaced, opposed outwardly facing ball striking surfaces 18, 20 respectively on opposed sides of the glove 12. The panels 14, 16 can be attached to the glove 12 by any suitable means, e.g. by means of an adhesive. [0024] The glove 12 is of foam rubber and defines a cavity to receive the hand of a user snugly. The glove 12 thus defines receiving volumes for receiving the five fingers of the hand of a user. Walls 21 of the glove 12 are relatively thick, providing the glove 12 with some shock absorption capabilities. Continue reading about Accessory for a ball game... 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