Patent References 934812 2011760 3032345 3095867 3208749 3628794 3857566 3917271 3927881 Throw and catch toy InventorsApplicationNo. 743758 filed on 08/12/1991US Classes:473/573, Having bristled, hooked, or looped surface for adherence to complementarily surfaced means124/79PROJECTILE IMPELLED BY USER-PROVIDED FORCEExaminersPrimary: Grieb, William H.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA63B 043/00A63B 065/12 AbstractThere is disclosed a modified throwing object, such as a modified football or frisbee, and a corresponding glove or wrist strap or finger-band worn by each player. Both the object and the gloves or wrist strap or finger-band are covered with coacting elements which are preferably a limited amount of the material comonly called velcro. This material attaches to itself by its well-known design of fabric hook pieces gripping onto fabric loop pieces. The invention is so designed that then the object is held in a typical throwing position, prior to being thrown, there is interaction between the velcro on the glove and the velcro on the object. Upon release of the object during a throw, the bond between the velcro on the object and that on the glove, wrist or finger of the thrower is separated with a slight difficulty, thereby casuing the object to spin as it leaves the thrower's hand. This spinning of the object on its longitudinal provides the desired spiraling action that greatly enhances the accuracy and speed of an object such as a football as it travels through the air, or the spinning action which improves the distance and accuracy of a frisbee. | |