Toob ball

• US 20010031677A1
• Filed: 05/11/2001
• Published: 10/18/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ann M. Schlotter, Princess Ann Coleman, Thomas J. Coleman, William K Schlotter IV (William K. Schlotter)
• Original Assignee: Ann M. Schlotter, Princess Ann Coleman, Thomas J. Coleman, William K Schlotter IV (William K. Schlotter)
• Inventors: Coleman, Thomas J., Coleman, Princess Ann, Schlotter, Ann M., Schlotter, William K. IV
• Application Number:
  US09/853,550
• Publication Number:
  US 20010031677A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/569
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/00 Balls with special arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/02 with a handle
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 67/002 Games using balls, not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A toob ball having a main housing with a plurality of bendable, stretchable appendages connected to the ball. The ball can be thrown between different players and each player catching the ball can change the shape of any of the appendages to a fixed position before the ball is thrown again.

Claims

1. A toob ball which comprises:

a central pliable ball, and

a plurality of bendable, stretchable appendages secured to different parts of the ball, said appendages extend outwardly radially from the central pliable ball and are bendable or stretchable to a fixed shaped position relative to a radial direction.

2. A toob ball as set forth in

claim 1

, in which

said plurality of bendable, stretchable appendages are tubular.

3. A toob ball as set forth in

claim 2

, in which

said plurality of bendable, stretchable appendages have a second ball on an outer end in which the second ball is smaller than said central pliable ball.

4. A toob ball as set forth in

claim 2

, in which

said tubular appendages make a nose as said tubular appendages are bent and/or stretched.

5. A toob ball as set forth in

claim 3

, in which

said tubular appendages make a noise as said tubular appendages are bent and/or stretched.

6. A toob ball as set forth in

claim 1

, in which

said plurality of bendable, stretchable appendages are bent and/or stretched to different shapes.

7. A toob ball as set forth in

claim 2

, in which

said plurality of bendable, stretchable appendages are bent and/or stretched to different shapes.

8. A toob ball as set forth in

claim 3

, in which

said plurality of bendable, stretchable appendages are bent and/or stretched to different shapes.

9. A toob ball as set forth in

claim 4

, in which

said plurality of bendable, stretchable appendages are bent and/or stretched to different shapes.

10. A toob ball as set forth in

claim 5

, in which

said plurality of bendable, stretchable appendages are bent and/or stretched to different shapes.