Patent ID: 7074130
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for a bowling ball with a hole, comprising: a base mountable to the hole, wherein said base includes an integral coupling portion and an outer diameter, wherein said coupling portion is threaded; a one-piece sleeve with an integral coupling portion and a first outer diameter, wherein said sleeve coupling portion is threaded and one of said sleeve coupling portion and said base coupling portion has an outer diameter that rotatably engages the other of said sleeve coupling portion and said base coupling portion, and wherein said sleeve first outer diameter is substantially equal to said base outer diameter; and, wherein said base includes a base locking portion, said sleeve includes a sleeve locking portion, and comprising a locking member which is engaged with said base locking portion and said sleeve locking portion to selectively prevent the base from rotating with respect to said sleeve.