US PATENT SUBCLASS 273 / 317.7
.~.~.~ Mechanically pitched or projectile ball

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273 /   HD   AMUSEMENT DEVICES: GAMES

317  DF  AERIAL PROJECTILE GAME; GAME ELEMENT (E.G., TARGET, ETC.) OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER THAN PROJECTOR OR PROJECTILE, PER SE {12}
317.1  DF  .~ Simulated game {5}
317.6  DF  .~.~ Baseball {2}
317.7.~.~.~ Mechanically pitched or projectile ball {1}
317.8  DF  .~.~.~.~> Tethered ball or projectile

DEFINITION

Classification: 273/317.7

Mechanically pitched ball or projectile:

(under subclass 317.6) A simulated baseball game including a device intended to simulate a pitcher, which is constructed and arranged to actively force the projectile, representing a baseball or baseball equivalent, toward a defined area representative of a batter's box, which may further include a device intended to simulate a batter constructed and arranged near the defined area to actively strike the projectile as it travels into the defined area, wherein the projectile is caused to be airborne by one of the devices.