Telescoping Football Holder

Abstract

A compact device for assisting place kicking a football is disclosed, including a module connecting telescoping legs and football tip telescoping holding arm, with the legs connecting the module for pivoting the legs from a ground engaging position to a transport position beneath and parallel to the arm.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A compactable holder for a football to permit kicking of the football with the football having one end touching the ground comprising:
 a football tip holder arm which is telescopically extendable and fixedly attached at a proximal end to an inverted v-shaped module;   the inverted v-shaped module having first and second pivot shafts;   a pair of legs which are telescopically extendable to the ground to adjust the height of the inverted v-shaped module;   one leg of the pair of legs being connected to the first pivot shaft and the other leg of the pair of legs being connected to the second pivot shaft to permit pivoting of the legs to a ground engaging position and to a position beneath the inverted v-shaped module and the football tip holder arm whereby the compactable holder is configured in a compactable stowage form.   
     
     
         2 . The compactable holder of  claim 1  wherein each leg of the pair of legs comprises at least two different diameter tubes telescopic relative to each other having close tolerance there between to permit adjustable telescopic length. 
     
     
         3 . The compactable holder of  claim 1  wherein the football tip holder arm comprises at least two different diameter tubes telescopic relative to each other having close tolerance there between to permit an adjustable telescopic length. 
     
     
         4 . The compactable holder of  claim 3  wherein the smaller diameter tube of the two different diameter tubes is fixedly attached at a proximal end to the inverted v-shaped module and the larger diameter tube of the two different diameter tubes has a football tip engaging surface pattern at a terminal end farthest away from the proximal end of the smaller diameter tube to thereby resist slippage of the tip of the football. 
     
     
         5 . The compactable holder of  claim 4  wherein the football tip engaging surface pattern is a knurled pattern. 
     
     
         6 . The compactable holder of  claim 1  wherein the football tip holder arm has a memory recovering soft material covering a terminal end farthest away from the proximal end of the football tip holder arm to thereby resist slippage of the tip of the football. 
     
     
         7 . The compactable holder of  claim 1  wherein the football tip holder arm has an attachment to a terminal end farthest away from the proximal end which attachment has a semi-elliptic or semi-spherical surface for holding the tip of the football in multiple angled positions as well as a straight vertical position. 
     
     
         8 . A compactable holder for a football to permit kicking of the football with the football having one end touching the ground comprising:
 a football tip holder arm which is telescopically extendable and attached at a proximal end to a module mounting first and second pivot shafts;   a pair of legs which are telescopically extendable to the ground to adjust the height of the module;   one leg of the pair of legs being connected to the first pivot shaft and the other leg of the pair of legs being connected to the second pivot shaft to permit pivoting of the legs to a ground engaging position and to a position beneath both the module and the football tip holder arm whereby the compactable holder is configured in a compactable stowage form.   
     
     
         9 . The compactable holder of  claim 8  wherein the football tip holder arm comprises at least two different diameter tubes telescopic relative to each other having close tolerance there between to permit a readily adjustable telescopic length. 
     
     
         10 . The compactable holder of  claim 9  wherein the smaller diameter tube of the two different diameter tubes is fixedly attached at an end proximal to the module and the larger diameter tube of the two different diameter tubes has a football tip engaging surface pattern at a terminal end farthest away from the proximal end of the smaller diameter tube. 
     
     
         11 . The compactable holder of  claim 8  wherein each leg of the pair of legs comprises at least two different diameter tubes telescopic relative to each other having close tolerance there between to permit a readily adjustable telescopic length. 
     
     
         12 . The compactable holder of  claim 8  wherein the football tip holder arm has a knurled pattern at a terminal end farthest away from the proximal end for contacting the tip of the football to resist slippage. 
     
     
         13 . The compactable holder of  claim 8  wherein the football tip holder arm has a memory recovering soft material covering a terminal end farthest away from the proximal end of the football tip holder arm to thereby resist slippage of the tip of the football. 
     
     
         14 . The compactable holder of  claim 8  wherein the football tip holder arm has an attachment to a terminal end farthest away from the proximal end which attachment has a semi-elliptic or semi-spherical surface for holding the tip of the football in multiple angled positions as well as a straight vertical position. 
     
     
         15 . A compactable holder for a football to permit kicking of the football with the football having one end touching the ground comprising:
 a football tip holder arm which is telescopically extendable and attached at a proximal end to an inverted v-shaped module mounting first and second pivot shafts having heads thereon larger in diameter than the diameter of each shaft;   a pair of legs which are telescopically extendable to the ground to adjust the height of the inverted v-shaped module;   one leg of the pair of legs having a bore hole through which the first pivot shaft extends and the other leg of the pair of legs having a bore hole through which the second pivot shaft extends to permit pivoting of the legs to a ground engaging position and to a compactable position beneath both the inverted v-shaped module and the football tip holder arm; and wherein each of the pair of legs are biased by a compression spring mounted between the shaft heads and the bore holes to control the pivoting positions of the legs.   
     
     
         16 . The compactable holder of  claim 15  further comprising two sets of shallow positioning grooves on the inside of the surfaces forming the v of the inverted v-shaped module to aid in guiding and retaining the positioning of the legs in the ground engaging position and in the compactable position. 
     
     
         17 . The compactable holder of  claim 16  wherein the shallow positioning grooves of each set intersect. 
     
     
         18 . The compactable holder of  claim 17  wherein the axis of each pivot shaft is located at the center of where each set of shallow positioning grooves intersect. 
     
     
         19 . The compactable holder of  claim 16  wherein each set of shallow positioning grooves are mirror images of the other set. 
     
     
         20 . The compactable holder of  claim 16  wherein each set of shallow positioning grooves are mirror images with a first groove of each set formed parallel to a longitudinal axis of the football tip holder arm and another groove of each set intersects the first groove at an angle.