Molded softball method of manufacture
CA 1285295 C · Owner: Molitor, Robert P. · Inventors: Molitor, Robert P.
Overview
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The invention relates to a mold a method of making the mold, and a baseball or softball produced by the mold. The ball has a cover of vinyl, urethane or other polymers and has a leatherlike feel and the playability of a standard ball. The mold has a pair of hemispherical dies each having depressions and protrusions forming a female counterpart of the stitching and surface texture of a standard ball, and a plurality of stitch pins adjacent the outer edges of the depressions in the appropriate configuration to form male counterparts of stitch holes in the ball.
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- Granted June 25, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 25, 2008.
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