Football with free moving weight

• US 9,289,657 B1
• Filed: 06/24/2014
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rice, Chris
• Original Assignee: Rice, Chris
• Inventors: Rice, Chris
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Steven
• Application Number:
  US14/313,992
• Time in Patent Office: 637 Days
• Field of Search: 473/594, 473/595, 473/438, 273/DIG.20
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/007 American football
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 41/00 Hollow inflatable balls
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 41/02 Bladders
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/002 with special configuration, e.g. non-spherical discs for throwing A63B65/10
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/04 with an eccentric centre of gravity; with mechanism for changing the centre of gravity solid balls A63B37/10
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/002 for football American-football dummies A63B69/34

Abstract

A football with a free moving weight. Implementations may include an outer cover, a bladder within the outer cover, and a free weight within the bladder.

Claims

1. A football comprising:

an outer cover;

a bladder within the outer cover; and

a free weight within the bladder, the weight comprising a solid weight that fixes in place a separate inner weight within the solid weight, wherein the solid weight is egg shaped and has a greater volume than that of the inner weight, and wherein the inner weight is located at a bottom-center of the solid weight and is heavier than the solid weight.

2. The football of claim 1, wherein the weight has a curvilinear shape or a rectilinear shape.

3. The football of claim 1, wherein the weight has a plurality of bumps formed on its outer surface.

4. The football of claim 3, wherein the plurality of bumps are of a different size.

5. The football of claim 1, wherein the weight has an outer layer overlaid onto its outer surface.

6. The football of claim 1, wherein the outer layer is a resilient outer layer.

7. The football of claim 1, wherein the inner weight is centrally located in a fixed position within the solid weight or fixedly positioned off center of the solid weight.

8. The football of claim 1, wherein the weight comprises a hollow weight with the inner weight being a free separate inner weight located therein.

9. A football comprising:

an outer cover;

a bladder within the outer cover; and

a free weight within the bladder, the weight comprising a solid weight that fixes in place a separate inner weight within the solid weight, wherein the inner weight is fixedly positioned off center of the solid weight.

10. The football of claim 9, wherein the weight has a curvilinear shape or a rectilinear shape.

11. The football of claim 9, wherein the weight has a plurality of bumps formed on its outer surface.

12. The football of claim 9, wherein the weight has an outer layer overlaid onto its outer surface.

13. The football of claim 9, wherein the solid weight is egg shaped and has a greater volume than that of the inner weight, and wherein the inner weight is located at a bottom-center of the solid weight and is heavier than the solid weight.

14. The football of claim 9, wherein the weight comprises a hollow weight with the inner weight being a free separate inner weight located therein.

15. A football comprising:

an outer cover;

a bladder within the outer cover; and

a weight within the bladder, the weight comprising a solid weight that fixes in place a separate inner weight within the solid weight, wherein the solid weight is egg shaped and has a greater volume than that of the inner weight, and wherein the inner weight is heavier than the solid weight.

16. The football of claim 15, wherein the weight has a curvilinear shape or a rectilinear shape.

17. The football of claim 15, wherein the inner weight is fixedly positioned off center of the solid weight.

18. The football of claim 15, wherein the inner weight is located at a bottom-center of the solid weight.

19. The football of claim 15, wherein the weight comprises a hollow weight with the inner weight being a free separate inner weight located therein.

20. The football of claim 15, wherein the weight is suspended in the bladder by an elastic cord.