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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan J Adler, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter S MacDonald, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273 / ; 273D / ; 273D / ;
Abstract
A football having a grip configuration which permits the thrower to easily reproduce his optimum hand location with every throw comprises a body with at least one elongated indentation on its surface. The indentation is intersected by a plurality of transverse bulkheads which divide the indentation into a plurality of finger pockets. In specific embodiments, more than four finger pockets are provided to permit an individual thrower to vary his grip location to that which best suits his throw.