Weighted practice golf ball including stabilizer fins

• US 3,198,526 A
• Filed: 04/22/1963
• Issued: 08/03/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Caroline H. Smith, Harold W. Smith
• Original Assignee: Caroline H. Smith, Harold W. Smith
• Inventors: Smith, Harold W., Smith, Caroline H.
• Application Number:
  US04/274,482
• Time in Patent Office: 834 Days
• US Class Current: 473/281
• 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 43/00 Balls with special arrangements

Claims

1. FOR USE IN A GOLF-TYPE GAME, A LIGHTWEIGHT HOLLOW BALL HAVING A PERFORATE SHELL STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO BE STRUCK AND THEREBY PROPELLED BY A GOLF-TYPE CLUB FOR SHORT RANGE AIR-FLIGHT, A WEIGHT CARRIED BY THE BALL FOR PROVIDING MOMENTUM TENDING TO CARRY THE BALL FORWARD, THE SHELL STRUCTURE ACTING WITH THE AIR TO CREATE RELATIVELY HIGH DRAG RESISTANCE TO SAID FLIGHT, AND FIN STRUCTURE CARRIED TO GUIDE THE BALL DURING SAID FLIGHT, THE WEIGHT AND FIN STRUCTURE BEING AT GENERALLY FORWARD AND REARWARD SIDES OF THE BALL, THE SHELL STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF PLASTIC MATERIAL AND THE WEIGHT COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE METALLIC BODY PROJECTING THROUGH ONE PERFORATION IN SAID SHELL AND HAVING ANNULAR