Recreational throwing apparatus and corresponding objects therefor

摘要

A recreational throwing apparatus comprises, in the exemplary embodiment, a handle portion and an engagement portion engaged with the handle portion and configured for selective frictional engagement with an engagement aperture of an object. Additionally, the engagement portion provides a means for substantially preventing rotation of the object about the engagement portion when engaged therewith. Thus, with the object frictionally engaged with the engagement portion in a desired orientation, the apparatus may be swung in a desired direction, causing the object to disengage and travel in the desired direction.

主权项

1. A throwing apparatus for throwing an object having a receiving aperture mechanically associated therewith for removably associating said throwing apparatus with said receiving aperture, said throwing apparatus comprising:
a shank having a first end and a second end spaced from said first end, said shank having a length extending between said first end and said second end, and said shank having a shank axis, said shank being operable from a ready position to a throw position, a handle sized and shaped for grasping and by a user, said handle being attached to said first end of said shank, and said handle having a handle axis oriented at an acute angle from said shank axis; and an engagement structure attached to said second end of said shank and sized and shaped for removable insertion into and out of said receiving aperture of said object and operable between an engaged position in which said engagement structure is frictionally engageable in said receiving aperture and a disengaged position in which said engagement structure is separable from said receiving aperture of said object upon movement of said shank from said ready position to said throw position, said engagement structure being unitarily formed with said shank;wherein said engagement structure is essentially rectilinear in projection with a first surface and a second surface both of which are opposite and spaced apart and wherein each of said first surface and said second surface have a length and a width which are essentially the same.