Patent 7828679 was granted and assigned to Mattel, Inc. on November, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention discloses a play implement positioning device including an implement support for holding a first play implement in a play position to be struck. The invention also discloses a mechanism for selectively, automatically placing multiple stored play implements onto the implement support after the first implement has been struck and dislodged from the implement support.