Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Skin body structure for ball
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Application No.: US15104370Application Date: 2014-12-26
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Publication No.: US10583331B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Kazuyuki Wakibayashi , Yosuke Sato , Naoyuki Fujiwara , Yukinori Nagao
- Applicant: MOLTEN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Hiroshima
- Assignee: Molten Corporation
- Current Assignee: Molten Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hiroshima
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-271689 20131227; JP2014-076561 20140402
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/084718 WO 20141226
- International Announcement: WO2015/099186 WO 20150702
- Main IPC: A63B41/08
- IPC: A63B41/08 ; A63B43/00 ; A63B37/14

Abstract:
[Problem] To make a ball easy to be grabbed.[Solution] In a skin body 3 which covers a ball main body 2, a skin part 2 and a circumferential wall part 3 protruding from a peripheral edge part of the skin part 2 to a back side are integrally formed by molding of injecting a soft material made of resin or rubber into a mold. Alternatively, a structure is such that a step part or flat surface part where a finger is hung is provided on a front surface of the ball main body 2 or a front surface of the skin body 3 which covers the ball main body 2. Alternatively, a front surface of one of adjacent skin bodies 3 and a front surface of the other thereof configure a step part in a radial direction of a ball 1. With this, even in a ball game where the ball 1 is grabbed with hand such as a handball game, when a person grabs the ball 1, the skin part 4 of the skin body 2 is easily recessed, a finger is hung on the step part, or the flat surface part is touched with a finger to make the person feel that the ball 1 has a small outer diameter. With this, the ball 1 becomes easy to be grabbed, thereby making it easy to throw or catch the ball 1.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160310802A1 BALL Public/Granted day:2016-10-27
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