US 11,988,483 B2
Slingshot football
Marc Gregory Martino, Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed by Marc Gregory Martino, Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/929,738.
Application 17/929,738 is a division of application No. 15/130,161, filed on Apr. 15, 2016, granted, now 11,441,868.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/151,845, filed on Apr. 23, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/149,500, filed on Apr. 17, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/147,604, filed on Apr. 15, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412686 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F41B 3/02 (2006.01); A63B 43/00 (2006.01); A63B 65/12 (2006.01)
CPC F41B 3/02 (2013.01) [A63B 43/002 (2013.01); A63B 43/007 (2013.01); A63B 65/122 (2013.01); A63B 2225/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A launching and/or catching toy kit, comprising:
a football comprising:
a) a generally elongated spheroidal body defined as comprising a longitudinal axis, where a length of the body along the longitudinal axis between a front end of the body to a back end of the body is longer than an equatorial diameter;
b) a support non-movably attached to the body, where a first end of the support is disposed within the body or attached to the body and a second end of the support extends beyond the back end of the body;
c) a tail attached to the second end of the support;
d) a first and a second elastic band hook oppositely disposed about the longitudinal axis and attached to the body and/or the support;
e) a lift-generating wing non-movably attached to the support; and
a slingshot associated with the football, the slingshot configured to launch the football from a first user to a second user, the slingshot comprising:
a) a handle configured to be gripped by the first user;
b) a pair of prongs connected and/or extending from a top of the handle, wherein the pair of prongs form an opening wherein the opening is at least as wide as a maximum width of the football;
c) at least one elastic band connected to each prong of the pair of prongs;
wherein each at least one elastic band is releasably captured by its respective first or second elastic band hook on the football during launching by the first user.