US 12,131,668 B2
Autograph ball—signature card holder
Kevin Lynn Simmons, Carrollton, TX (US); and Michael D Herndon, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Kevin Lynn Simmons, Carrollton, TX (US); and Michael D Herndon, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/168,682.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/982,746, filed on Feb. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0272483 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G09F 1/12 (2006.01); G09F 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 1/12 (2013.01) [G09F 15/0012 (2013.01); G09F 15/0018 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a holder shaped as at least a portion of a sports object comprising a bottom surface arranged to keep said holder in a stationary position while resting on a level surface, said holder further shaped with a facing comprising a flat signing surface recessed into said facing, wherein said flat signing surface is arranged to allow a rectangular trading card to be inserted in an opening perpendicular with said facing, at least a portion of said opening is level with said flat signing surface, wherein said holder comprises a stepped cylindrical shaft arranged to retain a removable object, wherein a lip overlaps said flat signing surface on three sides, wherein said lip has an overlap of said flat signing surface between 1 mm and 5 mm, inclusively, and wherein a distance between said flat signing surface and said lip is between 1 mm and 5 mm, inclusively.