Attachment system, apparatus, and method for a ball
OwnerJohn Thomas Judkins, IIIinventor
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Abstract
An attachment device configured to be attached to a ball is disclosed. The attachment device has a base member, and a protrusion extending from the base member, the protrusion decreasing in thickness in a direction extending away from the base member. An elongated apex is formed at an end portion of the protrusion, which is distal from the base member, based on the protrusion decreasing in thickness. The base member includes an attachment surface formed at an opposite side of the base member from the protrusion, the attachment surface being curved.
Claims20
An attachment device configured to be attached to a ball, comprising:
- a base member;
- and
- a protrusion extending from the base member, the protrusion decreasing in thickness in a direction extending away from the base member;
- wherein an elongated apex is formed at an end portion of the protrusion, which is distal from the base member, based on the protrusion decreasing in thickness;
- and
- wherein the base member includes an attachment surface formed at an opposite side of the base member from the protrusion, the attachment surface being curved.
A method, comprising:
- providing an attachment device including a base member and a protrusion extending away from the base member, wherein the base member includes a curved attachment surface formed at an opposite side of the base member from the protrusion;
- and
- attaching the attachment device to a sports ball based on attaching the curved attachment surface to a spherical surface of the sports ball, a radius of curvature of the curved attachment surface corresponding to a radius of curvature of the sports ball;
- wherein the protrusion is a fin-shaped protrusion.
A softball attachment system, comprising:
- an attachment device including
- a base member;
- and
- a protrusion extending from the base member, the protrusion decreasing in thickness in a direction extending away from the base member;
- wherein an elongated apex is formed at an end portion of the protrusion, which is distal from the base member, based on the protrusion decreasing in thickness;
- and
- wherein the base member includes a curved attachment surface formed at an opposite side of the base member from the protrusion, the curved attachment surface having a radius of curvature that is a softball-shaped radius of curvature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.