US3472217A - Game device for forming and throwing snowballs - Google Patents

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US3472217A
US3472217A US599611A US3472217DA US3472217A US 3472217 A US3472217 A US 3472217A US 599611 A US599611 A US 599611A US 3472217D A US3472217D A US 3472217DA US 3472217 A US3472217 A US 3472217A
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  • This invention is a game device used in the forming and throwing of snowballs and is particularly appealing to children. It has an elongate, hollow handle, that is closed at one end and that serves as a resonance chamber when a snowball is thrown.
  • the handle is gradually expanded to an enlarged open end in which snowballs are formed and held.
  • the handle is somewhat flexible so that during the throwing motion a limited amount of whip action is obtained that increases the velocity of the snowball.
  • the enlarged end is smooth-bored, so that snow compacted therein into snowball form sealingly engages the bore wall, like a piston in a piston cylinder, to thereby create a low pressure in the hollow handle as the snowball is discharged. The low pressure prevents the snowball being prematurely thrown and adds sound effects to the throwing action.
  • a user of the device of the invention will merely hold the handle while sticking the enlarged end into snow, either while the snow lies on the ground or after it has been rolled into a large snowball.
  • the device is quickly swung in an arc, in the same manner an axe or a baseball bat is swung, to centrifugally dislodge the snow.
  • the natural flexibility of the plastic from which the device is preferably made will impart a slight whip action as the device is quickly swung, thereby increasing the velocity of the snowball as it flies from the enlarged end.
  • a partial vacuum is formed in the hollow handle, and air rushing into this low pressure area creates a pronounced noise that adds audible sound effects to the act of throwing the snowball.
  • the partial vacuum also slows movement of the snowball from the enlarged end and prevents its being discharged before the user has properly aimed the device.
  • the delayed discharge also allows the device to be swung through a greater are before the snowball flies from the enlarged end and this further increases its velocity.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspectiveview the invention.
  • FIG. 2 a vertical center section taken on the line 2-2 of FIG. 1 and drawn to a reduced scale.
  • the invention includes an elongate tubular handle 10, closed at 11, but otherwise forming a hollow cylinder that serves as a resonance chamber.
  • An enlarged, snowball forming and holding end 12 at the other end of the nandle is connected by an intermediate section 13 with the hollow handle.
  • Handle 10 must have some degree of flexibility in order for the velocity of a thrown snowball to be increased as a result of whip action occurring when the user swings the device.
  • the bore 14 of the enlarged end 12 must be straightwalled and smooth, so that snow compacted therein, when thrown, will engage the wall like a piston in a cylinder.
  • This partial vacuum, or suction initially acts on the snowball formed in the enlarged end 12 in opposition to the centrifugal force resulting from a user swinging the device while holding the handle 10 adjacent to its closed end 11, thereby tending to hold the snowball in the bore 14.
  • the centrifugal force is much greater, the net effect of the suction is to merely slow the discharge of the snow ball.
  • the flexibility of the handle and the smooth bore of the enlarged end can both be achieved by constructing the device in one-piece, of a suitable plastic material, and without any projections on the bore wall. Care must be taken not to make the handle so flexible that the device cannot be pushed into accumulated snow to pack a snowball in the large end or such that too much whip action is obtained, and the device becomes uncontrollable.
  • a game device for forming and throwing snowballs comprising:

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US5080572A (en) * 1989-05-02 1992-01-14 Sagebrush Industries Snow ball making device
USD342002S (en) 1990-11-06 1993-12-07 Sagebrush Industries, Inc. Tool for making snowballs
US5556319A (en) * 1993-04-23 1996-09-17 Watkins; James O. Confetti launching device
US5823850A (en) * 1993-04-23 1998-10-20 Watkins; James O. Confetti launching device
US20050028800A1 (en) * 2003-08-04 2005-02-10 Dreampatch, Llc Object forming and launching apparatus and method
USD549789S1 (en) 2006-06-26 2007-08-28 Duane Erickson Snowball throwing device
US20070295317A1 (en) * 2006-06-26 2007-12-27 Duane Erickson Snowball forming and throwing toy
USD567602S1 (en) * 2006-02-09 2008-04-29 Andrew Lee Choy Snowball former and launcher
US7815429B1 (en) * 2008-07-30 2010-10-19 EMSCOInc. Snowball slinger
US20140121041A1 (en) * 2012-10-25 2014-05-01 Brad S. Bardin Bat Swing Training Aid
US20180326272A1 (en) * 2017-05-09 2018-11-15 Stallion Sports, Inc. Snowball launching and batting apparatus
US10874953B2 (en) * 2018-11-20 2020-12-29 Daniel Fabrizi Snowball forming apparatus, and method of use

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US1075041A (en) * 1913-10-07 Frederick B Kirkness Ball-slinger.
US2853991A (en) * 1957-11-25 1958-09-30 Kusan Inc Toy air gun
US3087481A (en) * 1959-05-25 1963-04-30 Edwin E Foster Toy gun
US3236521A (en) * 1963-09-27 1966-02-22 Philip H Knott Projectile popping and reloading toy

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US5080572A (en) * 1989-05-02 1992-01-14 Sagebrush Industries Snow ball making device
US5000153A (en) * 1989-11-22 1991-03-19 Sun Products International, Inc. Sporting device for making and accurately throwing snowballs
USD342002S (en) 1990-11-06 1993-12-07 Sagebrush Industries, Inc. Tool for making snowballs
US5556319A (en) * 1993-04-23 1996-09-17 Watkins; James O. Confetti launching device
US5823850A (en) * 1993-04-23 1998-10-20 Watkins; James O. Confetti launching device
US20050028800A1 (en) * 2003-08-04 2005-02-10 Dreampatch, Llc Object forming and launching apparatus and method
US20050241191A1 (en) * 2003-08-04 2005-11-03 Choy Andrew L Object forming and launching apparatus and method
US7128556B2 (en) * 2003-08-04 2006-10-31 Wessells Philip G Object forming and launching apparatus and method
USD567602S1 (en) * 2006-02-09 2008-04-29 Andrew Lee Choy Snowball former and launcher
USD549789S1 (en) 2006-06-26 2007-08-28 Duane Erickson Snowball throwing device
US20070295317A1 (en) * 2006-06-26 2007-12-27 Duane Erickson Snowball forming and throwing toy
US7481208B2 (en) 2006-06-26 2009-01-27 Duane Erickson Snowball forming and throwing toy
US7815429B1 (en) * 2008-07-30 2010-10-19 EMSCOInc. Snowball slinger
US20140121041A1 (en) * 2012-10-25 2014-05-01 Brad S. Bardin Bat Swing Training Aid
US20180326272A1 (en) * 2017-05-09 2018-11-15 Stallion Sports, Inc. Snowball launching and batting apparatus
US10646760B2 (en) * 2017-05-09 2020-05-12 John Hinnen, III Snowball launching and batting apparatus
US10874953B2 (en) * 2018-11-20 2020-12-29 Daniel Fabrizi Snowball forming apparatus, and method of use

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