Ball toy
AssigneeMejjjet Holdings Pty Ltd
InventorEdward Holden
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Abstract
A ball toy having a solid, resiliently flexible body is disclosed. The body is penetrated by a bore, wherein bearing means are mounted, defining a rotational axis of the body therein. The bore has a bore closure at each end, mechanical connection means connecting each closure to the bearing means. The body is able to spin on said axis relative to the closures, when the closures are held in a pinching manner by a user. The body is made of a thermoplastic rubber of selected hardness properties, giving it excellent bouncing performance, with unpredictability of bouncing direction resulting from the spinning of the body.
Claims18
A ball toy having:
- a. a solid, resiliently flexible body weighted by having a density variation to achieve weight-dependent performance when bouncing;
- b. a bore penetrating the body and having opposite open ends;
- c. a bearing mounted to the body within the bore to define a rotational axis of the body relative to the bore;
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- d. bore closures for each end of the bore, operatively connected to the bearing against co-rotation with the body;
- wherein the body is able to spin on said axis relative to the bore closures, when the bore closures are held in a pinching manner by a user using one hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.