Patent ID: 9101800
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A game ball, comprising: a molded outer cover comprising: a mold line formed in the outer surface of said cover that mimics the pattern of a seam of a conventional baseball or softball, wherein said mold line comprises a groove positioned between two C-shaped cover sections that are integrally formed together to define said molded outer cover, wherein said C-shaped cover sections have the same size, shape and appearance as the figure eight shaped cover panels of a conventional softball or baseball; a raised stitch pattern positioned along said mold line comprising a plurality of stitched shaped protrusions extending at an angle from fixed points along said groove to a plurality of corresponding depressions formed in said C-shaped sections, wherein each of said plurality of corresponding depressions provided in one of said C-shaped sections are spaced equidistant from another one of said corresponding depressions and from said groove; and a plurality of raised surfaces positioned between adjacent protrusions and extending from said groove to said corresponding depressions.