Toy ball apparatus

A toy apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of loop structures having substantially planar cooperative mating surfaces disposed at least partially about an outside perimeter of each loop structure, wherein the loop structures, when coupled with each other form a surface which defines a volume, each of the loop structures including a curved inside perimeter surface defining a curved finger-receiving void in the surface.

A toy apparatus, comprising:

• a resilient mesh including a plurality of linked loops defining a surface, each loop being continuously curved having no angular portions, such that a user's fingers may extend through the loops, and grasp two or more of the loops in a gripping motion to secure a grip on the mesh without contacting any angular portions, wherein the loops include curved inside perimeter surfaces and substantially planar mating surfaces around at least a portion of an outside perimeter of each loop.

A toy apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of substantially deformable smooth loops having no corners, one or more of the loops being closed;
• and
• a plurality of substantially planar mating surfaces disposed perimetrically around at least a portion of each loop, for coupling the loops with one another, wherein the plurality of loops, when coupled, form a resilient mesh, which defines a surface.

An elastic mesh structure, comprising:

• plural elongate strands;
• and
• joinder regions uniting adjacent strands to form, as viewed in developed form, plural closed-perimeter open spaces including such spaces which are defined, substantially completely throughout their perimeters, by curved inner perimeter surfaces which, with elastic deformation of the mesh are permitted to flex so as selectively, and depending upon the character of deformation, to increase or decrease with regard to local radius of curvature, wherein adjacent strands include cooperative mating surfaces that are joined together for a distance in the joinder regions.

An elastic mesh structure, comprising:

• plural elongate strands;
• and
• joinder regions uniting adjacent strands to form, as viewed in developed form, plural closed-perimeter open spaces including such spaces which are defined, substantially throughout their inner perimeter, by endless-loop curved inner surfaces in the associated strands, wherein adjacent strands include cooperative mating surfaces that are joined together for a distance in the joinder regions.

An elastic mesh structure, comprising:

• plural elongate strands;
• and
• joinder regions uniting adjacent strands to form, as viewed in developed form, a pattern of adjacent closed-perimeter open spaces bounded by curved inner perimeter surfaces of the strands, and strand-joinder-regions adjacent the spaces, each space and region having a central zone, and each being characterized, relative to its central zone, by substantial radial symmetry within the pattern, wherein adjacent strands include cooperative mating surfaces, each mating surface formed on an opposite side of the strand from a curved inner surface of the strand, the cooperating mating surfaces being joined together for a distance in the joinder regions.