Patent ID: 6238297
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A bowling ball thumb sleeve insert comprising:an elongated sleeve composed of a resilient, pliable material and having opposite ends;said sleeve having a cylindrical thickened wall defining an open-ended passageway wherein each respective end defines an entrance leading into said passageway;each of said entrances having a different geometric configuration from each other;a resilient and pliable pad integrally disposed in said passageway immediately adjacent to at least one of said entrances;one of said entrances is provided with an oval geometric configuration and the other of said entrances is provided with a round geometric configuration;a selected one of said opposite ends adapted to be severed from said sleeve leaving a non-selected end available to insertably receive the thumb of the user; anda pair of score lines provided on the external surface of said sleeve in fixed spaced-apart relationship, each of said score lines of said pair carried adjacent to a respective end of said sleeve opposite ends.