Method of producing an aerial projectile for racket sport training/practice or amusement purposes
AssigneeHecs Ball Inc.
InventorDaniel G. Savard
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Abstract
A training/practice/amusement projectile comprises a ball with optimal baffling and rebounding characteristics for play and training of hand-eye coordination and motor skills. The ball generally includes a combination of bounce and baffling elements. In one embodiment the bounce and baffling elements respectively comprise densely packed loops of filament, and individual filament strands of lesser density, both radiating from a core of the ball. A novel method of fabrication includes winding wider and narrower loops of filament, bundling same together at a cinched core, and then cutting the wider loops to form the strands radiating outward inched core to impart a generally spherical outer shape to the ball.
Claims5
A method of producing a training/amusement projectile device comprising:
- (a) winding filament into a set of wider loops and another set of narrower loops;
- (b) with the sets of loops bundled together in a singular bundle in which the set of narrower loops are nested inside the set of wider loops, cinching the sets of loops together at a central core of said singular bundle, from which both sets of loops each radiate outward in multiple directions;
- (c) cutting only the wider loops, and not any of the narrower loops, of said singular bundle into strands to create a plurality of individual baffling elements of lower density than a bounce element defined by the narrower loops, which are left intact.
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