Abstract: A pitching training aid is provided. The pitching training aid includes an elongated poll having a first end, a second end, and a common axis running from the first end to the second end. The present invention further includes a ball having a slot running from a first side to a second side opposite the first side along a center of the ball. The slot is sized to fit around the elongated poll so that the ball slidably engages the elongated poll along the common center axis. A first stopper is secured to the first end of the elongated poll and a second stopper is secured to the second end of the elongated poll. The first stopper and the second stopper have a diameter greater than a diameter of the elongated poll, thereby preventing the ball from sliding off of the elongated poll.

Abstract: A three-panel clapping device is an apparatus that allows a user to create a continuously clapping sound by moving the apparatus back and forth. The apparatus includes a first panel, a second panel, a middle panel, a rounded handle, a leather band, a metal fastener, and a printed graphic. The first panel and the second panel swiftly hit the middle panel during the back and forth movement of the apparatus, which creates the clapping sound. The middle panel is connected to the rounded handle, which allows the user to stabilize the middle panel as the first panel and the second panel are moving back and forth. The leather band and the metal clip bind the bottom of the both the first panel and the second panel to the middle panel, which allows the first panel and the second panel to flap and hit the middle panel.

Abstract: A toy according to the invention includes a substantially linear rigid grip to which two spacers are hinged, each one of the spacers being provided with a small ball at an equal and constant distance from the grip and rotating around the grip in such a way that the two small balls rotate around the grip. Each spacer is provided with stop elements suited to limit the rotation of the spacers, to transfer the quantity of motion to the other spacer and to prevent contact between the two small balls. Support elements are provided for the application or insertion of a cardboard element aligned with the rotation axis of the spacers.

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and related methods for producing a blend of rhythm and sound.

Abstract: A turkey game call includes a housing assembly and a striker assembly to generate fighting purr sounds. The housing assembly may include a base, a wall surrounding the periphery of the base, and a beam extending across the base. The striker assembly may include a control handle, a central hub connected to said handle, and a pair of striker plates connected to said central hub. Two posts are connected to the base proximate said striker plates, with each striker plate engaging one of said corresponding posts to generate the fighting purr sounds.

Abstract: A box turkey call comprising a sound box with a bottom wall, side walls, front end wall and back end wall, a first quick changeable attachment component secured to the front end wall, a striker having a front end, a distal back end, a top surface and a bottom surface, where the back end of the striker comprises an integrated handle, where the bottom surface of the striker is rounded laterally, and where the front end of the striker has a second quick changeable attachment component, where the first quick changeable attachment component and the second quick changeable attachment component are in pivotal but quickly detachable engagement.

Abstract: A hand-held noisemaker for use at sporting and other events. A dome-shaped, metal ringer is secured to a shallow, cup-shaped base by a lock knob having a parallel pair of barbed ends inserted into a keyway cutout of an upstanding boss within the base. A depending, cylindrical wall portion of the ringer is received within an annular recess of the base, but touches no part of the base. Whenever the noisemaker is shaken, and whenever two noisemakers are clapped together, a spherical ball within a closed, annular space defined by the ringer and base strikes the ringer, causing the ringer to emit a ringing sound.

Abstract: A rattle stick having an elongated member with an outwardly extending flange at one end and a handle at the opposite end. On the outer surface of the elongated member is at least one knob. Slidably fitted over the elongated member is a sleeve having at least one knob on an inner surface that is positioned to engage at least one knob on the outer surface of the member.

Abstract: An apparatus for use as a game call contemplate a plurality of rotor mounted acoustical plates having differing tonal qualities which can be selectively positioned for engagement by a complimentary striking plate to produce individually distinct sounds or tones.

Abstract: An apparatus for use as a game call contemplate a plurality of rotor mounted acoustical plates having differing tonal qualities which can be selectively positioned for engagement by a complimentary striking plate to produce individually distinct sounds or tones.

Abstract: An animal training device (10) having a housing (11), a sound-producing member, an actuator (15), and a whistle (21, 23). The sound-producing member is mounted within a central cavity (12) formed in the housing (11), and the actuator (15) is provided in an opening (14) in one face (13) of the housing (11). The actuator (15) is arranged to transfer to the sound-producing member a manual force applied to the actuator (15), thereby to produce a first audible signal. The whistle (21, 23) includes a resonance chamber (23) formed integrally in the other face (22) of the housing (11), and a mouthpiece (21) in communication with the resonance chamber (23). The whistle (21, 23) is adapted to produce a second audible signal upon a user blowing into the mouthpiece (21).

Abstract: A highly interesting sounding tool for cheering is provided. The sounding tool 1A comprises a pair of right and left clapping bars 2R and 2L, and a hollow cover body 10 having a shape imitating an object for enhancing interest. Both clapping bars 2R and 2L are pivotally joined at a position between the beating portion 3 and the gripping portion 4 such that the beating portions 3 and gripping portion 4 can be opened/closed. Both clapping bars 2R and 2L vertically penetrate the cover body 10 between the front and rear wall portions 11 and 11. Guide groove portions 15R and 15L are provided, respectively, on the inner right and left side surfaces of the front and rear wall portions 11 and 11 of the cover body 10 so as to be vertically apart from each other. Guide protruded portions 5R and 5L are provided, respectively, on the front and rear surfaces of the right and left clapping bars 2R and 2L so as to be vertically apart from each other.

Abstract: The present invention proposes a multi-function cheering tool, more particularly, a multi-function cheering tool for both promoting sports players' morale and spectators' cheering participation by developing a number of cheerful cheering practices according to the needs of cheering events in combination with bugle, megaphone and plastic bar. The multi-function cheering tool comprises a hollow cone type plastic tube, a bugle, a hitting bar, and a grip. One end of the hitting bar is fixed to an inner side of the grip and the other end of the hitting bar is expanding toward the hollow cone type plastic tube inwardly. And, the grip is formed in a hollow cylinder type in order to combine the hollow cone type plastic tube and the bugle, and functions as a megaphone in combining with the hitting bar.

Abstract: A means of directly attaching one or more strikers of a slate type turkey call to that call. The attachment keeps the strikers and call as a unit for ready access and eliminates one rattling against the other when the call is not in use. The attachment is accomplished by diametral engagement of the strikers by an extension of the call body. The extension is an integral part of the call body or added as an accessary to an existing slate turkey call. Providing accurate diametral location, the invention is also used, with abrasive material, to effectively shape or resurface the sound producing end of the striker.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand-gripped clapping device comprising: a hand-gripped clapping device main body which has a palm-shaped main section and a handle section connected with the main section by a connecting segment. The main section has a receiving space for accommodating a light emitting element, a battery unit, a conductive resilient piece and a trigger connected together to form a conductive circuit. A pair of clapping boards pivots respectively on the upper and lower sides of the main section. A limiting piece is provided respectively at the rear side of each clapping board. When in use, user grips the handle and brandishes the clapping device so that the pair of clapping boards conducts opening-closing action just like the clapping of human being. By the way, the clapping action of the clapping boards also beat against the trigger which activates the light emitting elements provided on the main section.

Abstract: A golf flog apparatus and associated method for relieving stress and/or frustration, as well as enhancing demeanor and/or play, during die play or contemplation of golf. Included is a handle with a plurality of cords coupled thereto. Further included is a plurality of golf balls each coupled to a corresponding one of the cords.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a device for simulating the sound of rattling antlers. The device comprises a striker rod and a box. The striker rod comprises a head, a shaft and a handle. The box comprises a left and a right side wherein the left and right side each have a channel for receiving the head of the striker rod. The box also has a front and back side; and a top and bottom. The top has an opening to allow insertion of the shaft. The channels have nubs for impacting the head of the striker rod. When the head is reciprocated within the channels of the box, a simulated sound of rattling antlers is produced.

Abstract: A device for the simulation of the sound of interacting antlers which comprises a plurality of bound rods encircling a cam rod, and wherein the cam rod is attached to a crank, and wherein the crank extends from its attachment to the cam rod to facilitate manipulation. And, the crank, when rotated, rotates, in turn, the cam rod among the bound rods to create the simulated sound of interacting antlers.

Abstract: A musical shaker is formed with a rigid shell and pellets enclosed therein attached to a flexible handle. In a first embodiment, the shell part truncates to a small end portion and includes a bottleneck opening in the truncated small end portion. The truncated end portion is closed by an internal joint with a cap member covered by the flexible plastic handle or by the flexible handle itself. In a second embodiment, the shell part is formed by two rigid plastic halves sealed so as to enclose the pellets. The end of the flexible handle is fitted to one end of the shell part and is secured to that end by adhesive. In a third embodiment the flexible handle includes two portions, including a flexible handle portion adjoining the shell.

Abstract: A training device for acquiring the correct hand motion associated with the different types of sport and for strengthening the wrist and forearm. The device is simple and portable. It utilizes a combination of a magnet and a plunger, the magnet having a sufficient force to keep the plunger attached but not strong enough to prevent the plunger from dislodging from the magnet when a user snaps the device. The device is designed so that the snapping sound caused by the plunger hitting a wall synchronizes with the impact on the muscles felt by the user during a hand motion.

Abstract: A noise maker for sports enthusiasts having two identical sections shaped to replicate the appearance of a sports article such as a baseball. The sections each have an inner and outer shell defining sound chambers. The sections are joined at a common grip. When one section is struck on a surface, a loud, sharp noise emanates. Striker projections on the edge of the shells engage when the device is manipulated to further create sounds.

Abstract: Sports fan's noise maker. The noise maker includes a noise making mechanism, said noise making mechanism comprising a disk-shaped outer casing. Contained within the outer casing is a gear with an attached handle, said handle extending outward through an aperature on the bottom of the casing. A striker is attached to the bottom wall of the casing and extends upward and is configured to abut against the gear when the device is rotated. A miniature baseball bat has a handle-receiving aperture at one end (the barrel end). The handle of the noise maker is firmly fitted into the aperture. In addition, a miniature baseball helmet is provided wherein the noise making mechanism is fitted into the bottom of the helmet. If desired a writing implement may be provided that is inserted into the end of the baseball bat opposite to the noise maker. Furthermore, if desired, a pennant showing the team colors and/or logo may be attached to the batting helmet.

Abstract: There is provided a shaker instrument having a single, contiguous body with a sounding chamber that is in communication with an elongated hollow neck or handle. The hollow handle has an opening or aperture through which a fill material may be introduced to, or removed from, the sounding chamber. The fill material is restricted to the sounding chamber by a plug or insert that is placed through the opening and extends into the elongated hollow neck. In addition, there is provided a method of making such a shaker instrument. The method is simplified compared to prior art methods and eliminates any relatively weak and possibly unsafe seams on the instrument.

Abstract: A noisemaker for producing a drumming sound when shaken rapidly back and forth. The noisemaker includes a head with a spaced apart pair of faces and an outwardly extending tubular extent which terminates at an open end. A plurality of resiliently deformable balls are provided in the head. The extent is inserted into one end of a handle.

Abstract: A toy clapper device having a main body including an elongate and planar shaped handle with first and second faces, a lower gripping end, an intermediate engaging portion, an upper portion and a central substantially circular shaped member also exhibiting first and second faces and extending integrally from the upper portion of the handle. First and second circular shaped paddles are dimensioned substantially identically to the central circular shaped portion, each of the paddles further including elongate planar shaped portions and seating portions extending from the planar shaped portions.

Abstract: A toy capable of emitting clapping noise, emitting scent, and emitting light. The toy is constructed with an elongated central member and a plurality of resilient ribs which are attached at one of their ends to the elongated central member and are attached at their other end to a sliding collar. The sliding collar is free to slide along the elongated member thereby causing the resilient ribs to move radially outwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elongated central member.

Abstract: An egg shaped musical shaker instrument has an egg shaped shell and pellets enclosed therein. The shell has two parts. A first large shell part includes an exterior surface forming a large end portion and a central portion. The first part truncates at a small end portion of the shell and includes an opening in the truncated small end portion. The second small shell part has a cap member for closing the opening in the first large shell part. The first and second shell parts are joined together by an internal joint which is not exposed to the external surface of the shell. In a second embodiment, a handle, which replaces the second small shell part, is attached to the first large shell part.

Abstract: A hand-held percussion instrument capable of generating a variety of different sounds upon demand. These sounds including the typical sound of cymbals coming from a tambourine, the sound of a drum which is stretched over an open side of a tambourine, the sound of a maraca which is generated from a multitude of pellets contained within a hollow chamber inside the handle, this sound being adjusted by selectively covering or uncovering openings in the handle, and the sound of a lone cymbal set located at the end of the handle some distance from the tambourine.

Abstract: A cymbal device for use with one hand includes a shaft extending along an axis and two cymbals coaxially mounted on the shaft so that one of the cymbals is moveable relative to the other. A trigger mechanism is coupled to the shaft for displacing the moveable cymbal relative to the other cymbal to bring the cymbals into engagement with one another. A handle is secured to the shaft at a position enabling a user to grasp the handle and actuate the trigger mechanism with one hand.

Abstract: A rubber or plastic foam bat for recreational and/or therapeutic use. The bat includes a solid, generally cylindrical handle and a long, flexible tubular impact barrel longitudinally connected to the handle. The impact portion has a blind coaxial bore which closes momentarily when the bat strikes an object and subsequently reopens, thereby generating a loud noise. The bat preferably is formed from a thermoplastic or thermosetting material such as polyethylene.

Abstract: A hand-held percussion musical instrument includes a swinging tone-generating plate, which is hinged and moved when being played. The tone plate is sounded by impact with the body of the instrument, which includes a resonator and impact member located at the point of contact with the tone plate. The tone plate swings on a hinge, which is a flexible elastomeric joint that secures the tone plate to the resonator. A pleated, accordion-type elastomeric member is affixed between the end of the tone plate and body of the instrument to control the lateral movement of the tone plate and limit its backswing.

Abstract: The percussion rhythm apparatus includes an elongate base member to which one end of each of two hollow tubular members is engaged in a pivotable manner. The tubular members are spaced from one another and both extend outwardly to one side of the base member. The free end of each tubular member includes an angled graspable section, the open end of which is covered by an end cap. The graspable sections are of unequal length to protect fingers from pinching when the tubular members are brought together.

Abstract: An improved noise making device (10) particularly suited for use in stadiums, arenas and the like comprises a flexible, planar member of "whooping plate" (12), and a handle (14), both preferably comprised of plastic, the ends of the handle (14) being joined to the ends of the planar member (12) with the central section of the handle bowed outwardly from the planar member, such that when the handle is gripped and thrust forward and backward, the planar member bows inwardly and outwardly, thereby generating a loud noise. Suitable indicia, such as a team logo or advertising message, may be imprinted on the outer surface of the planar member.

Abstract: A substantially rectangular game caller having wood top end and side walls (10), (11), (12) and (13) forming a resonator chamber R, a bottom vibrator plate (15) of graphite-epoxy laminate enclosing said chamber, a friction edging strip (18) secured to a side edge of said plate (15) and a slot (17) above the edging strip to allow free vibration of the vibrator plate (15).

Abstract: A people entertainment method provides a sound-emissive, tear-resistant sheet of material, bends that sound-emissive sheet of material into a loop and attaches that loop to a handle. Users may then hold the handle and shake that handle and thereby the loop intensively to excite the bent sheet into sound emission. Streamer elements may be connected to the handle which is shook intensively to excite the bent sheet into sound emission accompanied by shaking streamer elements. There further may be provided on the sound-emissive, tear-resistant sheet of material, a message visually perceptible by people being entertained and related to an aspect of the practiced people entertainment. People's attention may then be drawn to that message by exciting the bent sheet into sound emission through the shaking of the handle and thereby of the loop on which the message is provided.

Abstract: Clacker apparatus includes a base portion, including a handle, and one or two clacker elements secured to the base element. The clacker elements are secured by means of a rivet or the like, and the elements are freely movable relative to each other to allow the clacker elements to contact the base element over substantially the entire area. The bottom of the base element may include an aperture for receiving streamers or a chain.

Abstract: A box-type turkey caller has an actuator with at least one scalloped edge, enabling the actuator to be moved against the box with a measured rhythm to simulate the sound of a turkey purr.

Abstract: A pair of synthetic antlers, each of which includes at least a handle and two tines, one of the antlers having fins along the tines and upon clashing/striking the antlers together, the fins produce palmated sounds effective for rattling-in deer, elk and like antlered animals.

Abstract: A compact hand-held thumb actuated friction-type turkey call is formed of a generally rectangular elongated hollow wooden sound box assembly having a longitudinal slot with a planar striker pivotably mounted to one end block at one end thereof for oscillation into and out of the sound chamber through the longitudinal slot. The hollow sound box assembly includes at least one sounding board oblique to an opposed face of the planar striker and extending inwardly of the sound chamber towards a striker planar surface and having a longitudinal edge contactable by the striker surface during movement of the striker into and out of the longitudinal slot. A spring biases the striker to a position partially projecting from the sound chamber. The sound box assembly may be held in the palm of one hand such that the user's thumb readily depresses the striker against the bias of the spring into the sound chamber to produce a rasping call imitating the sound of a live, wild turkey.

Abstract: A noise generating device which has a pair of plastic elongated blades pivotally secured at their distal ends to each other and interconnected intermediately. A spacer is interposed between the blades between the distal and interconnected intermediate portions of the blades. The clapper being used by an operator grasping the ends of the blades and shaking the blades to produce a clapping sound. An improved method of producing the device.

Abstract: A child's activity ring toy having first and second concentric ring portions, at least a part of at least one of the ring portions having thread segments along a multiple screw path with adjacent thread segments of adjacent screw paths overlapping in the axial direction. A figure is mounted on this threaded part of the ring with an opening therein configured for engaging a next thread segment in the axial direction as a previous thread segment is disengaged.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sound producing toy for babies or little children, having a housing for accommodating a sound producing mechanism therein. The housing includes a cylindrical hollow drum having a thin wall, and upper and lower caps respectively secured to the opposite end portions of the drum. The opposite end portions of the drum are respectively fixedly forced into annular grooves which are formed in peripheral side walls of the upper and lower caps, so that the strength or rigidity of the drum is reinforced by the peripheral side walls of the upper and lower caps.

Abstract: A noisemaker formed of molded plastic material having a central body portion with a projection extending from one end thereof and preferably a pair of paddle portions each having a projection extending from an end thereof, with the paddle portions being disposed on opposite sides of the body portion, with the paddle portions including flexible hinge sections adapted for providing for pivotal movement of the paddle portions relative to the body portion, and a separate handle member having a recess receiving therein the projections on the body and paddle portions to hold such portions in generally adjacent relation, with means for locking the handle member to the body and the paddle portions. The paddle portions are adapted to pivot into and out of impacting relation to the body portion upon shaking of the noisemaker by the handle member, thus creating a hand-produced rhythmic-like noise.