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Football place kicking training deviceFootball place kicking training device description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080015057, Football place kicking training device. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]The present invention relates to a training device generally, and more specifically to a football training device. [0002]A place kicker, in order to practice his art, will typically practice repeatedly kicking footballs through a field goal. As is current practice, the kicker will have a large supply of footballs ready and at hand so that he can repeatedly "T" up the balls, kick the balls, and then view the results. However, though this works well for teams with a ready supply of numerous footballs, and aids to retrieve the footballs, it does not work well with kickers who neither have numerous balls, or people to fetch them. In this later instance, the kicker will typically "T" up the ball, kick the ball, and then view the results. However, the kicker will then have to fetch the ball before he can practice again. To diminish the time the kicker spends fetching the kicked balls, he will typically obtain as many balls as he can afford and/or carry to the site. However, unlike professional football teams that have a ready supply of footballs as well as the people to retrieve them, individual players, or teams without a large financial backing, will face the problem of spending more time fetching the balls than actually kicking them. There are a few prior art devices that attempt to rectify this situation. However, none appear to rectify it in the manner that is presented below. [0003]The following patents are representative of past attempts at satisfying these needs and requirements. These patents are now discussed in greater detail to afford a better understanding of the deficiencies in the prior art. [0004]U.S. Pat. No. U.S. Pat. No. 6,398,672 B1 to Olson, describes a portable training apparatus for the evaluation of the flight trajectory and the horizontal and vertical flight path of a kicked football, having a portable wheeled base, rigid uprights and movable trajectory indicator which can be set for optimal trajectory angle. [0005]U.S. Pat. No. U.S. Pat. No. 4,477,077 to Ferrebee, describes a football place/field goal kicking device which holds a football in a position for kicking, with a holding pressure which simulates being held by a human holder. The devise includes a base, a holding device mounted on the base, and three arm elements pivotal about three axes. [0006]U.S. Pat. No. U.S. Pat. No. 4,836,542 to Crawley, describes a football kicking practice device comprising a frame and net, wherein the frame can be made from plastic pipes and fittings. [0007]As is evident from the foregoing discussion, past attempts at providing a convenient, accessible, and practical place kicking practicing device have heretofore been problematic. Therefore, a need still exist for a place kicking training device that is easy to set up and use, simple in construction, and yet one that can simulate game conditions while eliminating the need for someone to retrieve the ball after it has been kicked. [0008]Accordingly, a need exists for novel systems and methods which have, among other advantages, easy set-up and use, while simultaneously simulating game conditions, as well as eliminate the need for retrieving the ball after it has been kicked. Therefore, a training device that solves the aforementioned disadvantages and having the aforementioned advantages is desired. SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION [0009]The aforementioned drawbacks and disadvantages of former training devices have been identified and a solution is set forth herein by the inventive football place kicking training device which includes a football place kicking training device comprising an adjustable wrap, wherein the wrap is adapted to retain a football. An elastic cord is also included and has a first and a second end. The first end is adapted to be attached to the wrap, and the second end is adapted to be attached to a support. [0010]Another aspect of the present invention includes a football place kicking training device including a conformable adjustable wrap, wherein the wrap is adapted to be installed on an inflated football. The wrap also includes fasteners which adjustably and matingly engage, wherein the fasteners are adapted to securely retain the wrap around the football. A pair of elastic cords are also included, each cord having a first and a second end, wherein each first end is adapted to be attached to the wrap, and each second end is adapted to be removably attached to a support. [0011]In another aspect of the present invention, a football place kicking training device includes a conformable adjustable wrap, the wrap adapted to be installed on an inflated football. The wrap also includes at least 2 pair of fasteners, wherein each pair of fasteners are configured in a V-shaped configuration having a vertex, and an opening diverging therefrom, wherein the vertex of each pair of fasteners are disposed on opposite ends of the wrap. Each pair of fasteners are adapted to be adjustably and matingly engaged with the other pair of fasteners and are adapted to securely retain the wrap around the football, whereby when the at least 2 pair of fasteners are matingly engaged, a window is formed by the engaged fasteners. A pair of elastic cords are also included, wherein each cord has a first and a second end, and each first end is adapted to be attached to the wrap, and each second end is adapted to be removably attached to a support. [0012]And still in another aspect of the present invention, a football place kicking training device kit comprises a conformable adjustable wrap, wherein the wrap is adapted to be installed on an inflated football in order to retain the inflated football therein. The wrap includes fasteners which adjustably and matingly engage, the fasteners adapted to securely retain the wrap around the football. The kit also includes a pair of elastic cords, wherein each cord has a first and a second end, each first end adapted to be attached to the wrap, each second end adapted to be removably attached to a support. The kit further includes a football, a football place kicking stand, and a pair of supports. [0013]And in still yet another aspect of the present invention, a football place kicking training device comprises a football, the football including a pair of first connectors, each of the pair of first connectors disposed on opposite sides of the football and recessed therein; and a pair of elastic cords, each cord having a first and a second end, each first end adapted to be removably attached to a support, each second end including a second connector, each second connector adapted to be matingly engaged with one of the first pair of connectors. [0014]Other objects, advantages, and features of the invention will become apparent upon consideration of the following detailed description, when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The above brief description sets forth rather broadly the more important features of the present disclosure so that the detailed description that follows may be better understood, and so that the present contributions to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the disclosures that will be described hereinafter which will form the subject matter of the claims. [0015]In this respect, before explaining the preferred embodiment of the disclosure in detail, it is to be understood that the disclosure is not limited in its application to the details of the construction and the arrangement set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The training device of the present disclosure is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for description and not limitation. Where specific dimensional and material specifications have been included or omitted from the specification or the claims, or both, it is to be understood that the same are not to be incorporated into the claims. [0016]As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be used as a basis for designing other structures, methods, and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims are regarded as including such equivalent constructions as far as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. [0017]Further, the purpose of the Abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers, and practioners in the art who are not familiar with the patent or legal terms of phraseology, to learn quickly, from a cursory inspection, the nature of the technical disclosure of the application. Accordingly, the Abstract is intended to define neither the invention nor the application, which is only measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. [0018]These and other objects, along with the various features, and structures that characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the training device of the present disclosure, its advantages, and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of the invention. [0019]As such, while embodiments of the training device are herein illustrated and described, it is to be appreciated that various changes, rearrangements and modifications may be made therein, without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0020]FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the training device of the present invention, the training device being illustrated installed on a football, the football supported by a place kicking stand; [0021]FIG. 2 is a front view of the training device of the present invention; Continue reading about Football place kicking training device... 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