Patent ID: 8052552

Claim:
A toy apparatus having a surface, the toy apparatus comprising: a mesh including a plurality of loop structures having cooperative mating surfaces disposed at least partially around an outer perimeter of each loop structure, wherein the plurality of loop structures have curved inside perimeter surfaces, and wherein the cooperative mating surfaces of adjacent loop structures are configured to couple together for a distance along their lengths, wherein the loop structures form the surface of the toy apparatus when the cooperative mating surfaces are coupled with each other, and wherein the mesh is formed as a resiliently deformable ball; and a rattle positioned in at least one of the loop structures in the mesh, the rattle having a body with a mounting structure having an outer perimeter sized to conform to the curved inside perimeter surface of the loop structure in which the rattle is mounted, other loop structures of the plurality of loop structures having curved inside perimeter surfaces defining curved finger-receiving voids in the surface of the toy apparatus.