A63B 69/0073
Means for releasably holding a ball in position
Official title: {Means for releasably holding a ball in position; Balls constrained to move around a fixed point, e.g. by tethering}
A63B69/0073 (Means for releasably holding a ball in position) appears on 1,009 US grants and 650 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 1,009
- Published applications
- 650
- Assignees
- 219
- Inventors
- 1,424
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 21 | 0 |
| 1978 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 18 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 21 | 0 |
| 1990 | 26 | 0 |
| 1991 | 32 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | 36 | 0 |
| 1996 | 37 | 0 |
| 1997 | 37 | 0 |
| 1998 | 32 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 3 |
| 2002 | 17 | 9 |
| 2003 | 17 | 19 |
| 2004 | 20 | 25 |
| 2005 | 11 | 23 |
| 2006 | 16 | 28 |
| 2007 | 17 | 32 |
| 2008 | 13 | 24 |
| 2009 | 13 | 23 |
| 2010 | 26 | 24 |
| 2011 | 22 | 39 |
| 2012 | 26 | 34 |
| 2013 | 23 | 30 |
| 2014 | 23 | 33 |
| 2015 | 28 | 30 |
| 2016 | 27 | 37 |
| 2017 | 26 | 28 |
| 2018 | 21 | 37 |
| 2019 | 29 | 30 |
| 2020 | 31 | 27 |
| 2021 | 20 | 25 |
| 2022 | 13 | 23 |
| 2023 | 18 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 | 17 |
| 2025 | 11 | 23 |
| 2026 | 8 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Kicking motion training device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,446 B2Pea Eye Holdings LLC
- Batting tee adapter and system15 Sep 2026US 12,734,423 B2
- Portable batting traing device that is reversibly attachable to a fence1 Sep 2026US 12,722,060 B1
- Tether ball type game system19 May 2026US 12,629,577 B1
- Volleyball training device7 Apr 2026US 12,594,473 B2Guangzhou Shifen Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for assessment and biofeedback training of body coordination skills critical and ball-strike power and accuracy during athletic activitites279US 5,697,791 A1997
- Ball hitting practice device119US 4,938,478 A1990
- Ball hitting practice device117US 4,830,371 AGrand Slam, Inc. · 1989
- Method and apparatus for introducing subliminal changes to audio stimuli106US 5,215,468 A1993
- Pole sport court98US 5,611,539 AICON Health & Fitness, Inc. · 1997