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Game ball

US7976416B2 · kind B2 · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 21, 2008
Grant dateJul 12, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B43/004
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention provides a game ball, useful for children's safety, which can be detected far enough away a distance by a vehicle-onboard radar. The invention provides a game ball wherein a reflector member 12 is disposed within a spherical shell 13, the diagonal distance of the reflector member coincides with the inner diameter of the spherical shell, the reflector member has a shape constructed by combining three regular polygon plates 11A, 11B, 11C, the center angle of one side thereof being an integral submultiple of 90°, in such a manner that the centers of the three regular polygon plates are coincident and that the three regular polygon plates are perpendicular to each other, and a surface of said reflector member 12 is imparted with electromagnetic wave reflectivity.

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