US PATENT SUBCLASS 273 / 340
.~ Playing surface or projectile struck from below to project projectile

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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}
340.~ Playing surface or projectile struck from below to project projectile

DEFINITION

Classification: 273/340

Playing surface or projectile struck from below to project projectile:

(under subclass 317) Apparatus including a surface which is supported in such a manner as to enable the striking manipulation thereunder of a hand-held striking implement or of the hand, fist, or foot of the participant in order to project or impel a projectile resting on the surface into the air by striking either the projectile directly from below or the surface on which the projectile rests from below, and

wherein (a) the surface has at least one closed periphery opening below which a portion of the projectile projects, or (b) the surface is imperforate and sufficiently yielding or elastic so that an impact from below will project or launch the projectile into the air.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

473, Games Using Tangible Projectile,

511, for a projector-catcher device with which an aerial projectile is similarly launched and with which an aerial projectile is also caught.