Patent ID: 6432008
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A63B,A63F

Abstract:
A method of using a ball device adapted to be used on an athletic field,said ball device having eight triangular sides equally spaced, thereby forming an outer surface, and said eight triangular sides forming an inner cavity, said inner cavity having a soft material filling said inner cavity, said outer surface being made from a different material than said soft material filling said inner cavity, each of said eight triangular sides having indicia thereon, and said athletic field comprising: a relatively flat playing surface having five bases, four of said five bases arranged around a perimeter and the fifth of said five bases arranged inside said four bases, said method comprising: dividing players into two teams, offensive players and defensive players, one of said offensive players places said ball device into play by striking said ball device with a portion of the offensive player's body, allowing said ball device to come to a stop on one of said eight sides, a defensive player calls out the indicia on the side of said ball device which is facing upward, said offensive player performs the action indicated by the indicia on the side of said ball device which is facing upward, and stopping all play if said ball device strikes a defensive player before it stops.