Noise Reduction Pickleball
OwnerJames Lawrence Wagner, Justin Miles Discoeinventors
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Abstract
A ball used for certain practice and sporting events for the game of pickleball where the ball comprises a plastic outer shell having at least one opening where the openings or coatings may include dampening properties that reduce the noise when the ball impacts a paddle, or the court surface/ground. The ball may be spherical, hollow shell ball with at least one opening. The ball may have at least one opening where the shape of the opening comprises a hole with a slot intersecting the hole. Also, the openings in the ball may have tapered edges, rounded and/or stair stepped edges. Also, the exterior of the ball may have a dampening tape or coating applied to the interior or exterior of the ball.
Claims41
A sound reducing ball, comprising:
- a spherical hollow shell having interior and exterior sides;
- and
- a plurality of holes in the spherical hollow shell where at least one of the plurality of holes further comprises an intersecting hole and slot feature formed by a centerline of the slot intersecting a center of the hole.
A sound reducing ball, comprising:
- a spherical, hollow shell;
- and
- a first hole and a second hole located in the spherical, hollow shell where a centerline of a slot intersects a center of the first hole and a center of the second hole.
A sound reducing pickleball, comprising:
- a spherical, hollow shell having an exterior side and an interior side;
- a plurality of holes in the hollow shell;
- and
- a dampening compound positioned as an outer coating to the exterior side of the spherical, hollow shell.
A sound reducing pickleball, comprising:
- a spherical, hollow shell having an exterior side and an interior side;
- a plurality of holes in the hollow shell;
- and
- a dampening compound positioned as an interior coating to the interior side of the spherical, hollow shell.
A sound reducing pickleball, comprising:
- a spherical, hollow shell having an exterior side and an interior side;
- a plurality of holes in the hollow shell;
- and
- at least one dimple that is filled with a dampening compound.
A sound reducing pickleball, comprising:
- a spherical, hollow shell having an exterior side and an interior side;
- a plurality of holes in the hollow shell;
- and
- a plurality of grommets inserted into at least two of the plurality of holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.