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US 12,151,143 B2Granted
Sports training ball having embossed design
AssigneeSwax Lax LLC
InventorLaura Gump
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Abstract
A sports training ball is disclosed that is made up of a shell having an embossed design that defines an enclosure having an interior volume substantially occupied by a filler that includes a mixture of a first material, a second material, and a third material.
Claims20
A sports training ball comprising:
- a shell defining an enclosure having an interior volume, the shell including a plurality of pads connected along a plurality of seams sewn with a thread having a finishing knot;
- and
- a composite filler that includes a mixture of a first material, a second material, and a third material comprising dry wood dust,
- wherein the composite filler substantially occupies the interior volume,
- wherein the sports training ball has an embossed design on one or more of the pads,
- wherein the sports training ball is at least one of a baseball, a softball, a golf ball, or a sliothar;
- wherein the composite filler forms a compressible core;
- and
- wherein:
- when the sports training ball is the baseball of regulation weight, the sports training ball contains about 15 g to about 25 g dry wood dust;
- when the sports training ball is a softball of regulation weight, the sports training ball contains about 20 g to about 40 g dry wood dust;
- when the sports training ball is a golf ball of regulation weight, the sports training ball contains about 0.5 g to about 5 g dry wood dust;
- and
- when the sports training ball is a sliothar of regulation weight, the sports training ball contains about 10 g to about 25 g dry wood dust.
11 more elements
A baseball training ball comprising:
- a shell defining an enclosure having an interior volume, the shell including a plurality of pads connected along a plurality of seams sewn with a thread having a finishing knot;
- and
- a composite filler that includes a mixture of a first material, a second material comprising a plurality of grains of sand, and a third material comprising dry wood dust;
- wherein the composite filler substantially occupies the interior volume and forms a compressible core,
- wherein the composite filler includes about 65 grams to about 75 grams of sand, and about 15 grams to about 25 grams of dry wood dust, and
- wherein the baseball training ball has a weight of about 3 ounces to about 12 ounces and has an embossed lacing design on one or more of the pads.
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A softball training ball comprising:
- a shell defining an enclosure having an interior volume, the shell including a plurality of pads connected along a plurality of seams sewn with a thread having a finishing knot;
- and
- a composite filler that includes a mixture of a first material, a second material comprising a plurality of grains of sand, and a third material comprising dry wood dust,
- wherein the composite filler substantially occupies the interior volume and forms a compressible core,
- wherein the composite filler includes about 20 grams to about 40 grams of dry wood dust, and
- wherein the softball has a weight of about 160 grams to about 200 grams and has an embossed lacing design on one or more of the pads.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.