Football blocking dummy

Claim 2

As an article of manufacture, a football blocking dummy having an upstanding wall and positioned in said wall a pair of internally directed indentations which extend toward each other from the outer surface of said wall, the outer surface of said wall intermediate said indentations and the surface of said indentations directly opposite said outer wall providing a grasping means whereby said outer Surface of said wall receives the palm portion of the human hand and the surface of said indentations opposite said outer wall receive the fingers of said hand, said grasping means being such that it protects the hands, wrists and fingers from injury when said article is struck, blocked or tackled.

Claim 3

An article of manufacture according to claim 1 wherein said indentations and said grasping means are located in the upper portion of said article.

Claim 4

An article of manufacture according to claim 2 wherein said football blocking dummy has a substantially frustoconical shape, and said surface of said indentations directly opposite said outer wall is curved thereby permitting the hands of a player holding said dummy to obtain a better grip on said grasping means.

Claim 5

An article of manufacture according to claim 3 wherein said indentations additionally open on the flat upper surface of said dummy.

Claim 6

An article of manufacture according to claim 4 wherein a slot is provided in said flat upper surface between each of said indentations and the outer surface of said wall, thereby forming a resting means for the thumb of the human hand when the hand grasps said grasping means.

Claim 7

As an article of manufacture, a football blocking dummy having a substantially frustoconical shape which includes an upstanding wall, and positioned in said wall a pair of curved, internally directed indentations which extend toward each other from the outer surface of said wall, the outer surface of said wall and the surface of said indentations directly opposite said outer wall providing a grasping means whereby said outer surfaces of said wall receive the palm portion of the human hand and the surface of said indentations opposite said outer wall receives the finger of said hand, said indentations and said grasping means being located in the upper portion of said article in open communication with the upper surface of said article, and further including a slot in said upper surface between each of said indentations and the outer surface of said wall, thereby forming a resting means for the thumb of the human hand when the hand grasps said grasping means.

Claim 8

As an article of manufacture, a football blocking dummy having a substantially frustoconical shape which includes an upstanding wall, and positioned in said wall a pair of curved, internally directed indentations which extend toward each other from the outer surface of said wall, the outer surface of said wall and the surface of said indentations directly opposite said outer wall providing a grasping means whereby said outer surfaces of said wall receive the palm portion of the human hand and the surface of said indentations opposite said outer wall receives the finger of said hand, said indentations and said grasping means being located in the upper portion of said article in open communication with the upper surface of said article, and further including a slot in said upper surface between each of said indentations and the outer surface of said wall, thereby forming a resting means for the thumb of the human hand when the hand grasps said grasping means.

Claim 9

An article of manufacture according to claim 6 wherein said dummy is provided with a rounded base which allows said dummy to be easily raised to an upright vertical position after being placed in a horizontal position.

Claim 10

An article of manufacture according to claim 6 wherein the lower portion of said dummy is filled with a material which allows said dummy to automatically return to an upright vertical position after said dummy has been placed in a horizontal position.