Baseball catching and throwing cup for attachment to a bat or other article

Claim 1

BALL GAME APPARATUS COMPRISING A SHALLOW CUP HAVING A BOTTOM AND AN ANNULAR WALL, SAID WALL HAVING AN ANNULAR RIM, SAID BOTTOM AND WALL BEING FORMED WITH A CONCAVE INNER SURFACE WHICH RADIATES IN A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUSLY CURVE FROM A CENTRE OF SAID BOTTOM TO THE ANNULAR RIM OF THE CUP, THE DEPTH OF SAID CUP BEING ONLY SUFFICIENT TO RECEIVE WITHOUT GRIPPING A SMALL PORTION OF A BALL OF THE SIZE OF A STANDARD BASEBALL, SAID BOTTOM HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE FORMED WITH A LARGE GROOVE EXTENDING THEREACROSS AND OPENING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM SUITABLE FOR RECEIVING A BASEBALL BAT WITH SAID BAT FITTING IN AND EXTENDING ALONG THE GROOVE, AND GRIPPING MEANS OUTSIDE THE CUP AND SECURED TO THE BOTTOM THEREOF ADAPTED REMOVABLY TO HOLD SAID CUP ON A BASEBALL BAT FITTING IN SAID BOTTOM GROOVE FOR MOVEMENT WITH THE BAT TO CATCH A BALL IN THE CUP OR TO THROW A BALL FROM SAID CUP.