Patent ID: 6878081
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A ball comprising: a) a spherical core; b) a first flexible cover member formed approximately in the shape of a figure 8, and having a tapered peripheral edge folded under and a series of thread holes penetrating through the cover member adjacent the folded under edge; c) a second flexible cover member formed approximately in the shape of a figure 8 and having a tapered peripheral edge folded under and a series of thread holes penetrating through the cover member adjacent the folded-under edge; and d) a first thread and a second thread which, when the first and second cover members are placed in an intersecting mating pattern over the spherical core, penetrate in alternating intersecting pattern the thread holes in the areas adjacent the intersecting folded-under edges of the first and second cover members, to thereby completely enfold and cover the spherical core and create a ball which has raised areas around the adjacent intersections of the first and second cover members.