Ball with cushioning means between cover and core

• US 3,256,019 A
• Filed: 12/11/1962
• Issued: 06/14/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Myron M. Barton
• Original Assignee: Myron M. Barton
• Inventors: Barton, Myron M.
• Application Number:
  US04/243,779
• Time in Patent Office: 1,281 Days
• US Class Current: 473/597
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0097 Layers interlocking by means of protrusions or inserts, lattices or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 39/00 Hollow non-inflatable balls , i.e. having no valves rigid balls A63B37/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 41/00 Hollow inflatable balls

Claims

1. A CUSHIONED PLAYING BALL COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, SUPPORTING STRUCTURE HAVING A SHAPE SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING TO THE SHAPE OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE BALL;

A FLEXIBLE COVER STRUCTURE ENCLOSING SAID SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND HAVING ITS OUTER SURFACE EXPOSED TO CONSTITUTE THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE BALL, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STRUCTURES HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING RESILIENTLY DEFORMABLE, CLOSELY SPACED PROJECTIONS UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED OVER A SURFACE THEREOF AND PROJECTING THEREFROM TOWARD THE OTHER ONE OF SAID STRUTURES, SAID PROJECTIONS OCCUPYING A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE SURFACE, THE DISTAL ENDS OF THE PROJECTIONS FROM SAID AT LEAST ONE STRUCTURE BEING BONDED TO THE OTHER STRUCTURE, SAID PROJECTIONS SERVING NORMALLY TO POSI-