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Simulated ball used in sports incorporating an electronic component

  • US 4,872,854 A
  • Filed: 03/23/1988
  • Issued: 10/10/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A simulated ball used in sports having an electronic component mounted therein with exposed controls for operation by a user, said ball including a hollow body over which a complementary shaped flexible ball cover is mounted, said body receiving said electronic component in a recess provided in an outer wall of said hollow body, said body including means associated therewith to position and hold said electronic component within said hollow body, said complementary shaped flexible ball cover having a corresponding opening there through to allow exposure of the controls of the electronic component, said ball cover being drawn in generally close-fitting and conforming relationship to the outer wall of said hollow body including at least partially within the recess thereof;

  • and said body being formed from two generally curvilinearly shaped thin-walled plastic half sections which terminate in complementary interfitting free end portions, a thin-walled plastic disc-shaped element extending substantially across the hollow body and structurally inter-engaging the complementary interfitting free end portions to provide laterally outwardly directed and circumferentially extending support therefor.

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