FLEXIBLE HOLE BALL

• US 20120108372A1
• Filed: 11/03/2011
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pete Parenti
• Original Assignee: Pete Parenti
• Inventors: PARENTI, PETE
• Application Number:
  US13/288,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20120108372A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/611
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2043/001 Short-distance or low-velocity balls for training, or for playing on a reduced area
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/02 Tennis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/18 Baseball, rounders or similar games
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/182 Softball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/20 Cricket
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0025 Football American football A63B2243/007
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 39/00 Hollow non-inflatable balls , i.e. having no valves rigid balls A63B37/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 45/00 Apparatus or methods for manufacturing balls working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49714 Hollow ball

Abstract

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.

Claims

1. A ball, said ball comprising:

a pliable, seamless outer shell; and

one or more holes through said outer shell.

2. The ball of claim 1 wherein said outer shell is resilient.

3. The ball of claim 2 where the ball is highly durable.

4. The ball of claim 3 where the ball has limited flight path when struck.

5. The ball of claim 1 where said outer shell is made from a PVC, non-phthalate material.

6. The ball of claim 5 where said PVC, non-phthalate material outer shell has a wall thickness that is at least a 1 mm thick.

7. The ball of claim 2 where said outer shell has uniform thickness.

8. The ball of claim 2 where said ball weighs at least 20 grams or more.

9. The ball of claim 2 where said ball weighs at least 70 grams or more.

10. A manufacturing process to manufacture the pliable, seamless holed ball of claim 1 such that said holes are incorporated into the outer shell during manufacture.