US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 417
.~ Means removably supporting projectile in position to be struck and thereby projected by player (e.g., batting tee, etc.)

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473 /   HD   GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE

415  DF  PLAYING FIELD OR COURT GAME; GAME ELEMENT OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER THAN PROJECTOR OR PROJECTILE, PER SE {14}
417.~ Means removably supporting projectile in position to be struck and thereby projected by player (e.g., batting tee, etc.) {3}
418  DF  .~.~> Projectile suspended or is supported by column of fluid
419  DF  .~.~> Having means engaging top of projectile (e.g., kicking trainer or tee, etc.)
420  DF  .~.~> For projectile intended to be projected by kicking (e.g., kicking trainer or tee, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/417

Means removably supporting projectile in position to be struck and thereby projected by player (e.g., batting tee, etc.):

(under subclass 415) Subject matter comprising a structure adapted to support a game projectile relative to the ground so that it may readily be struck and thereby impelled by a player of a playing field or court game or by a player practicing or training for such a game, which supporting structure is in the form of (a) a means having an underlying projectile receiving seat upon which the projectile is intended to removably rest, (b) an overhead member having means for removably suspending the projectile therefrom, or (c) an overhead member for engaging the top of the projectile so that the projectile is removably held between the overhead member and either the ground or an underlying member or mechanism upon which the projectile removably rests or by which the projectile is removably held.

(1) Note. The support structure may be an upwardly extending column or stream of fluid, the seat being formed when and where the fluid impinges upon or interacts with the projectile.

(2) Note. The term "removably" as it is used above means that the projectile (a) is merely freely resting upon the support structure, (b) is releasably attached to the support structure (e.g., by means of a tether releasably supporting a projectile in suspended position, etc.), or (c) is releasably held by the support structure (e.g., held between an overlying member and the ground or an underlying member or mechanism, etc.).