Patent ID: 9375973
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A63B,B43K

Claim Text:
1. An autograph ball with built in writing utensil comprising: a ball having an outer skin, an inner core, a hole through the outer skin at an upper end and into the inner core and closed at a lower end, and a spring disposed at the lower end; a hatch rotatably connected to the ball comprising an open state and a closed state and further comprising a latch; and a writing utensil removably placed within the hole of the ball wherein when the hatch is in the closed state, the latch is operably connected with the ball and holds the hatch in the closed state and the writing utensil remains substantially within the hole, and when the hatch in the open state, the spring urges the writing utensil out of the hole such that it can be removed by a user.