Patents by Inventor Cornelius Frederik Van Der Nest

Cornelius Frederik Van Der Nest has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Ball assembly
    Patent number: 8141876
    Abstract: A soccer ball assembly (10) includes a central mounting core (14) defining thirty-two holes and thirty-two construction elements which are mountable to the central mounting core in an arrangement wherein the construction elements extend radially outwardly therefrom. Twenty of the constructions are hexagonal elements (18) which are hexagonal in cross-section and twelve are pentagonal elements (16) which are pentagonal in cross-section. Each construction element has a spigot formation at an inner end thereof which fits into a different one of the holes in the mounting core (14). In the fully assembled condition, the soccer ball assembly resembles a soccer ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Scarlet Ibis Investments 53 (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventors: Peter Humphreys, Cornelius Frederik Van Der Nest
  • Ball Assembly
    Publication number: 20090170397
    Abstract: A soccer ball assembly (10) includes a central mounting core (14) defining thirty-two holes and thirty-two construction elements which are mountable to the central mounting core in an arrangement wherein the construction elements extend radially outwardly therefrom. Twenty of the constructions are hexagonal elements (18) which are hexagonal in cross-section and twelve are pentagonal elements (16) which are pentagonal in cross-section. Each construction element has a spigot formation at an inner end thereof which fits into a different one of the holes in the mounting core (14). In the fully assembled condition, the soccer ball assembly resembles a soccer ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: SCARLET IBIS INVESTMENTS 53 (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Humphreys, Cornelius Frederik Van Der Nest
  • Set of elements in the shape of a soccer ball
    Patent number: D606807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Scarlet IBIS Investments 53 (PTY) Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Humphreys, Cornelius Frederik Van Der Nest