US1187029A - Basket-ball and similar playing-ball. - Google Patents

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.TAMEs L. BEEBOUT, or CANTON, 'onto'.

`insular-191mm AND smmAnlrLA'YnvG-BALL specification; of Letters ratent.

Application inea Februarir 7, 1916. sex-iam. 16,532.

l To all whom it may concern.;

Be it known that I, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio,

which .the-following is a specification.

This invention relates to the casings of basket balls and similar playing balls made of sections of leather sewn together and provided with an inflatable bladder and has more especial reference to the' construction of the lining provided .within the leather casing ofthe ball.

i a ball lined ,with fabric in the manner generally in use .-at present will not, expand l" evenly when the rubber bladder contained In the use of basketlballs,`foot balls, strik# ing bags and the like, the rules of the games require the balls to be of a certain size and `shape and at the 'same time they must retainV Y their resiliencjr and must not exceed a certain weight.

It is, of course, generally understood that different pieces of leather, even when taken from the saine hide, do not stretch' evenly and-for this reason the usual manner of constructing balls of this character is to `provide a lining of duck, drill -or other fabric upon the inner side of the leather casing; Any one acquainted with the manufacture and construction of fabrics of this char acter is of course. aware of the fact that the woof threads of the fabric will stretch to a greater degree than the warp threads, thus therein is inflated.

. The object of this invention'is to remedy the fault and -to so construct the liningof the balls that when inflated they will retain their proper shape and size.

The object of this invention is attained by lining each section of leather, of which the casing of the ball is composed, with'two layers of fabric, preferably placed in such a position with relation to each other that the warpk threads of one layer are located vat right angles tothe warp threads ofthe other layer;A A

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and ar rzngement of parts, hereinafter described,

.illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood thatvarious` changes 1n the form, proportions, size and minor details-of construction may be made J AMES' L. BEEBOUT, y

have invenlted a new and useful Basket-Ball and Similar Playing-Ball, off

within -the scope of the appended claims,r

without departing from the spirit or sacriiicing any ofthe advantagesof' the invention.

In the accompanyingdrawingz Figure. 1 s howsa perspective view of a basket ball ratentea June 13,1916. i

constructed in laccordancewith my inven- `tion, a portionof the 'casing being broken away for the purpose of illustration. Fig. 2 'is a' plan view of one of the sections of .leather which form the casing. Fig. 3- is a plan viewof one of the .sections of fabric which is placed next to the leather. .Figs.

Il and 5 are plan views of the two sections offabric which form' the outer layer. Fig. 6 is a' plan view of a portion of one of the leather'sections upon which. the two layersy of lining havebeen placed, a portion of the outer llayer' being' turned back to show the inner layer. Fig. .7' is a sectional view on a large scaleupon the line 7 -7,"Fig. 6.'

Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing the mannerof connecting the edges of twoadjacent sections. Similar numerals ,of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawing.

In the accompanylng drawing, a basket ball "has been illustrated, but it will ofcourse -be understood Vthatthis construction `is equally well adapted. to footballs, striking balls or similar articles.

The numeral l indicates one of the leather sections, four of which are used in the construction bf 'a basket ball, 4such 'as shown in Fig. 1. Two sectlons of fabric such as indicated by the numeral 2, each of said sections4 being of a size and shape to cover one-half of the section 1, are placed upon the inner face of each of the sections of leather, be-

Ving preferably attached thereto by cement orother suitable means, thus completelycoveringthe inner face of the leather section, -the edges being preferably trimmed flush with the edges of the leather. The fabric sections 3 and '4 are then placed one upon each of the sections 2 and are preferably cemented thereto. The reduced neck portlon 5 of the section 4 is lapped over'the reduced portion 6 of the section 3 and aslech of these outer sectios of lining-isof greater width than the leather or inner 'sections of lining, the overhanging edges aeturq'ed'inwardly and-cemented upon the face'of. the

fabric forming seams 7. Tlie sections 4 .arev

0 ortions 5 for the purpose of preventing t e seams overlap provided with reduced ping as such arconstructionwould provide toc great a thickness of the fabric making the ball dead at thatpoint. When each of the sections of the l'eatherncasing has thus been lined, as above described,'the sections are sewed together along their edges as illustrated. in Fig. 8, thus forming a complete ballsuch'as Shown in Fig. l, after which the inflatable bladder' may be placedtherein and inflated. y

By constructing a ball asabove described,

`the stretchfof the casing will be equalized as nearas is possible, .the warp threads of the two layers of lining' being located at in form and construction may be made, as

circumstances require or experience suggests, iso

withoutdeparting from the spirit ofthe invention, within the `scope of the appended Y claims.

I claim 1. In an inflatable ball, the combination. with an outer casing and an inflatable bladder within said casmg of alining for said casing compr1s1ng two 'layers of fabric, the

warp threads of one layer crossing the warp threads of the other layer.

2. In an inflatable ball, the combination with an outer casing formed of a plurality of sections, the seamed edges of which are turned inward, vand an inflatable bladder within said casing, of a lining for each of said sections 0f said casing, said lining comprising two layers of fabric connected to eachother and to the section ofthe casing, the edges of one of said layers of fabric being turned inwardly upon the face of the fabric for-nung a seam, the warpthreads' of one layer crossing the warp threads 'of the other layer.v

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

JAMES L. BEEBOUTQ

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