EP 0821983 B1 20030528 - Ball game recreational and training device
Title (en)
Ball game recreational and training device
Title (de)
Unterhaltungsballspiel und Trainingsvorrichtung
Title (fr)
Jeu de balle pour les loisirs et appareil d'entraînement
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 9616249 A 19960801
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0821983A1] A ball game recreational or training device comprises a housing (1) adapted to be held in a user's hand. The housing (1) contains a reel (21) on which is wound a tether (3), the free end of the tether (3) being secured, externally of the housing (1), to a ball (5) such that the tether (3) may be dispensed from the housing (1) by the application of force to the ball (5). The reel (21) is spring-loaded for automatic rewinding of the tether (3), and a detent (7) mounted within the housing (1) is moveable from a first position in which the detent (7) is clear of the reel (21) to a second position in which the detent (7) engages the reel (21) to arrest dispensing of the tether (3) from the reel (21). The detent (7) is moveable from the first position to the second position along an axis substantially radial to the reel (21) and there is provided a locking member (28) moveable, when the detent (7) is in the second position, along an axis substantially normal to the axis of movement of the detent (7) from an unlocked position, in which the detent (7) is freely moveable, to a locked position, in which the detent (7) is locked in the second position. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63B 69/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A63B 69/0088 (2013.01); A63B 21/153 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE ES FR GB IT NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0821983 A1 19980204; EP 0821983 B1 20030528; DE 69722322 D1 20030703; GB 9616249 D0 19960911
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 97305452 A 19970721; DE 69722322 T 19970721; GB 9616249 A 19960801