EP1938874A1 - Ballsegment und zur bildung eines funktionellen balls verwendete kopplungselemente - Google Patents

Ballsegment und zur bildung eines funktionellen balls verwendete kopplungselemente Download PDF

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EP1938874A1
EP1938874A1 EP06799443A EP06799443A EP1938874A1 EP 1938874 A1 EP1938874 A1 EP 1938874A1 EP 06799443 A EP06799443 A EP 06799443A EP 06799443 A EP06799443 A EP 06799443A EP 1938874 A1 EP1938874 A1 EP 1938874A1
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Mónika Hasbach Lugo
Jonatan Aguilar Velazquez
José Antonio Salaz Perez
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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
    • A63H33/04—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/10—Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts to be assembled by means of additional non-adhesive elements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B37/00—Solid balls; Rigid hollow balls; Marbles
    • A63B37/12—Special coverings, i.e. outer layer material
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B39/00—Hollow non-inflatable balls, i.e. having no valves
    • 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
    • A63B43/002—Balls with special arrangements with special configuration, e.g. non-spherical
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/12—Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/12—Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F9/1208—Connections between puzzle elements
    • A63F2009/1224—Connections between puzzle elements using two or more types of connections
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/12—Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F2009/124—Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles with a final configuration being a sphere

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  • the present invention is related to the field of toys and/or promotional articles and/or ornaments. More specifically it refers to a promotional toy formed by segments of a ball and elements which join said segments, producing a functional ball.
  • These toys may be anything from stamps with the image of the players on them to paste into albums, to cards with peripheral projections for joining them to other cards which together form various shapes. These cards are flat and obviously form flat geometric shapes. These cards can be printed with various figures and characters.
  • the ball For some uses it is necessary for the ball to be easily assembled and disassembled, for example, using only the bare hands, in order to comply with promotional needs. If the ball is not easily assembled and disassembled it cannot be used as packaging or as a container for consumer products, as it would be necessary to destroy it in order to remove the contents.
  • None of the existing state of the art functional balls can be formed through collecting the parts by buying a relatively low priced product which has one part of the ball and thus, by buying the product several times, completing the segments necessary to form the complete functional ball.
  • the main objective of the present invention is to make possible a segment of a soccer ball which may be joined to other segments to form a ball, using only the bare hands, when all the necessary segments have been collected.
  • Another of the objectives is to give these segments characteristics which make them useful as advertising means of consumer products.
  • Still another of the objectives is to provide the segments with means for joining them which fulfills the first objective and also allows the ball to be used for kicking.
  • the present invention consists of a segment of a ball which is made up of a joining means, which in one of its forms, is formed by fixed elements and accessories, on the peripheral sides.
  • a joining means which in one of its forms, is formed by fixed elements and accessories, on the peripheral sides.
  • These fixed elements as well as the accessories may form an integral part of the segment, or they may be, at least the accessories may be, independent of the segment of the ball.
  • these elements may both be elastic or they may both be rigid, depending above all on the corresponding characteristic of the segment.
  • the fixed element may be rigid and the accessory may be elastic.
  • the elements may be a projection of any shape or arrangement which allows the segment to be connected to another segment by simply sliding the fixed connecting elements of the accessory of the segment into the fixed connecting element of the adjoining segment of the ball, sliding into the free groove of the accessory connecting element.
  • These accessory connecting elements consist of two longitudinal grooves with a wall separating the two. These grooves will be filled by the fixed connecting elements of the adjoining segment of the ball. One of the fixed elements slides into one of the grooves on one end and the other fixed connecting element penetrates the other groove from the other end in order to assemble the ball.
  • this elements also consists of slits on the longitudinal half, on the sides which face the corresponding edge of the segment of the ball.
  • the conformation of the segments may vary, and the number of elements in the connecting system may also.
  • the segments may be pentagons, but there is nothing that prevents their being circular, square, or triangular, etc.
  • the rigid means may also have the shape of the segments of which they are a part. However, it has been seen that even this may vary and although the edge of the segment is straight, the rigid connecting means may be curved and the invention will still function.
  • They may also be flat or curved segments, concave or convex; they may be solid or hollow, rigid, flexible or elastic.
  • They may simply be the segment or they may include indentations or projections on the concave or convex surfaces, projections other than those which constitute the connecting system. These additional projections may be used to affix some product to said segment.
  • the connecting means and the segments certain combinations may be established, for example the segment may be flexible and the connecting system may consist exclusively of rigid elements, however, both may be flexible, although in one of the variations, it is assumed that at least one of them be flexible.
  • the segment when besides being flexible, the segment is hollow and elastic, this segment may be inflated in order to comply still more with the function of being functional for play.
  • segment of a ball The characteristic details of this novel item, called segment of a ball, will be shown through the detailed description of the version illustrated in the attached drawings, the same parts referred to by the same reference signs in the description and in the drawings.
  • Figure 1 shows an exterior view of segment 1 with its connecting means conformed of fixed elements 2 on the segment and accessory elements 3.
  • said accessory connecting elements 3 have a slit to ease the deformation of said elements and to allow the insertion of fixed connecting elements 2 in grooves 5 of said accessory elements.
  • the fixed connecting element of the ball consists of a notch or stop 6 that the accessory element abuts and which does not allow said accessory element to reach corner 7 and which makes it difficult for deformation to take place in the connecting elements when they assemble and to deform when the ball is hit during play.
  • This connecting element affixed to the segment of the ball is parallel to the edge of said segment of the ball, connecting only one of the ends.
  • all these connecting elements which are affixed to the segment of the ball have a free edge on the same side, that is, they all point in the same direction, either clockwise or counterclockwise, but all in the same direction. This is to insure that upon assembling the ball, the correct coupling is achieved.
  • the accessory fixing means forms part of the segment of the ball with an appropriate material in order to achieve flexibility when necessary.
  • Figure 2 illustrates an exploded view of a version of a ball made up of 12 pentagonal segments 1 and fixed connecting means 2, one on each edge.
  • this connecting version for the segments of the ball each of 11 segments coincides with the photograph of each of the 11 players of the team and the twelfth segment has the emblem of the team or the flag of the country the team represents.
  • the elements which are presented are the same as those described in figure 1 , multiplied to give the ball 12 segments, with their respective 5 fixed connecting elements on the edges of the segments and the appropriate number of accessory connecting elements to join the 12 segments and form the ball.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the ball of figure 2 , assembles with all the connecting means in place. This figure shows the form the ball will take when completely assembled. Depending on the modalities, when a ball of the version in which the segments and fixed connecting elements are rigid is kicked, the accessory connecting elements are bent and return to their original form and dimension making the ball bounce correctly.
  • the rigid connecting elements are inserted into the longitudinal grooves of the accessory connecting element. With the presence of a wall between each groove, said grooves are tightly wrapped around the corresponding fixed connecting element and there is no direct contact between the fixed connecting elements of one of the segments and the corresponding fixed connecting element of the adjacent segment of the ball.
  • Figure 4 shows one of the possibilities of using the segment of the ball, as part of or as a top 41 for a container 40.
  • the segment of the ball may be in the version in which the accessory connecting element is part of a single piece of the segment of the ball together with the fixed connecting element.
  • Figure 5 illustrates a version of segment 1 of the ball in which there are only four fixed connecting means 2 and the configuration of the segments is circular.
  • the edge of the segment has a diagonal slit 50.
  • Figure 6 illustrates a version in which segment 1 of the ball is hollow and makes up the top 60 which will be removed in order to remove the product from the container.
  • the top may be smaller in order to reduce the amount of material used for manufacturing the segment and in order to change the aspect of the segment.
  • the hollowness of the segment may be included in the fixed connecting elements.
  • Figure 7 shows a ball formed by only six segments in pieces.
  • the segments of the ball with four fixed connecting elements may connect to form a ball which is more or less spherical.
  • Figure 8 illustrates the ball of figure 7 , now assembled.
  • the inconvenience of a ball formed by only 6 segments is that it leaves gaps 80 between the edges and thus this ball cannot be used for containing products of small dimensions.
  • this version of segment of a ball is feasible.
  • Figure 9 shows how only two segments of a ball can enclose a space in which some types of products may be placed. This would be the minimum number of segments for a ball which could have a commercial product contained within the space formed by joining two segments.
  • said segments may present distinct modalities as far as the consistency of the segments of the ball is concerned. They may be hollow or solid, flexible or rigid and elastic. They may even be segments which may be inflated in order to improve the performance of the bouncing of the ball.
  • these segments may be filled with some consumer product and marketed as a container for said products, and if an opaque or non-transparent bag is used, it is possible to generate uncertainty when purchasing the product, making it necessary to exchange segments in order to collect all of the segments printed with figures or photographs of the players of a certain team.

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EP06799443A 2005-09-15 2006-09-15 Ballsegment und zur bildung eines funktionellen balls verwendete kopplungselemente Withdrawn EP1938874A4 (de)

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MXPA05009904A MXPA05009904A (es) 2005-09-15 2005-09-15 Segmento de balon y elementos de union para la formacion de un balon funcional.
PCT/MX2006/000096 WO2007032658A1 (es) 2005-09-15 2006-09-15 Segmento de balón y elementos de unión para la formación de un balón funcional

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JP (1) JP2009508568A (de)
CN (1) CN101300052A (de)
BR (1) BRPI0617570A2 (de)
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