Patent ID: 11857846
Assignee: SWEETSPOT BASEBALL, LLC
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. A method of making a ball for playing a modified game of baseball or softball comprising:
injection molding an inner lightweight round polyethylene core,
the inner lightweight round polyethylene core having an outer polyethylene plastic spherical shell surrounding and encasing a hollow round center cavity,
the outer polyethylene plastic spherical shell having a uniform selected thickness between 1 millimeter and 3 millimeters to allow compression energy to be released from the inner lightweight round polyethylene core thereby controlling the flight of the ball,
coating the outer spherical surface of the outer polyethylene plastic spherical shell with a layer of adhesive,
hand stitching a first figure-8 shaped synthetic leather cover section to a second figure-8 shaped synthetic leather cover section and onto the outer polyethylene plastic spherical shell with red colored double stitches thereby forming raised seams between the first figure-8 shaped synthetic leather cover section and the second figure-8 shaped synthetic leather cover section,
locating a layer of latex between the outer polyethylene plastic spherical shell and the first figure-8 shaped synthetic leather cover section and the second figure-8 shaped synthetic leather cover section,
adhering the first figure-8 shaped synthetic leather cover section and the second figure-8 shaped synthetic cover section to the outer spherical surface of the outer polyethylene plastic spherical shell with the layer of adhesive,
coloring the first figure-8 shaped synthetic leather cover section and the second figure-8 shaped synthetic cover section each with a selected white or yellow coloring and texturing the first figure-8 shaped synthetic leather cover section and the second figure-8 shaped synthetic cover section each with a selected texture to simulate a standard baseball or a standard softball,
providing the ball with a selected weight between ounces or 1¼ ounces and 1¾ ounces or between 2¼ ounces and 2¾ ouncesto facilitate exaggerated swerving movements of the ball when thrown.