Hollow Ball Patents (Class 29/899.1)
  • Tennis ball having a thermoplastic core
    Patent number: 11426637
    Abstract: A tennis ball including a spherical core. The spherical core including an outer surface and a raised wall integrally molded as part of the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Frank M. Simonutti, Chloe J. Lee, Robert T. Thurman, William E. Dillon, David A. Vogel
  • Tennis ball having a core with aerodynamic patterns
    Patent number: 10549159
    Abstract: A tennis ball comprises a hollow elastic circumferential core defining a primary outer surface pattern, and a textile outer layer extending over and about the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Frank M. Simonutti, William E. Dillon, David A. Vogel
  • Tennis ball having a core with internal material shift lines
    Patent number: 10493327
    Abstract: A tennis ball may include a spherical hollow core having an inner surface including material shift lines and a textile outer layer over and about the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Frank M. Simonutti, Robert T. Thurman, William E. Dillon, David A. Vogel
  • FLEXIBLE HOLE BALL
    Publication number: 20120108372
    Abstract: A ball that is pliable, seamless, flexible and durable that has a seamless, uniformly thick outer shell and where the shell has one or more holes through the outer shell such that the ball is soft and because of the design it does not fly very far.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: PETE PARENTI
  • Method of producing a non-slip patterned sports ball
    Publication number: 20080263867
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-slip patterned sports ball includes the steps of: (a) thermal-pressing a transparent sheet and a covering sheet together within a mold having an embossing surface so that anti-slip protrusions are formed by the embossing surface on a surface of the transparent sheet opposite to the covering sheet and so that the transparent sheet is adhered to the covering sheet; (b) tailoring each of the transparent sheet and the covering sheet; and (c) sewing the covering sheet around a ball bladder, thereby covering the ball bladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Chuan-Hsin Lo