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EP0259831A1
EP0259831A1 EP87113106A EP87113106A EP0259831A1 EP 0259831 A1 EP0259831 A1 EP 0259831A1 EP 87113106 A EP87113106 A EP 87113106A EP 87113106 A EP87113106 A EP 87113106A EP 0259831 A1 EP0259831 A1 EP 0259831A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/18—Throwing or slinging toys, e.g. flying disc toys
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B59/00—Bats, rackets, or the like, not covered by groups A63B49/00 - A63B57/00
    • A63B59/20—Bats, rackets, or the like, not covered by groups A63B49/00 - A63B57/00 having means, e.g. pockets, netting or adhesive type surfaces, for catching or holding a ball, e.g. for lacrosse or pelota
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B43/00—Balls with special arrangements
    • A63B43/005—Balls with special arrangements with adhesive type surfaces, e.g. hook-and-loop type fastener
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2208/00—Characteristics or parameters related to the user or player
    • A63B2208/12—Characteristics or parameters related to the user or player specially adapted for children
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2209/00—Characteristics of used materials
    • A63B2209/10—Characteristics of used materials with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S273/00—Amusement devices: games
    • Y10S273/30—Hooked pile fabric fastener

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  • the invention relates to a ball game device consisting of ball and catch disc, the surfaces of which are provided with Velcro material for mutual adhesion, the catch disc comprising a plastic plate, the back of which carries a handle and the front of which carries the Velcro material.
  • Velcro material is to be understood as the pairing of two adhering but easily detachable surface materials, at least one of which has a multiplicity of monofilament projections, the ends of which are bent in the shape of a hook or thickened in the form of heads, and hereinafter referred to as check marks.
  • Material is referred to, while the other has a large number of loose, loop-shaped, preferably monofilament fibers, in which the heads or hooks can get caught and which is referred to below as fiber fluff.
  • Such materials are known and in diverse uses; therefore they need here no further description.
  • the above explanations are not intended to be restricted to special designs of Velcro material, although the said designs have proven to be particularly suitable.
  • the plastic plate is stiff and has a full surface. Its ball-catching surface is therefore always essentially flat. If the player extends his arm far to reach a ball flying high or far to the side, it happens easily and involuntarily that he bends his hand a little backwards, so that the catch disc is inclined at an unfavorable angle in relation to the direction of flight of the ball.
  • a further disadvantage of the known device is that the handle can only be produced in one piece with the plate using complicated and expensive injection molds.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a ball game device of the type mentioned that is easy to manufacture and easier to master the game situations described.
  • the solution according to the invention is that the plastic plate below the handle has a cutout that roughly corresponds to the contours of the handle.
  • this feature enables a molded part that forms the handle to pass through the cutout of the plastic plate, so that a two-part shape is sufficient for production.
  • this feature has the consequence that the moment of resistance of the plate is reduced about an axis running in the direction of the grip, so that the plate is somewhat flexible about this axis. Since this axis is roughly in line with the axes of the metacarpal joints of the hand reaching through the handle and holding the plate, it is possible to bend or kink the catch disc a little by appropriately bending the fingers in relation to the palm of the hand, so that their outer, from the Finger-supported part is bent a little forward compared to the other part and is therefore bent less or not at all when the arm is extended, thereby achieving a more favorable angular position to the trajectory of the ball.
  • the plate expediently has an edge stiffening profile so that its essentially flat shape remains secured despite the cutout mentioned; the said bend, however, does not interfere with the usual choice of material (for example polyethylene).
  • the tick material is arranged on the catch disc or on the ball and accordingly the fiber fleece is on the ball or catch disc.
  • the arrangement of the fiber fleece on the catching disc has proven to be expedient, primarily for cost reasons.
  • the fleece material is less expensive than the tick material, and the Velcro material to be arranged on the catch discs is required in a larger amount.
  • the Velcro material is expediently on the ball in the form of several separate elements. It is not necessary that these elements connect to one another without a gap, although this is possible with a correspondingly precise production. Rather, it is more appropriate to use gaps and gaps between the To provide elements because their application to the ball body is greatly facilitated. The gaps must not be so large, however, that this questions the adhesion of the ball to the catch disc. This condition is usually when the transverse dimensions of the gaps are only so large that no point on the ball surface is more than about four times the thickness of the Velcro material forming the elements from the next element of the Velcro material.
  • no point on the surface of the ball is more than about 1 cm from the next of these elements.
  • the elements preferably have a minimum transverse dimension of approximately 8 to 15 mm. For circularly delimited elements, this transverse dimension is the diameter and for square elements, the side length. For elongated elements, it is the average width.
  • the largest transverse dimensions of the gaps between the Velcro material elements of the ball are expediently no greater than about four times the thickness of the Velcro material, which in this case is to be understood as the sum of both Velcro materials, because if the ball is in the middle of a Velcro-free gap the catching disc hits, the liability is determined not only by the thickness of the Velcro material on the ball, but also by the compressibility of the Velcro material on the catching disc.
  • the flexibility of the ball also has an effect in this connection depending on the throwing strength; However, since there should be a possibility of adhesion even if the ball has only a low speed, it is advantageous, when calculating the chance of adhesion, to start from the thickness of the hook material projecting from the surface of the ball on the one hand and the compressibility thickness of the fiber fleece on the catch disc on the other hand .
  • the compressible thickness of the fiber fleece is expediently at least about 2 mm.
  • tick material elements each 12 mm in diameter, were evenly distributed on the surface of a 5 cm diameter ball. This corresponds to a density of one element on about 4 to 6 cm2 of the ball surface.
  • the Velcro material elements are expediently attached to the ball by means of a pressure-sensitive adhesive provided on their rear side.
  • the same method of attachment can be provided for the fiber fleece material on the catch disc. This material lies directly on the plate of the catching disc and is more or less rigidly supported by it.
  • the catch disc 1 consists of a plastic plate 2 with a handle 3 and the Velcro material 4 glued onto the side free of the handle 3.
  • the disc is essentially flat, but if desired can also be of slightly concave or convex design. It is limited in a circle and its area corresponds approximately to two adult palms.
  • the plate 2 has a cutout 14 below the handle 3, which corresponds approximately to the contours of the handle (in vertical plan view) and enables a simple method of manufacture according to known principles.
  • the Velcro material 4 is bonded to the support plate 1, for example, by means of a pressure-sensitive adhesive provided on the back of the Velcro material, which can be permanently active.
  • the Velcro material on the catch disc is a fiber fleece of approx. 2 mm compressibility.
  • the edge of the catching disc is provided with a suitable profile 5 for the purpose of stiffening.
  • the ball 6 comprises a spherical ball body, which is, for example, an elastically flexible plastic hollow body.
  • the hook material 7 is applied to its surface as Velcro material, which in the example shown consists in one piece of an equatorial strip (8) and transverse strip 9 extending therefrom and is fastened to the ball body by means of a pressure sensitive adhesive located on its rear side.
  • High adhesive strength is not required; it only has to be greater than the adhesive strength resulting between the fiber fleece and the hook material, so that when the ball is released from the catch disc, the Velcro material cannot detach from the ball body.
  • the transverse stripes 9 are so limited that gaps 10 can remain between them, the width of which is so limited that Even if the ball hits the catch disc most unfavorably, a sufficient part of the Velcro material on both sides of the gap comes into contact with the Velcro material of the catch disc.
  • the gaps 10 between the transverse strips 9 have an average width of approximately 1 to 5 mm. Depending on the thickness of the fiber fluff, larger gaps (especially at the poles) are tolerable.
  • FIG. 5 shows the Velcro material to be applied to the ball in the form of a strip, the length of which corresponds to the circumference of the ball. It can be seen that essentially equilateral triangular cross strips 9 are attached to the equatorial strips 8. It does not require any special skill to first place the strip 9 equatorially sufficiently centrally around the ball and then to turn the transverse strips 9 towards the poles.
  • Fig. 6 shows a second embodiment of the ball, which is glued to a plurality of elements 11 of a tick material.

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Ball-game set consisting of a ball and a catching disc. The surfaces of the ball and of the catching disc are covered with a mutually complementary fibre coating and burr material respectively, so that the ball striking the catching disc is retained.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Ballspielgerät bestehend aus Ball und Fangscheibe, deren Oberflächen zwecks gegen­seitiger Haftung mit Klettmaterial versehen sind, wobei die Fangscheibe einen Kunststoffteller umfaßt, dessen Rückseite einen Griffbügel und dessen Vorderseite das Klettmaterial trägt.The invention relates to a ball game device consisting of ball and catch disc, the surfaces of which are provided with Velcro material for mutual adhesion, the catch disc comprising a plastic plate, the back of which carries a handle and the front of which carries the Velcro material.

Unter Klettmaterial ist die Paarung von zwei aneinander haftenden, jedoch leicht voneinander wieder lösbaren Ober­flächenmaterialien zu verstehen, von denen wenigstens das eine eine Vielzahl von monofilen Vorsprüngen aufweist, deren Enden hakenförmig umgebogen oder in Form von Köpfchen verdickt sind, und das im folgenden als Häkchen-Material bezeichnet wird, während das andere eine Vielzahl lockerer, schlaufenförmiger, vorzugsweise monofiler Fasern besitzt, in denen sich die Köpfchen bzw. Häkchen verhaken können und das im folgenden als Faserflausch bezeichnet wird. Derartige Werkstoffe sind bekannt und in vielfältigem Gebrauch; sie bedürfen daher hier keiner näheren Beschreibung. Die obigen Erläuterungen sind nicht im Sinne einer Beschränkung auf spezielle Ausführungen von Klettmaterial beabsichtigt, obwohl die genannten Aus­führungen sich also besonders geeignet erwiesen haben.Velcro material is to be understood as the pairing of two adhering but easily detachable surface materials, at least one of which has a multiplicity of monofilament projections, the ends of which are bent in the shape of a hook or thickened in the form of heads, and hereinafter referred to as check marks. Material is referred to, while the other has a large number of loose, loop-shaped, preferably monofilament fibers, in which the heads or hooks can get caught and which is referred to below as fiber fluff. Such materials are known and in diverse uses; therefore they need here no further description. The above explanations are not intended to be restricted to special designs of Velcro material, although the said designs have proven to be particularly suitable.

Bei einem bekannten Gerät der eingangs genannten Art (DE-A 33 21 343) ist der Kunststoffteller steif und voll­flächig ausgeführt. Seine ballfangende Oberfläche ist daher stets im wesentlichen eben. Wenn der Spieler den Arm weit ausstreckt, um einen hoch oder weit seitlich fliegenden Ball noch zu erreichen, geschieht es leicht und unwillkürlich, daß er die Hand ein wenig nach hinten beugt, so daß die Fang­scheibe eine gegenüber der Flugrichtung des Balls ungünstige Neigung erhält.In a known device of the type mentioned (DE-A 33 21 343), the plastic plate is stiff and has a full surface. Its ball-catching surface is therefore always essentially flat. If the player extends his arm far to reach a ball flying high or far to the side, it happens easily and involuntarily that he bends his hand a little backwards, so that the catch disc is inclined at an unfavorable angle in relation to the direction of flight of the ball.

Ferner ist bei dem bekannten Gerät nachteilig, daß der Griff nur unter Verwendung komplizierter und aufwendiger Spritzguß­formen einstückig mit dem Teller herstellbar ist.A further disadvantage of the known device is that the handle can only be produced in one piece with the plate using complicated and expensive injection molds.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Ballspielgerät der eingangs genannten Art zu schaffen, das leicht herstellbar ist und die Beherrschung der beschriebenen Spielsituationen erleichtert.The invention has for its object to provide a ball game device of the type mentioned that is easy to manufacture and easier to master the game situations described.

Die erfindungsgemäße Lösung besteht darin, daß der Kunststoff­teller unterhalb des Griffbügels einen den Konturen des Griff­bügels etwa entsprechenden Ausschnitt aufweist.The solution according to the invention is that the plastic plate below the handle has a cutout that roughly corresponds to the contours of the handle.

Hinsichtlich der Herstellungsweise ermöglicht dieses Merkmal, daß ein den Griff formendes Formteil durch den Ausschnitt des Kunststofftellers hindurchtritt, so daß eine zweiteilige Form zur Herstellung ausreicht.With regard to the manufacturing method, this feature enables a molded part that forms the handle to pass through the cutout of the plastic plate, so that a two-part shape is sufficient for production.

Hinsichtlich der Spielweise hat dieses Merkmal die Konsequenz, daß das Widerstandsmoment des Tellers sich um eine in Griff­richtung verlaufende Achse herabsetzt, so daß der Teller um diese Achse in gewissem Ausmaß flexibel ist. Da diese Achse etwa gleichläuft mit den Achsen der Mittelhandgelenke der durch den Griffbügel hindurchgreifenden und den Teller haltenden Hand, ist es möglich, durch entsprechende Beugung der Finger gegenüber dem Handteller die Fangscheibe ein wenig zu biegen oder zu knicken, so daß deren äußerer, von den Fingern abgestützter Teil gegenüber dem anderen Teil ein wenig nach vorne gebogen wird und daher beim Ausstrecken des Arms weniger oder gar nicht nach hinten gebogen wird und dadurch eine günstigere Winkelstellung zur Flugbahn des Balls erreicht.In terms of playing style, this feature has the consequence that the moment of resistance of the plate is reduced about an axis running in the direction of the grip, so that the plate is somewhat flexible about this axis. Since this axis is roughly in line with the axes of the metacarpal joints of the hand reaching through the handle and holding the plate, it is possible to bend or kink the catch disc a little by appropriately bending the fingers in relation to the palm of the hand, so that their outer, from the Finger-supported part is bent a little forward compared to the other part and is therefore bent less or not at all when the arm is extended, thereby achieving a more favorable angular position to the trajectory of the ball.

Zwar weist der Teller zweckmäßigerweise ein Randverstei­fungsprofil auf, damit seine im wesentlichen ebene Gestalt trotz des genannten Ausschnitts gesichert bleibt ; die genannte Biegung behindert er dennoch bei üblicher Material­wahl (beispielsweise Polyäthylen) nicht.The plate expediently has an edge stiffening profile so that its essentially flat shape remains secured despite the cutout mentioned; the said bend, however, does not interfere with the usual choice of material (for example polyethylene).

Im Prinzip kommt es nicht darauf an, ob das Häkchen-Material an der Fangscheibe oder am Ball angeordnet ist und demgemäß der Faserflausch sich am Ball bzw. an der Fangscheibe befin­det. Jedoch hat sich - vornehmlich aus Kostengründen - die Anordnung des Faserflauschs an der Fangscheibe als zweckmäßig erwiesen. Das Flauschmaterial ist nämlich weniger aufwendig als das Häkchen-Material, und es wird das an den Fangscheiben anzuordnende Klettmaterial in größerer Menge benötigt.In principle, it does not matter whether the tick material is arranged on the catch disc or on the ball and accordingly the fiber fleece is on the ball or catch disc. However, the arrangement of the fiber fleece on the catching disc has proven to be expedient, primarily for cost reasons. The fleece material is less expensive than the tick material, and the Velcro material to be arranged on the catch discs is required in a larger amount.

Auf dem Ball befindet sich das Klettmaterial zweckmäßigerweise in Form mehrerer gesonderter Elemente. Es ist nicht erforder­lich, daß diese Elemente abstandsfrei aneinander anschließen, obwohl dies bei entsprechend genauer Fertigung möglich ist. Zweckmäßiger ist es vielmehr, Abstände und Lücken zwischen den Elementen vorzusehen, weil dadurch deren Aufbringung auf den Ballkörper stark erleichtert wird. Die Lücken dürfen aller­dings nicht so groß sein, daß dadurch die Haftung des Balls an der Fangscheibe in Frage gestellt wird. Diese Bedingung ist in der Regel, wenn die Querabmessungen der Lücken nur so groß sind, daß keine Stelle der Balloberfläche mehr als etwa die vierfache Dicke des die Elemente bildenden Klettmaterials von dem nächsten Element des Klettmaterials entfernt ist. Zweck­mäßigerweise ist keine Stelle der Balloberfläche mehr als etwa 1 cm von dem nächsten dieser Elelemente entfernt. Die Elemente haben vorzugsweise eine Mindestquerabmessung von etwa 8 bis 15 mm. Bei kreisförmig begrenzten Elementen ist diese Quer­abmessung der Durchmesser und bei quadratischen Elementen die Seitenlänge. Bei länglichen Elementen ist es die durchschnitt­liche Breite.The Velcro material is expediently on the ball in the form of several separate elements. It is not necessary that these elements connect to one another without a gap, although this is possible with a correspondingly precise production. Rather, it is more appropriate to use gaps and gaps between the To provide elements because their application to the ball body is greatly facilitated. The gaps must not be so large, however, that this questions the adhesion of the ball to the catch disc. This condition is usually when the transverse dimensions of the gaps are only so large that no point on the ball surface is more than about four times the thickness of the Velcro material forming the elements from the next element of the Velcro material. Advantageously, no point on the surface of the ball is more than about 1 cm from the next of these elements. The elements preferably have a minimum transverse dimension of approximately 8 to 15 mm. For circularly delimited elements, this transverse dimension is the diameter and for square elements, the side length. For elongated elements, it is the average width.

Die größten Querabmessungen der Lücken zwischen den Klettma­terial-Elementen des Balls sind zweckmäßigerweise nicht größer als etwa die vierfache Dicke des Klettmaterials, wobei darunter in diesem Fall die Summe beider Klettmaterialien zu verstehen ist, weil dann, wenn der Ball mit der Mitte einer klettmaterialfreien Lücke auf die Fangscheibe trifft, die Haftmöglichkeiten nicht nur von der Dicke des Klettmaterials auf dem Ball, sondern auch von der Zusammendrückbarkeit des Klettmaterials an der Fangscheibe bestimmt sind. Auch die Nachgiebigkeit des Balles wirkt sich in diesem Zusammenhang je nach Wurfstärke aus; da aber eine Haftmöglichkeit auch dann gegeben sein soll, wenn der Ball nur geringe Geschwindigkeit aufweist, ist es vorteilhaft, bei der Berechnung der Haft­chancen nur von der Dicke des von der Balloberfläche vor­ragenden Häkchen-Materials einerseits und der Zusammendrück­barkeitsdicke des Faserflauschs an der Fangscheibe anderer­seits auszugehen. Dabei ist die zusammendrückbare Dicke des Faserflauschs zweckmäßigerweise mindestens etwa 2 mm.The largest transverse dimensions of the gaps between the Velcro material elements of the ball are expediently no greater than about four times the thickness of the Velcro material, which in this case is to be understood as the sum of both Velcro materials, because if the ball is in the middle of a Velcro-free gap the catching disc hits, the liability is determined not only by the thickness of the Velcro material on the ball, but also by the compressibility of the Velcro material on the catching disc. The flexibility of the ball also has an effect in this connection depending on the throwing strength; However, since there should be a possibility of adhesion even if the ball has only a low speed, it is advantageous, when calculating the chance of adhesion, to start from the thickness of the hook material projecting from the surface of the ball on the one hand and the compressibility thickness of the fiber fleece on the catch disc on the other hand . The compressible thickness of the fiber fleece is expediently at least about 2 mm.

Als Anhaltspunkt für die Dichte der Aordnung der Elemente des Häkchen-Materials auf der Balloberfläche mag dienen, daß in einem bewährten Beispiel auf der Oberfläche eines Balls mit 5 cm Durchmesser 14 Häkchen-Material-Elemente von jeweils 12 mm Durchmesser gleichmäßig verteilt waren. Das entspricht einer Dichte von einem Elemente auf etwa 4 bis 6 cm² der Balloberfläche.As a clue to the density of the arrangement of the elements of the tick material on the ball surface may serve that in a proven example 14 tick material elements, each 12 mm in diameter, were evenly distributed on the surface of a 5 cm diameter ball. This corresponds to a density of one element on about 4 to 6 cm² of the ball surface.

Die Klettmaterial-Elemente werden am Ball zweckmäßigerweise mittels eines an ihrer Rückseite vorgesehenen Haftklebers befestigt. Dieselbe Befestigungsweise kann für das Faser­flausch-Material an der Fangscheibe vorgesehen werden. Dabei liegt dieses Material auf dem Teller der Fangscheibe unmittel­bar auf und wird von diesem mehr oder weniger starr gestützt.The Velcro material elements are expediently attached to the ball by means of a pressure-sensitive adhesive provided on their rear side. The same method of attachment can be provided for the fiber fleece material on the catch disc. This material lies directly on the plate of the catching disc and is more or less rigidly supported by it.

Die Erfindung wird im folgenden näher unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnung erläutert, die vorteilhafte Ausführungsbeispiele veranschaulicht. Darin zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 und 2 die Fangscheibe in perspektivischer Darstellung schräg von vorne bzw. schräg von hinten,
  • Fig. 3 und 4 eine Ballausführung in Polansicht und quer dazu,
  • Fig. 5 einen Klettmaterial-Streifen, wie er zur Ausrüstung des Balles gemäß Fig. 3 und 4 verwendet wurde, und
  • Fig. 6 eine andere Ballausführung
The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawing, which illustrates advantageous exemplary embodiments. In it show:
  • 1 and 2, the catch plate in a perspective view obliquely from the front or obliquely from behind,
  • 3 and 4 a ball version in pole view and transverse to it,
  • Fig. 5 shows a strip of Velcro material, as it was used to equip the ball according to FIGS. 3 and 4, and
  • Fig. 6 shows another ball version

Die Fangscheibe 1 besteht aus einem Kunststoffteller 2 mit Griff 3 sowie dem auf die vom Griff 3 freie Seite aufgeklebten Klettmaterial 4. Die Scheibe ist im wesentlichen eben, kann aber gewünschtenfalls auch geringfügig konkav oder konvex ausgebildet sein. Sie ist kreisförmig begrenzt und ihre Flächengröße entspricht in etwa zwei Erwachsenen-Handflächen. Der Teller 2 weist unterhalb des Griffbügels 3 einen Aus­schnitt 14 auf, der etwa den Konturen des Griffbügels (in senkrechter Draufsicht) entspricht und nach bekannten Grund­sätzen eine einfache Herstellungsweise ermöglicht. Die Verkle­bung des Klettmaterials 4 mit dem Tragteller 1 erfolgt bei­spielsweise mittels eines auf der Rückseite des Klettmaterials vorgesehenen Haftklebers, der daueraktiv sein kann. Das auf der Fangscheibe befindliche Klettmaterial ist ein Faserflausch von ca. 2 mm Zusammendrückbarkeit. Der Rand der Fangscheibe ist zwecks Versteifung mit einem geeigneten Profil 5 versehen.The catch disc 1 consists of a plastic plate 2 with a handle 3 and the Velcro material 4 glued onto the side free of the handle 3. The disc is essentially flat, but if desired can also be of slightly concave or convex design. It is limited in a circle and its area corresponds approximately to two adult palms. The plate 2 has a cutout 14 below the handle 3, which corresponds approximately to the contours of the handle (in vertical plan view) and enables a simple method of manufacture according to known principles. The Velcro material 4 is bonded to the support plate 1, for example, by means of a pressure-sensitive adhesive provided on the back of the Velcro material, which can be permanently active. The Velcro material on the catch disc is a fiber fleece of approx. 2 mm compressibility. The edge of the catching disc is provided with a suitable profile 5 for the purpose of stiffening.

Der Ball 6 umfaßt einen sphärischen Ballkörper, der beispiels­weise ein elastisch nachgiebiger Kunststoff-Hohlkörper ist. Auf seine Oberfläche ist als Klettmaterial das Häkchen-­Material 7 aufgebracht, das im dargestellen Beispiel ein­stückig aus einem äquatorial verlaufenden Streifen (8) und von diesem ausgehenden Querstreifen 9 besteht und mittels eines auf seiner Rückseite befindlichen Haftklebers an dem Ball­körper befestigt ist. Hohe Klebefestigkeit ist nicht erforderlich; sie, muß lediglich größer sein als die zwischen dem Faserflausch und dem Häkchen-Material sich ergebende Haftfestigkeit, damit beim Lösen des Balls von der Fangscheibe das Klettmaterial sich nicht vom Ballkörper lösen kann.The ball 6 comprises a spherical ball body, which is, for example, an elastically flexible plastic hollow body. The hook material 7 is applied to its surface as Velcro material, which in the example shown consists in one piece of an equatorial strip (8) and transverse strip 9 extending therefrom and is fastened to the ball body by means of a pressure sensitive adhesive located on its rear side. High adhesive strength is not required; it only has to be greater than the adhesive strength resulting between the fiber fleece and the hook material, so that when the ball is released from the catch disc, the Velcro material cannot detach from the ball body.

Damit man beim Aufbringen des Klettmaterials auf den Ball­körper keine erschwerende Genauigkeit aufzuwenden braucht, sind dier Querstreifen 9 so begrenzt, daß zwischen ihnen Lücken 10 verbleiben können, deren Weite so begrenzt ist, daß auch bei ungünstigstem Auftreffen des Balls auf die Fang­scheibe stets ein hinreichender Teil des Klettmaterials beiderseits der Lücke mit dem Klettmaterial der Fangscheibe in Berührung kommt. Um das Ziel einer bequemen Montage zu er­reichen, genügt es, wenn die Lücken 10 zwischen den Quer­streifen 9 eine Breite von im Mittel etwa 1 bis 5 mm auf­weisen. Je nach Dicke des Faserflausches sind auch größere Lücken (insbesondere an den Polen) tolerabel.So that one does not need to apply any aggravating accuracy when applying the Velcro material to the ball body, the transverse stripes 9 are so limited that gaps 10 can remain between them, the width of which is so limited that Even if the ball hits the catch disc most unfavorably, a sufficient part of the Velcro material on both sides of the gap comes into contact with the Velcro material of the catch disc. In order to achieve the goal of easy assembly, it is sufficient if the gaps 10 between the transverse strips 9 have an average width of approximately 1 to 5 mm. Depending on the thickness of the fiber fluff, larger gaps (especially at the poles) are tolerable.

In Fig. 5 ist das auf den Ball aufzubringende Klettmaterial in Form eines Streifens gezeigt, dessen Länge dem Umfang des Balls entspricht. Man erkennt, daß an den Äquatorialstreifen 8 im wesentlichen dreieckig begrenzte Querstreifen 9 angesetzt sind. Es bedarf keiner besonderen Geschicklichkeit, um den Streifen 9 zunächst äquatorial hinreichend mittig um den Ball zu legen und anschließend die Querstreifen 9 zu den Polen hin umzulegen.5 shows the Velcro material to be applied to the ball in the form of a strip, the length of which corresponds to the circumference of the ball. It can be seen that essentially equilateral triangular cross strips 9 are attached to the equatorial strips 8. It does not require any special skill to first place the strip 9 equatorially sufficiently centrally around the ball and then to turn the transverse strips 9 towards the poles.

Fig. 6 zeigt eine zweite Ausführungsform des Balls, der mit einer Vielzahl von Elementen 11 eines Häkchen-Materials beklebt ist.Fig. 6 shows a second embodiment of the ball, which is glued to a plurality of elements 11 of a tick material.

Claims (8)

1. Ballspielgerät bestehend aus Ball (6) und Fangscheibe (1), deren Oberflächen zwecks gegenseitiger Haftung mit Klett­material (4,7,11) versehen sind, wobei die Fangscheibe (1) einen Kunststoffteller (2) umfaßt, dessen Rückseite ein Griffbügel (3) und dessen Vorderseite das Klettmaterial (4) trägt, dadurch gekennzeichent, daß der Kunststoffteller (2) unterhalb des Griffbügels (3) ein den Konturen des Griff­bügels etwa entsprechenden Ausschnitt (14) aufweist.1. Ball game device consisting of ball (6) and catch disc (1), the surfaces of which are provided with Velcro material (4, 7, 11) for mutual adhesion, the catch disc (1) comprising a plastic plate (2), the back of which has a handle ( 3) and the front of which carries the Velcro material (4), characterized in that the plastic plate (2) below the handle bar (3) has a cutout (14) which corresponds approximately to the contours of the handle bar. 2. Ballspielgerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichent, daß der Teller (2) ein Randversteifungsprofil (5) aufweist.2. Ball game device according to claim 1, characterized in that the plate (2) has an edge stiffening profile (5). 3. Ballspielgerät nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß das am Teller (2) vorgesehene Klettmaterial (4) der Faserflausch ist, dessen zusammendrückbare Dicke mindestens etwa 2 mm ist.3. Ball game device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the Velcro material (4) provided on the plate (2) is the fiber fleece, the compressible thickness of which is at least approximately 2 mm. 4. Ballspielgerät nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das am Ball (6) vorgesehene Klettmaterial (7,11) das Häkchenmaterial ist.4. Ball game device according to claim 3, characterized in that the Velcro material (7, 11) provided on the ball (6) is the tick material. 5. Ballspielgerät nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das am Ball vorgesehene Klettmaterial die Form kleiner Elemente (11) aufweist, deren Abstand so bemessen ist, daß keine Stelle der Balloberfläche mehr als etwa 1 cm von dem nächsten dieser Elemente entfernt ist.5. Ball game device according to claim 4, characterized in that the Velcro material provided on the ball has the form of small elements (11), the distance between which is dimensioned such that no point on the ball surface is more than about 1 cm from the next of these elements. 6. Ballspielgerät nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die einzelnen Elemente (11) eine Mindestquerabmessung von 8 bis 15 mm haben.6. Ball game device according to claim 5, characterized in that the individual elements (11) have a minimum transverse dimension of 8 to 15 mm. 7. Ballspielgerät nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Elemente rund begrenzt sind.7. Ball game device according to claim 6, characterized in that the elements are limited around. 8. Ballspielgerät nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß auf etwa 4 bis 6 cm2 der Balloberfläche ein Element (11) kommt.8. Ball game device according to one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that an element (11) comes to about 4 to 6 cm2 of the ball surface.
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