Simulative Patents (Class D21/714)
  • Basketball shooting aid
    Patent number: 7041015
    Abstract: A basketball shooting aid having visually distinctive designs, configurations and colors for the purpose of sending immediate visual feedback to the athlete, informing the athlete whether the proper technique was employed in the athlete's grip of the basketball, the athlete's release of the shot and the arc and rotation of the basketball during flight. An equatorial track is disposed between a first and second lines defining a first hemispherical half and a second hemispherical half, and the equatorial track further including alternating color members displayed thereon. The basketball shooting aid including a first patch displayed within the first hemispherical half abutting the first line, and a second patch displayed within the second hemispherical half abutting the second line, wherein the first patch and the second patch are on the same axis. For proper gripping of the basketball shooting aid, a first and second outlined hand are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventor: Troy S. Sowders
  • Nanotet sphere
    Patent number: D501694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Inventor: P. Jan Cannon
  • Paintball
    Patent number: D501901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Careyu Corporation
    Inventor: Care Yu
  • Ball
    Patent number: D438271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Wally Balls, LLC
    Inventor: Jason Wall
  • Golf ball
    Patent number: D503955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Inventor: Miner Raymond
  • Nonpenta sphere
    Patent number: D440265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Inventor: P. Jan Cannon
  • Basketball-shaped magnifying viewer
    Patent number: D505688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Inventor: Keith W. Allen
  • Whale ball
    Patent number: D441816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: GetaGadget, Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Welch
  • Dolphin ball
    Patent number: D441817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: GetaGadget, Inc.
    Inventor: James D. Welch
  • Cloth-covered stuffed ball depicting a three dimensional image
    Patent number: D442657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Steven B. Long
  • StrikePal soccer ball
    Patent number: D452286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Vidpro International, Inc.
    Inventor: Tina Amason
  • Ornamental stuffed cloth ball
    Patent number: D454922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventor: Steven B. Long
  • Squeezable ball for relieving stress
    Patent number: D456470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Pollyflame International, B.V.
    Inventor: Chuk Shun Chan
  • Motorized randomly bouncing ball
    Patent number: D523914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Marvel Characters, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Fine
  • Pair of surface designs for a set of billiard balls
    Patent number: D525325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Inventor: Brian J. Hanna, Sr.
  • Paintball
    Patent number: D527062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Procaps L.P.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Martin Danta
  • Elastomeric tentacle ball
    Patent number: D535341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Chernick, Webb T. Nelson
  • Elastomeric tentacle ball with pull tabs
    Patent number: D536754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Chernick, Webb T. Nelson
  • Training football
    Patent number: D537132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Inventor: Erek Barhoum
  • Ball
    Patent number: D537492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Paolucci, Michael Paul Paolucci
  • Ball with loop and long tentacles
    Patent number: D540896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Chernick, Webb T. Nelson
  • Training basketball
    Patent number: D485316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Marvin Loren Poegel, Jr.
  • Nonasphere
    Patent number: D485420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: P. Jan Cannon
  • Training basketball
    Patent number: D485590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Inventor: Marvin Loren Poegel, Jr.
  • Soccer ball
    Patent number: D496082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: William C. Tripp
  • Cube-shaped tennis ball
    Patent number: D498801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Inventor: Joseph P. Cochrane
  • Baseball
    Patent number: D407127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignees: Dana S. Teifert, Edward D. Krent, Nicholas B. Paffet
    Inventor: Dana S. Teifert
  • Ball
    Patent number: D414534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Tomy Company, Ltd
    Inventor: Osamu Takahashi
  • Combined golf ball and tee
    Patent number: D419481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Inventor: John Duff
  • Animal chew toy
    Patent number: D424256
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Inventor: Tony M. Lindgren
  • Ball
    Patent number: D428456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Option Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron Schimmel
  • Pin core bowling ball
    Patent number: D430242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Ebonite International, Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Scheid, James A. Bapp
  • Globe soccer ball
    Patent number: D430912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Inventors: George N. Hanna, Adel S. Shokr
  • Ball
    Patent number: D432604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Jonathan Scheiner
  • Cookie-shaped toy
    Patent number: D433083
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Inventor: Larry Daniel Griffith
  • Leather and snakeskin baseball
    Patent number: D434816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Inventor: Robert J. Jobst
  • Tai Chi emblem bowling ball
    Patent number: D435613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Ebonite International, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Michael Quitter