The present invention provides an improved shuttlecock for use in a racquet sport games. The shuttlecock has a core housing with an upper portion and a lower half round shaped portion secured in a flexible nose cone. Tail fins having strengthened base areas are secured to the core housing. The flexible nose cone has an interior impact cushion zone against which the half round shaped portion rests for absorbing and redistributing forces applied to the nose cone by a racket, or the like.

The invention concerns a gaming device (1) to throw and catch a ball or a shuttlecock comprising a basket (20) structured around two rigid walls (21, 23) and elastic means (22, 24) for throwing the ball or the shuttlecock with a certain velocity by stretching the gaming device (1), while making it easier to catch the projectile in the structured basket (20) when the gaming device (1) is in resting position.

An automatic shuttlecock collecting and supplying apparatus including: a shuttlecock storage hopper that has a exit hole at the end of the bottom and having the bottom inclined toward the exit hole; a launching tube unit that temporarily keeps one shuttlecock and includes at least two rotary launching tubes; a launching unit that launches shuttlecocks in the launching tubes forward by striking the shuttlecocks; a shuttlecock supply unit that is disposed behind the launching tubes and supplies shuttlecocks into an aligned launching tube; and a conveyer unit that connects the exit hole and the shuttlecock supply unit to convey the shuttlecocks in the shuttlecock storage unit to the shuttlecock supply unit.

An improved projectile throwing apparatus is described comprising a handle, an elongate shaft, and a throwing head for throwing a projectile, such as a golf ball. The throwing head may be interchangeable with golf shafts of varied lengths, with lacrosse shafts, or other shafts to achieve accurate, long distance golf ball throws. The throwing head may be shaped to achieve throws of different distance, launch angle, and trajectory, optionally imparting spin with a retrograde ramp at the distal end of the throwing head. The throwing apparatus is useful for golf-type game play, including for those with physical disabilities, as well as for a training and instructional aid for golf, lacrosse, and other sports.

Performance of a racket can be adjusted. A racket includes a grip, an annular frame that is provided with a plurality of through holes that penetrate from an inner circumferential face to an outer circumferential face, and a shaft that connects the grip and the frame in a shaft axis direction, the frame having a rear end side attachment part, on the outer circumferential face of the frame and on a side closer to the shaft in the shaft axis direction, where there is mounted a rear end side attachment to which a string tensely provided to the frame is routed, and the rear end side attachment being made of a material different from the frame.

A portable badminton net rack includes a box, a first support rod, a second support rod, a net, a battledore and a badminton, the box includes an upper box and a lower box hinged to the upper box, an accommodation groove is defined in the lower box, the accommodation groove is configured to accommodate the net, the battledore and the badminton, the first support rod and the second support rod are each configured as a telescopic rod and are hinged to two sides of the lower box, respectively, each side of the net is provided with a connecting bush, and when the portable badminton net rack is in a use state, a first connecting bush of the two connecting bushes is sleeved on the first support rod, and a second connecting bush of the two connecting bushes is sleeved on the second support rod.

A portable badminton net rack includes a box, a first support rod, a second support rod, a net, a battledore and a badminton, the box includes an upper box and a lower box hinged to the upper box, an accommodation groove is defined in the lower box, the accommodation groove is configured to accommodate the net, the battledore and the badminton, the first support rod and the second support rod are each configured as a telescopic rod and are hinged to two sides of the lower box, respectively, each side of the net is provided with a connecting bush, and when the portable badminton net rack is in a use state, a first connecting bush of the two connecting bushes is sleeved on the first support rod, and a second connecting bush of the two connecting bushes is sleeved on the second support rod.

An artificial shuttlecock includes a ball head, a plurality of feathers, and a plurality of stems. Each of the feathers includes a notch. The notch is disposed on an outer edge of the feather. A ball head end of the stem is connected to the ball head, and a feather end is connected to the feather. The stem includes a body, which tapers from the end close to the ball end to the feather end. The end of the body close to the ball end has a first width, and the body has a second width at the feather. The first width is between 2.1 mm and 2.4 mm, and the second width is between 0.4 mm and 0.6 mm.