181 |
SEGMENTED BALL WITH LIGHTED SEGMENTS |
US14711496 |
2015-05-13 |
US20150246266A1 |
2015-09-03 |
Richard E. Zawitz |
Embodiments of the instant invention include lighted bounceable toys for play and amusement. Such toys or structures can be made in an infinite number of graceful and useful configurations. Exemplary bounceable ball toys include a light assembly having a power source and a plurality of light emitting elements, and a spherical skeletal structure having a plurality of segments. The spherical skeletal structure defines an open interior cavity, and at least some segments of the skeletal structure include a channel opening that faces toward the interior cavity. Light emitting elements transmit light to the channel openings. |
182 |
WEIGHTED EXERCISE BALL |
US14511029 |
2014-10-09 |
US20150099612A1 |
2015-04-09 |
Lori A. Beveridge |
A weighted exercise ball including a weighted, filled core and a plurality of fronds, fringes, or strips radiating from the core. The fringes allow for superior grippability of the ball, which is ideal for training or rehabilitating elderly or injured persons who may not otherwise be able to grip a typical exercise ball or medicine ball. In a preferred embodiment, the weighted core is filled with sand and the fringes extend between two and six inches away from the core. |
183 |
Lacrosse Training Ball |
US13962271 |
2013-08-08 |
US20150045152A1 |
2015-02-12 |
Andrew Jeffrey Hayes; Peter Alfred Lawrence |
A lightweight lacrosse training ball that is suitable for use in lacrosse training drills is lighter, softer, and larger than a regulation lacrosse ball. The lacrosse training ball is comprised of multiple layers: an inner (non-hollow or hollow) layer comprised of a rubber compound; a middle layer comprised of felt or a similar cushioning material; and an outer layer. In one embodiment, the lacrosse training ball is a non-hollow or hollow, lightweight ball with a cushioning layer covered with an outer surface. The light weight of the lacrosse training ball makes it suitable for training where player safety is of concern. The light weight is also advantageous for developing optimal catching ability, forcing players to focus on “giving” with the catch or catching softly. The larger size of the lacrosse training ball increases catching proficiency as there is less room for error in catching a larger ball. |
184 |
System of Modularity for Hollow Game Balls |
US13798208 |
2013-03-13 |
US20140274465A1 |
2014-09-18 |
Raymond L. Francis |
Friction-fit, removable plugs for holes in hollow, perforated game balls, such as Wiffle Balls and practice golf balls. Plugging the holes allows users to adjust the flight and composition of the balls in various ways, including matching the distance of balls to the available space and to the players' abilities. An adjustable golf ball is one embodiment. Plugging the holes also provides a means to attach various accessories, which creates modularity, facilitates experimentation and ball development, and permits an app-like avenue of marketing and development of balls. |
185 |
SEGMENTED BALL WITH LIGHTED ELEMENTS |
US14163987 |
2014-01-24 |
US20140162814A1 |
2014-06-12 |
Richard E. Zawitz |
Embodiments of the instant invention include lighted bounceable toys for play and amusement. Such toys or structures can be made in an infinite number of graceful and useful configurations. Exemplary bounceable ball toys include a light assembly having a power source and a plurality of light emitting elements, and a spherical skeletal structure having a plurality of segments. The spherical skeletal structure defines an open interior cavity, and at least some segments of the skeletal structure include a channel opening that faces toward the interior cavity. Light emitting elements transmit light to the channel openings. |
186 |
SEGMENTED BALL WITH LIGHTED ELEMENTS |
US13566579 |
2012-08-03 |
US20130210562A1 |
2013-08-15 |
Richard E. Zawitz |
Embodiments of the instant invention include lighted bounceable toys for play and amusement. Such toys or structures can be made in an infinite number of graceful and useful configurations. Exemplary bounceable ball toys include a light assembly having a power source and a plurality of light emitting elements, and a spherical skeletal structure having a plurality of segments. The spherical skeletal structure defines an open interior cavity, and at least some segments of the skeletal structure include a channel opening that faces toward the interior cavity. Light emitting elements transmit light to the channel openings. |
187 |
Water skipping game bag |
US12983457 |
2011-01-03 |
US08388475B2 |
2013-03-05 |
Timothy Leefeldt |
A water skipping game bag. The game bag can include a liquid-permeable cover having a hydrophobic exterior surface and enclosing an interior chamber, a liquid-permeable pouch disposed within the chamber, a filler material having fluid properties, and a liquid-absorbent core disposed within the pouch. The game bag can absorb water and deform so as to improve skipping performance, increase ease of catching and throwing the bag, and reduce the likelihood of injury from impact by the bag. |
188 |
Method of Manufacturing a Sport Ball |
US13482790 |
2012-05-29 |
US20120234467A1 |
2012-09-20 |
Zvi Rapaport; Vincent F. White; Bhupesh Dua |
A sport ball may include a casing and a bladder. The casing may form at least a portion of an exterior surface of the ball. The bladder may be located within the casing and formed from a plurality of polymer bladder elements joined along abutting edges to form a sealed and valveless structure that encloses a pressurized gas. In some configurations, the bladder may be at least partially formed from an ether-based thermoplastic polyurethane material. |
189 |
Sport ball bladder |
US12147943 |
2008-06-27 |
US08210973B2 |
2012-07-03 |
Zvi Rapaport; Vincent F. White; Bhupesh Dua |
A sport ball may include a casing and a bladder. The casing may form at least a portion of an exterior surface of the ball. The bladder may be located within the casing and formed from a plurality of polymer bladder elements joined along abutting edges to form a sealed and valveless structure that encloses a pressurized gas. In some configurations, the bladder may be at least partially formed from an ether-based thermoplastic polyurethane material. |
190 |
FLEXIBLE HOLE BALL |
US13288897 |
2011-11-03 |
US20120108372A1 |
2012-05-03 |
PETE PARENTI |
A ball that is pliable, seamless, flexible and durable that has a seamless, uniformly thick outer shell and where the shell has one or more holes through the outer shell such that the ball is soft and because of the design it does not fly very far. |
191 |
SEGMENTED BALL WITH LIGHTED ELEMENTS |
US13004818 |
2011-01-11 |
US20110212798A1 |
2011-09-01 |
Richard E. Zawitz |
Embodiments of the instant invention include lighted bounceable toys for play and amusement. Such toys or structures can be made in an infinite number of graceful and useful configurations. Exemplary bounceable ball toys include a light assembly having a power source and a plurality of light emitting elements, and a spherical skeletal structure having a plurality of segments. The spherical skeletal structure defines an open interior cavity, and at least some segments of the skeletal structure include a channel opening that faces toward the interior cavity. Light emitting elements transmit light to the channel openings. |
192 |
WATER SKIPPING GAME BAG |
US12983457 |
2011-01-03 |
US20110165978A1 |
2011-07-07 |
Timothy S. LEEFELDT |
A water skipping game bag. The game bag can include a liquid-permeable cover having a hydrophobic exterior surface and enclosing an interior chamber, a liquid-permeable pouch disposed within the chamber, a filler material having fluid properties, and a liquid-absorbent core disposed within the pouch. The game bag can absorb water and deform so as to improve skipping performance, increase ease of catching and throwing the bag, and reduce the likelihood of injury from impact by the bag. |
193 |
NOVEL TENNIS BALL |
US12742100 |
2008-11-06 |
US20100261563A1 |
2010-10-14 |
Hugo Verbeke; Dominicus Limerkens |
Tennis ball which comprises an elastomeric polyurethane foam having a ball shape and a density of 250-800 kg/m3, which foam is covered with a textile material. |
194 |
MKV takraw ball |
US11718933 |
2005-04-12 |
US07794343B2 |
2010-09-14 |
Boonchai Lorhpipat; Boonsakdi Lorpipatana |
A takraw ball is woven from takraw ball strips of springy material having soft material pads mounted into recesses in a strip face, the pads are, at least in part, bounded by strip face parts which function to lend stiffness to the strip, and/or protect pad edges and/or assist in mounting pads onto the strips. |
195 |
BOUNCING BALL AMUSEMENT DEVICE HAVING REDUCED TRANSPARENCY |
US12464667 |
2009-05-12 |
US20100184541A1 |
2010-07-22 |
Brian D. KESSLER |
A ball amusement device including an outer shell of transparent or semi-transparent plastic or elastomer or plastomer having good bounce characteristics, and at least one liquid within the shell. The outer shell may be configured to reduce the transparency to light through the ball. |
196 |
HIGH BOUNCE STRUCTURE: SKY BALL |
US12482623 |
2009-06-11 |
US20100144471A1 |
2010-06-10 |
Brian KESSLER |
A play ball having a high bounce capacity of at least 20 vertical feet and as much as 50 or 75 vertical feet is formed of a solid, elastomer thermoplastic polyurethane having a wall thickness of 3-5 mm, containing gas at a pressure preferably greater than 0.65 kfg/cm2. |
197 |
Apparatus With Mesh and Manducable Protrusion |
US12615156 |
2009-11-09 |
US20100056310A1 |
2010-03-04 |
David E. Silverglate; Brian Gulassa |
An apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of elongated strands having joinder regions uniting adjacent strands at a distance along a length of an outer perimeter of the elongated strands, the elongate strands being configured to couple together for a distance along their lengths. The elongated strands form a surface of a mesh when the joinder regions are coupled. The apparatus may further include a manducable protrusion coupled to the mesh and extending a distance away from an exterior surface of the mesh. |
198 |
Ball Segment and Coupling Elements which are used to form a functional ball |
US11992037 |
2006-09-15 |
US20100009788A1 |
2010-01-14 |
Monika Hasbach Lugo; Jonatan Aguilar Velazquez; Jose Antonio Salas Perez |
The present invention relates generally to the field of toys and/or promotional articles and/or ornamental articles and more specifically to a promotional toy formed by segments of a ball and connecting elements which form a functional ball. Assembly of a complete ball using only bare hands, once all of the necessary segments are collected, is facilitated by the structure. It can be used for publicity of consumer products and has connecting means for easy assembly, which when completed allows it to be used as a ball to be kicked. The inventive ball includes a connecting system and connecting element affixed to the segment of the ball and an accessory connecting element; the fixed connecting element consisting of a projection tangential cut on the edge of the segment of the ball and on the edge having another longer projection parallel to the edge, a space being left between the peripheral edge of the segment and the inside face of the parallel projection. |
199 |
Toy Apparatus With Rattle |
US12347323 |
2008-12-31 |
US20090170646A1 |
2009-07-02 |
David E. Silvergate |
A toy apparatus having a surface is provided. The toy apparatus may include a mesh including a plurality of loop structures having cooperative mating surfaces disposed at least partially around an outer perimeter of each loop structure. The plurality of loop structures may have curved inside perimeter surfaces, and the cooperative mating surfaces of adjacent loop structures may be configured to couple together for a distance along their lengths. The loop structures form the surface of the toy when the cooperative mating surfaces are coupled with each other. The toy apparatus may further include a rattle positioned in a loop structure in the mesh, the rattle having a body with a mounting structure having an outer perimeter sized to conform to the curved inside perimeter surface of the loop structure in which the rattle is mounted. |
200 |
Game Ball with Enhanced in Flight Movement |
US11944994 |
2007-11-26 |
US20090137350A1 |
2009-05-28 |
Jason Lenig |
A game ball with a generally spherical inner ball and a cover substantially covering the inner ball. The inner ball has first and second halves divided by an imaginary equatorial plane. There are circumferentially spaced openings in the first half of the inner ball and openings in the cover aligned with the openings in the inner ball. The game ball curves away from the openings when thrown and thus may be used for learning how to throw and hit breaking pitches. |