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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2003
Mark Wojtkiewicz, Lancaster, NY (US);
Ross Rumfola, Iii, Akron, NY (US);
Kevin R. Shinn, Westfalls, NY (US);
Dave Moomaw, East Auroroa, NY (US);
Mark Wojtkiewicz, Lancaster, NY (US);
Ross Rumfola, III, Akron, NY (US);
Kevin R. Shinn, Westfalls, NY (US);
Dave Moomaw, East Auroroa, NY (US);
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A ball launching apparatus configured to launch balls to a user. The ball launching apparatus is configured such that a user may change an angle of trajectory T of launched balls by simply resting the ball launching apparatus on one of two different base portions. The ball launching apparatus is configured to receive, feed, and launch balls having different shapes, such as baseballs and footballs. A ball feed mechanism of the ball launching apparatus is driven by ball propulsion mechanism of the ball launching apparatus.