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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:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
May. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas L Long, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B / ; A63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
473453 ; 473451 ; 473614 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for practicing hitting a ball with a striking instrument. The apparatus comprises a ball having a portion which extends outwardly from the spherical body of the ball and which is driven into the ball when the ball is struck correctly with a striking instrument.