US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 516
PLAYER HELD AND POWERED, NONMECHANICAL PROJECTOR, PER SE, FOR PROJECTING AERIAL PROJECTILE BY STRIKING; PART THEREOF OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR

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516PLAYER HELD AND POWERED, NONMECHANICAL PROJECTOR, PER SE, FOR PROJECTING AERIAL PROJECTILE BY STRIKING; PART THEREOF OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR {8}
517  DF  .~> Having projectile retrieving means
518  DF  .~> Body attachable
519  DF  .~> With user shiftable, adjustable, or interchangeable weight for use during play or with freely shiftable mass for increasing impact force
520  DF  .~> With sound-deadening, vibration-damping, or shock-absorbing feature other than projectile- or hand-contact surface or with rebound reducing feature {1}
524  DF  .~> Racket or paddle; accessory therefor (e.g., a tennis racket, tennis racket press, etc.) {19}
558  DF  .~> Mallet
559  DF  .~> Club {1}
564  DF  .~> Bat (e.g., baseball bat, etc.) {4}

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/516

PLAYER HELD AND POWERED, NONMECHANICAL PROJECTOR, PER SE, FOR PROJECTING AERIAL PROJECTILE BY STRIKING; PART THEREOF OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR:

(under the class definition) Subject matter (a) comprising an implement, per se, which is held and used by, or worn on the body of and used by, a player during play of a game or sport in which a game projectile is intended to move through the air during play of such game or sport, which implement is intended to enable the player to impart an impact upon the projectile so as to thereby propel, impel, launch or otherwise project the projectile into the air, through the air, or already moving through the air such that substantially all of the force used to impact the projectile is supplied by the player; (b) comprising a constituent part of such a player held or worn impact implement; or (c) comprising an ancillary means adapted and intended to be used with or for such player held or worn impact implement not elsewhere provided for.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

44+, for a projecting implement or apparatus (e.g., a billiard or pool cue, etc.) used in playing the surface projectile game known as billiards or pool.

107, for a mechanically operated projecting device used in playing the surface projectile game known as bowling.

118+, for a bowling pin, per se, used as a target in playing the game of bowling.

131, for a nonswingable implement or device used to project a ball in playing the projectile game known as golf.

219+, for a practice swingable implement used by a player to improve or perfect his or her skill in playing the game of golf. 282+, for a swingable implement (i.e., a golf club) used to project a projectile (i.e., a golf ball) in playing the game of golf.

412, for a player-carried, nonmechanical projector (e.g., a croquet mallet, etc.) used in playing the surface projectile game known as croquet.

415+, for a practice swingable implement per se, or for a swingable implement or other device for projecting a projectile which is combined with at least one other game component, which implement or device is used in playing or practicing for a playing field or court game such as baseball, basketball, football, soccer, tennis, racquetball, lacrosse, etc.).

505+, for a player held or worn implement (e.g., a lacrosse stick, jai alai cesta, etc.) adapted both to project a projectile into the air and to catch a projectile already moving through the air.

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124, Mechanical Guns and Projectors, for an implement, per se, or a mechanically operated apparatus, per se, adapted to impel or throw a projectile into or through the air in which the propelling agent is nonexplosive, particularly

5, for a device adapted to be held in the hand of a person and caused to throw a missile by a centrifugal or swinging movement of the person's arm (e.g., a sling, etc.), and subclass 79 for a device having a movable member which is impacted by a user to be moved into forcible contact with a missile to thereby transmit the user-provided impact force to the missile in order to propel it into or through the air.

150, Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers,

154+, for a protective cover made of flaccid material, especially subclass 163 for a flaccid protective cover for a racquet (e.g., a tennis racquet, etc.).

206, Special Receptacle or Package,

315.1+, for a container for, or a package for containing, a sport implement, exercise device, or game. 273, Amusement Devices: Games,

108+, for a surface projectile game in which a projectile travels at all times over the playing surface during play of the game, which projectile is projected over the playing surface either by a player using a player manipulated implement in which the player supplies the projecting force or by a mechanically powered projecting device (see particularly subclasses 119+ thereunder for a mechanically powered projector combined with and attached to the playing surface and subclass 129 thereunder for a projecting implement per se or for a mechanically operated projector per se); and subclasses 317+ for a projecting device or implement combined with at least one other game component which is used in an aerial projectile game (see particularly subclass 405 thereunder for a mechanical projector combined with a target).