Patent ID: 6733405
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A streamer ball for use in a ball and bat-type game, which comprisesa ball having a diameter between 20 mm and 100 mm, a mass between 2 g and 75 g, a relative density no greater than approximately 0,75 and an air penetration factor no greater than 1; a tail comprising at least one thin, flexible streamer that has a flexibility rating between 20 mm and 100 mm, a length not less than approximately two times the diameter of the ball and a thickness less than 0,2 mm; and a resiliently flexible, elongate spacer stem having the tail attached thereto near one end thereof and having its other end connected to the ball, the spacer stem separating the attachment point of the tail from the ball by at least 25 mm and having a flexibility rating between 150 mm and 800 mm and a mass, between the tail and the ball, less than 3 g.