Sports stick and ball package
OwnerJohn F Purcielloinventor
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Abstract
A sporting goods merchandising display for a sports stick and ball package, as for playing the sports of ball hockey and lacrosse, wherein a sports ball having a diameter D1 is captured between spaced apart circular holes, each having a diameter D2 less than the diameter D1, in an open-ended packaging sleeve removably locked at a fixed position on the sports stick. Such packaging combines the sports stick and ball to prevent separation while on display but permits tactile access to the product components by sporting goods customers. A purchaser can easily remove the packaging sleeve to separate the product components without the aid of a cutting instrument.
Claims17
A sports stick and ball package comprising:
- a sports head adapted for playing a ball sport;
- a sports ball having a diameter D1;
- an elongate shaft on which to mount said sports head, said shaft having a preselected position for mounting said sports ball, and at least first and second cross-sectional dimensions arranged at a right angle to one another at said preselected position for mounting said sports ball;
- a rectangular flexible sleeve open at both ends and having first and second cross-sectional dimensions at said preselected position for mounting said sports ball and having a length between said ends greater than said diameter D1 of said sports ball, said first cross-sectional dimension of said sleeve equal to said diameter D1 of said sports ball plus said first cross-sectional dimension of said shaft, and said second cross-sectional dimension of said sleeve equal to said second cross-sectional dimension of said shaft;
- a pair of parallel spaced apart circular openings in said first cross-sectional dimension of said sleeve, said openings having a diameter D2 smaller than said diameter D1 of said sports ball;
- whereby said sports ball is inserted into an end of said sleeve and captured by said spaced apart circular openings, and said sleeve and ball are removable fixed to said elongate shaft at said preselected position for mounting said sports ball.
A sports stick and ball package comprising:
- a sports head adapted for playing a ball sport;
- a pair of sports balls each having a diameter D1;
- an elongate shaft on which to mount said sports head, said shaft having a preselected position for mounting said pair of sports balls, and at least first and second cross-sectional dimensions arranged at a right angle to one another at said preselected position for mounting said pair of sports balls;
- a rectangular flexible sleeve open at both ends and having first and second cross-sectional dimensions at said preselected position for mounting said pair of sports balls and having a length between said ends greater than twice said diameter D1 of said sports balls, said first cross-sectional dimension of said sleeve equal to said diameter D1 of said sports balls plus said first cross-sectional dimension of said shaft, and said second cross-sectional dimension of said sleeve equal to said second cross-sectional dimension of said shaft;
- an upper pair of parallel spaced apart circular openings in said first cross-sectional dimension of said sleeve, said openings having a diameter D2 smaller than said diameter D1 of said sports balls;
- a lower pair of parallel spaced apart circular openings in said first cross-sectional dimension of said sleeve, said openings having a diameter D2 smaller than said diameter D1 of said sports balls;
- whereby said sports ball are inserted into an end of said sleeve and captured by said upper and lower pairs of spaced apart circular openings, and said sleeve and ball are removable fixed to said elongate shaft at said preselected position for mounting said sports balls.
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