US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 444
.~.~.~.~ Self-erecting or person-supported dummy

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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}
438  DF  .~.~ For football or rugby {3}
441  DF  .~.~.~ Blocking, tackling, or charging device {3}
444.~.~.~.~ Self-erecting or person-supported dummy

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/444

Self-erecting or person-supported dummy:

(under subclass 441) Practice or training device comprising a padded or resilient body adapted and intended to simulate a live player for training a user in the art of tackling or blocking an opposing player and wherein the body either (a) includes, is mounted to, or is intended to rest on an underlying surface and extend generally vertically upwardly therefrom, which body further includes or is connected to the underlying surface by means to cause the body to return to a generally vertically upward orientation whenever forces applied to the body causing it to be deflected from such vertical orientation are removed; or (b) includes means for a person to hold the body in a position on or above a practice surface.