US 11,998,817 B2
Ball game apparatus using a racquet and method of using the same
Mark Moran, Sterling, VA (US)
Filed by Mark Moran, Sterling, VA (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/666,243.
Prior Publication US 2021/0121756 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A63B 67/04 (2006.01); A63B 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 67/04 (2013.01) [A63B 41/00 (2013.01); A63B 2220/801 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01); A63B 2225/74 (2020.08)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ball game apparatus, comprising:
a centerpiece apparatus member having an outer frame member, an inner frame member disposed inside the outer frame member, and a raised platform surface disposed on the inner frame member so as to be supported at a level above the outer frame member;
a plurality of shaped members coupled between the outer and inner frame members, a number of the plurality of shaped members corresponding to a number of players using the ball game apparatus, a top surface of the raised platform surface and a top surface of each of the shaped members configured such that a ball member formed from an elastic material will bounce off the raised platform top surface or the top surfaces of the shaped members, and
a plurality of elastic members corresponding in number to the number of the plurality of shaped members, each elastic member disposed between the outer frame member and the inner frame member and a respective one of the shaped members, the elastic members configured to control a bounce characteristic of the ball member off the top surfaces of the shaped members,
wherein a top end of the outer frame member is spaced from a top end of the inner frame member, the plurality of shaped members are coupled between the top end of the outer frame member and the top end of the inner frame member, and each shaped member is directed toward a respective player position spaced from the shaped member.