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US 9,314,674 B2Granted
Sport object having multiple, re-positionable, multi-faced exterior appendages for color changing and decorative purposes actuated by hand manipulation
OwnerDan Canobbioinventor
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Abstract
A sport object actuated by a user comprises: a ball, one or more grooves configured on the exterior of the ball, at least one elastomeric base rests within at least one of the groove at a first base position and one or more appendages molded at the edge of the elastomeric base to form a first appendage position. The shape of the ball is spherical. The shape of the sport object as well as the shape of the appendage can be sized and shaped in a variety of sizes to accomplish the same result of providing a changed color or decoration on the surface of the ball manually.
Claims6
A sport object actuated by a user comprising:
- a ball;
- plurality of grooves configured on the exterior of the ball having an outer edge and an inner edge;
- plurality of elastomeric base ring, wherein at least one elastomeric base ring rotated around the ball on the inner edge of at least one of the groove at a first base position;
- and
- plurality of appendages, wherein each appendage molded at the edge of the elastomeric base rind to form a first appendage position with respect to the ball, wherein the elastomeric base ring rotated around the inner edge of the groove to form the first appendage position;
- wherein the user pushes the appendages from the first appendage position to a second appendage position resulting in the shift of the elastomeric base ring from the first base position to a second base position, wherein the elastomeric base ring rests on the outer edge of the groove to form the second base position, further the elastomeric base ring settles within the outer edge of the groove and further maintains the second appendage position at the second base position.
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