Class 473/597 - Grip-enhancing means comprises closure or seam of casing or cover or comprises simulation of such closure or seam (e.g., lacing of football casing, etc.)

Subclass of Class 473 - Games using tangible projectile
Definition: Subject matter wherein (a) the projectile includes an opening
No. of patents: 32
Last issue date: 01/10/2012

Number	Title	Issue Date
8092324	Sheet-like object for ball and ball Provided are: a sheet-like ball material including a fibrous base material, and an elastic polymer cover layer that is laminated on a surface of the fibrous base material, in which continuous pebbles and discontinuous valleys are formed on a surface of the cover lay...	01/10/2012
7867116	Game ball lacing A game ball including a casing and a lacing. The casing has a laced region. The lacing is coupled to the laced region of the casing. The lacing has an exposed surface comprised of an outer material that is compressible, resilient, and tactile. The outer material has...	01/11/2011
7758458	Ball The present invention provides a gas filling-type ball for sports which has excellent non-slip property and sufficient mechanical strength such as surface abrasion resistance, and which can be particularly suitably used in a field of a material for a ball such as a ...	07/20/2010
7263952	Apparatus and method of making a pet chew toy A chew toy comprises a generally spherical body having a plurality of circumferential channels for receiving and housing a plurality of rings therein. The plurality of channels are formed in an exterior circumferential surface of the body. The plurality of channels ...	09/04/2007
7261638	Bowling practice device A bowling practice device for regularizing and perfecting bowling technique. An aerodynamically designed hollow body includes an outer wall and a cylindrical inner wall. The opposed ends of the outer wall taper to meet the cylindrical inner wall. The outer wall pref...	08/28/2007
7041015	Basketball shooting aid A basketball shooting aid having visually distinctive designs, configurations and colors for the purpose of sending immediate visual feedback to the athlete, informing the athlete whether the proper technique was employed in the athlete's grip of the basketball, the...	05/09/2006
7029407	Game ball cover with improved stripes and/or logos An inflatable game ball including a carcass, a cover and at least one thin member. The cover has inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface of the cover is coupled to the carcass. At least one recess is formed into the outer surface of the cover. At least one thin ...	04/18/2006
6997830	Ridge-embedded softball and baseball using thermal pressed stuffing strips A ridge-embedded softball or a ridge-embedded baseball in the present invention consists a spherical core, two cover pieces enclosing the core, and two threads to stitch the two pieces together. The feature of ridge-embedded softball or baseball in the present inven...	02/14/2006
6964625	Game ball lacing A game ball including a casing and a lacing. The casing has a laced region. The lacing is coupled to the laced region of the casing. The lacing has an exposed surface comprised of an outer material that is compressible, resilient, and tactile. The outer material has...	11/15/2005
6767300	Game ball lacing A game ball including a casing and a lacing. The casing has a laced region. The lacing is coupled to the laced region of the casing. The lacing has an exposed surface comprised of an outer material that is compressible, resilient, and tactile. The outer material has...	07/27/2004
6663519	Proprioceptive pitch trainer baseball A baseball pitching training device providing students of pitching with one or more tactile surfaces, preferably on the seam, thus providing the with tactile input for development of the students proprioceptive senses. In addition, finger placement indici...	12/16/2003
6634970	Basketball with removable rings A basketball apparatus having a ball body with a plurality of slots extending circumferentially around the ball body and a plurality of elastic rings removably received within the plurality of slots. The plurality of elastic rings extend circumferentially...	10/21/2003
6629902	Game ball lacing A game ball including a casing and a lacing. The casing has a laced region. The lacing is coupled to the laced region of the casing. The lacing has an exposed surface comprised of an outer material that is compressible, resilient, and tactile. The outer m...	10/07/2003
6592477	Ball having molded and raised seam and leather cover A ball includes a core, and two 8-shaped leather cover pieces secured onto an outer peripheral portion of the core with such as the adhesive materials. A water-proof outer layer is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the core for protecting the core...	07/15/2003
6520877	Basketball A basketball constructed to include an inflatable inner tube, a leather cover, a carcass laminated in between the inner tube and the leather cover, and a thread layer bonded between the inner tube and the carcass, the carcass having a plurality of longitu...	02/18/2003
6398894	Method for manufacturing a rubber basketball A method for manufacturing a rubber basketball is disclosed, which has the following steps: (a) supplying a sheet of rubber material in a suitable shape and size; (b) folding, compressing and cutting the rubber material to make the rubber material into a ...	06/04/2002
5941785	Football A football is described having an array of laces positioned about the surface of the football whereby only a partial rotation of the football will result in a desired contact between the player's fingertips and one of the laces thereby reducing the time u...	08/24/1999
5931752	Inflatable game ball with laid-in channel or logo A game ball comprises an inflatable carcass, panels of cover material secured to the carcass so that portions of the carcass are not covered with cover material, and pieces of material having good grippability which are secured to the portions of the carc...	08/03/1999
5674149	Inflatable game ball An inflatable ball for ball games comprises an outer ball having interconnected parts consisting of twelve equilateral pentagons (1) and twenty equiangular hexagons (2). Each pentagon (1) is enclosed by five hexagons (2) and at the location of the connect...	10/07/1997
5611532	Tethered football with resilient end caps A wiffle football is provided with a tether having a free end attachable to the user. The football is made of a generally rigid material, such as plastic, except that the tips are made of a resilient material designed to provide a cushioning effect and to...	03/18/1997
5577724	Football A football comprising: a. an elongated football having four equally spaced seams extending the length of said football; b. lacings mounted on two of said seams located on opposite sides of said football to provide additional gripping surfaces on said football ...	11/26/1996
5472187	Ball pitch training device The device of the present invention is substantially disk-shaped having two flat sides lying in parallel planes substantially one-inch apart and a circular profile with a circular perimeter surface connecting the two circular flat sides. The device is mol...	12/05/1995
5460368	Lightweight bounceable throwing device providing slow erratic flight A play device for being thrown generally like a football. The device has a tubular body that has a generally barrel-like external shape and a large central through-passageway. Its shape, light weight and central passageway combine to provide relative slow...	10/24/1995
5427372	Applying patches and impressing patterns on ball A play ball having visually distinctive colored patches distributed over its exterior. Portions of the ball exterior may be uncovered with patches, and have a color distinct from the color of patches. Regions of different tactile patterns are impressed on...	06/27/1995
5219104	Sports article handlebar pad A sports article attached to a crossbar of a bicycle handlebar such that it can be removed and used as a sports article. The sports article provides impact protection on the crossbar and adds to the attractive appearance of the bicycle....	06/15/1993
5165685	Game ball A game ball, such as a basketball, which includes a pair of raised or indented substantially circular polar seams disposed around each pole of the game ball and a plurality of raised or indented substantially circular seams disposed about the equatorial c...	11/24/1992
4869504	Football and lacing for footballs A football comprising an outer shell having a central portion and tapered end portions, and a molded plastic lacing assembly extending along the central portion of the shell. The lacing assembly comprises an elongate fastener plate secured to the shell, a...	09/26/1989
4822041	Game ball A molded solid softball of a unitary substantially spherical body having simulated stitching including protrusions and indentations on the outer surface integral with the body of the ball and further having simulated holes adjacent the outer edges of the ...	04/18/1989
4531737	Elongated football An elongated football comprising a casing up to forty inches in length and no more than about six inches in diameter. There are three inflatable bladders contained in three compartments in tandem in the casing, each with its own inflating valve accessible...	07/30/1985
4515852	Leather-like sheet material having low slip characteristics A leather-like sheet material having low slip characteristics comprising: a sheet material having a fibrous substrate and a surface layer consisting of a polymer mainly composed of polyurethane elastomer, and an acryl-modified polyurethane resin spread on the said ...	05/07/1985
4337944	Lighter and softer recreational balls A ball having the general appearance, shape and aerodynamic characteristics of a conventional football when thrown or kicked; but which is softer and lighter allowing for its use in congested areas--it does not travel as far when thrown or kicked--and by ...	07/06/1982
4241918	Lighter and softer recreational balls A ball having the general appearance, shape and aerodynamic characteristics of a conventional football when thrown or kicked; but which is softer and lighter allowing for its use in congested areas--it does not travel as far when thrown or kicked--and by ...	12/30/1980

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Class 473/597 - Grip-enhancing means comprises closure or seam of casing or cover or comprises simulation of such closure or seam (e.g., lacing of football casing, etc.)