US 12,257,481 B2
Wind tolerant ball
Robert J. Franceschelli, St. Louis, MO (US); John J. Anderson, Alpine, CA (US); and Wouter Remmerie, Antwerp (BE)
Assigned to ZEpickleball Company LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by ZEpickleball Company LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/534,874.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/464,456, filed on May 5, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/431,901, filed on Dec. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0189668 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 37/14 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 37/14 (2013.01) [A63B 37/0098 (2013.01); A63B 2225/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ball, comprising:
a shell comprising a hollow core, a diameter, a weight, a thickness between an exterior surface and an interior surface exterior surface and a weight:diameter ratio between the weight and the diameter, wherein the weight is between 27 and 52 grams, wherein the diameter is between 2.5 and 3.5 inches and wherein the weight:diameter ratio is between 9.3 and 20.8;
a plurality of apertures within the exterior surface; and
a plurality of dimples on the exterior surface, wherein each dimple comprises a perimeter edge along the exterior surface and a depression recessed a dimple depth from the perimeter edge into the exterior surface, and wherein a group of dimples from the plurality of dimples concentrically surround each of the plurality of apertures.