US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 423
.~.~ Tethered projectile

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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}
422  DF  .~ Practice or training device {7}
423.~.~ Tethered projectile {6}
424  DF  .~.~.~> Tether attached to means adapted to be held by, carried by, or attached to person {1}
426  DF  .~.~.~> Projectile tethered between opposed tether sections
427  DF  .~.~.~> Projectile continuously driven in closed orbit prior to being struck
428  DF  .~.~.~> Projectile slidable along a line
429  DF  .~.~.~> Tether pivotally attached for orbital revolution
430  DF  .~.~.~> Projectile suspended by tether

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/423

Tethered projectile:

(under subclass 422) Practice or training device comprising a projectile or a tangible means simulating a projectile which is adapted and intended to enable a practicing or training player to improve or perfect (a) the action of propelling, throwing, rolling, impelling, sliding, pushing, or otherwise projecting a game projectile, (b) the action of catching a game projectile, or (c) the action of grasping and pulling a game projectile; which projectile or tangible means simulating a projectile is attached or has means intended to be attached to an elongated means which, in turn, is secured or is intended to be secured to an anchoring means (such as a support, etc.) or to a body portion of the player, whereby the projectile or tangible means simulating a projectile is constrained for movement within the extent of the elongated means whenever it is propelled, projected, etc., caught, or grasped and pulled by the player.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

138, for golf game apparatus comprising a projectile tethered to a swingable implement.

139+, for golf game apparatus comprising an anchored (e.g., tethered, etc.) projectile.

575+, for a projectile having an attached or a means for attaching thereto a tether, elongated flaccid streamer, or the like, which projectile is intended to be used for playing a game which uses a game projectile but not intended to be used for practice or training purposes.