Sports ball dolls

• US 6,517,406 B1
• Filed: 06/21/2001
• Issued: 02/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Phillip Cash
• Original Assignee: Phillip Cash
• Inventors: Cash, Phillip
• Primary Examiner(s): Ackun, Jacob K.
• Application Number:
  US09/886,871
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 446/97, 446/98, 446/99, 446/100, 446/101, 446/369, 446/901, 446/385, 446/390, 446/381
• US Class Current: 446/97
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/12 specially adapted for children
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/005 with adhesive type surfaces, e.g. hook-and-loop type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/16 made of parts that can be put together facial parts only A63H3/365
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 446/901 Detachably adhesive

Abstract

A doll having a sports ball body with attachments connected thereto. The attachments are preferably connected with hooks and loops, commonly known as Velcro(™) with cooperating connectors on the ball body. The body connectors are preferably located on a piece of fabric secured to the inside portion of the ball body with a flap of the ball body cut into the ball body exposing an opening with the body connector therein. The underside of the flap is preferably equipped with a cooperating flap connector which cooperates with the body connector when the attachment is not in use so that the flap is substantially continuous with the remainder of the surface of the ball body.

Claims

1. A doll comprising:

a ball body;

attachments removably connected to the ball body at first connectors on the ball body, said attachments having opposing second and third connectors at an end of the attachments; and

flaps connected to the ball body covering the connectors when the attachments are not connected to the ball body, said flaps having fourth connectors on an underside of the flaps which cooperates with the first connectors connecting the flaps to the ball body when the attachments are not connected to the ball body, said flaps moveable to expose the first connectors for connecting the attachments to the ball body with the second connectors connected to the first connectors and the fourth connectors connected to the flaps, said flaps resembling a portion of the ball body.

2. The doll of claim 1 wherein the ball body is configured in the shape of a baseball.

3. The doll of claim 1 wherein the ball body is configured in the shape of a softball.

4. The doll of claim 1 wherein the ball body further comprises a face.

5. The doll of claim 4 wherein the face is stitched in the ball body.

6. The doll of claim 1 wherein the first connectors are comprised of one of loops and hooks.

7. The doll of claim 1 wherein the flaps are cut out of a first portion of a surface of the ball body to expose an opening.

8. The doll of claim 7 wherein the first connectors are connected to the first portion within the opening.

9. The doll of claim 8 wherein the first connectors are contained on a fabric piece, said fabric piece connected to the interior of the first portion within the opening.

10. The doll of claim 1 wherein the outer surfaces of one of the flaps is substantially continuous with the outer surface of the first portion of the ball body when the selected attachment is removed from the ball body and the one of the flaps is connected by the flap connector to the connector on the ball body.

11. The doll of claim 1 wherein the attachments are comprised of arms and legs.

12. A doll comprising:

a ball body having a face thereon;

attachments removably connected to the ball body at body connectors on the ball body; and

flaps on the ball body covering the body connectors when the attachments are not connected to the ball body, said flaps moveable to expose the body connectors for connecting the attachments to the ball body, said flaps resembling a portion of the ball body when covering the body connectors, said flaps each having a flap connector on an underside of the flap which cooperates with one of the body connectors when covering the body connectors, said attachments having opposing first and second connectors, wherein when one of the attachments is connected to the ball body, the first connector connects to the ball connector and the second connector connects to the flap connector.

13. The doll of claim 12 wherein the face is stitched into the ball body.

14. The doll of claim 12 wherein the body connectors are located in an opening in a first portion of the ball body.

15. The doll of claim 14 wherein an outer surface of one of the flaps is substantially continuous with the first portion of the ball body when the respective flap connector from the one of the flaps is connected with the respective body connector.

16. The doll of claim 12 wherein the attachments comprise at least one of arms and legs.