Balls with gripping handles
First Claim
1. A floating ball of a size and configuration sufficient to provide a floating water safety device comprising:
- a body having an outer surface of a sufficient extent to define a volume sufficient to accommodate at least a portion of each of the four fingers of a persons hand;
the body displacing a mass of water equal to the mass of the body wherein the body floats on water;
at least two indentations in the outer surface of the body, the indentations having a depth sufficient to receive at least a portion of each of the four fingers of the person'"'"'s hand, and a gripping surface within the indentations against which at least tip portions of the four fingers of one press wherein at least two people adrift in deep water can grip the floating ball and remain together or where the floating ball can be thrown to a person immersed in water.
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Abstract
A ball comprises a body having an outer surface of sufficient extent to define a volume sufficient to accommodate at least a portion of each of four fingers of a person'"'"'s hand. The ball has at least one indentation in the surface, the indentation having a depth sufficient to receive at least a portion of four fingers. Each indentation is provided with a gripping surface against which the fingers press while other surfaces of the fingers or the hand engage the outer surface of the ball. In one embodiment, the ball may have only a single indentation, whereas other embodiments the ball has a plurality of indentations. In addition to providing the amusement and exercise device, the ball has uses as a floating safety device.
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17 Claims
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1. A floating ball of a size and configuration sufficient to provide a floating water safety device comprising:
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a body having an outer surface of a sufficient extent to define a volume sufficient to accommodate at least a portion of each of the four fingers of a persons hand;
the body displacing a mass of water equal to the mass of the body wherein the body floats on water;
at least two indentations in the outer surface of the body, the indentations having a depth sufficient to receive at least a portion of each of the four fingers of the person'"'"'s hand, and a gripping surface within the indentations against which at least tip portions of the four fingers of one press wherein at least two people adrift in deep water can grip the floating ball and remain together or where the floating ball can be thrown to a person immersed in water. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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