US289297A

US289297A - Game-ball

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Publication number: US289297A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-11-27
Anticipated expiration: 1900-11-27

Description

ATTORNEYS.

w B. MELOT;

GAME B LI..- Patented v Nov. 27; 1883.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. MELOT, OF FLEETWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAME- BALL.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,297, dated November 27, 1883.

Application filed October 24, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM B. MELor, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fleetwood, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Balls, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to gameballs, and more particularly to base-balls and others which are subjected to rough usage, and which are rapidly worn out.

My invention consists in a ball having a cover, which is secured upon .the same by stitching which is entirely upon the inside of the same, and is not exposed or apparent upon the exterior at all. It also consists in the method of fastening the cover on the ball, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Figure l is a View of my improved ball. Fig. 2 is the same view of the ball as ordinarily covered. Fig. 3 is a view of one of the two corresponding sections forming the cover. Fig. i is a View of the cover half sewed together,and before the ball is inserted. Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the line yy of-Fi'g. 2, showing the disposition of the stitch in the old form of cover; and Fig. 6 is a section through line a: x of Fig. 1, showing the disposition of the stitch in the new cover.

In the drawings, A represents a ball whose cover is composed of two exactly-corresponding pieces, one ofwhich is shown at B. These pieces are fitted together, with the end or wide part of one abutting against the middle or narrow part of the other, so as to make a single continuous seam for the spherical cover, which is formed of two parts only. This pattern for a ball-cover has heretofore been employed, and I only show it as the most convenient and simplest for illustrating my invention.

Now, the usual method of fastening the cover on the ball is by stitches which are passed through the outside edges of the two adjacent parts of the cover, as shown at a in Figs. 2 and 5. These stitches areof course necessarily exposed to abrasion and wear, and soon give way. They are also rough to the hand, and, furthermore, they pass through the outside or hardskin or grain of the leather, which, when it cracks at the stitches, allows the latter to pull out.

(Model.)

In my invention (see Figs. 1, 4, and 6) the line of stitching b is entirely upon the inside, and is not visible upon the outside atall, the adjacent edges of the pattern coming together flush and tight, and leaving but a single line to indicate the blind seam. This prevents the stitching from being worn out by abrasion and rough usage, makes the ball smooth and pleasant to the hand, and. besides, the stitches being set in the tough flesh side of the leather, the leather does not crack and allow the stitches to pull out.

In explaining my method of covering the ball in accordance with my invention, the two patterns or pieces are fitted together around the bail and the stitches laid oft and marked 011 their adjacent edges, both upon the inside and outside. The two pieces are then sewed together from inside until the pieces are about half-way fastened together,or more, as in Fig. 4. The ball is then inserted and the stitching is continued from the outside with a curved needle,care being taken not to draw the stitches until all the stitches are taken. The stitches are then gone over and successively drawn up tight with a hook or awl and the ends of the thread tied and buried in the joint beneath the surface. The seam may be afterward filled with glue or cemcut, to prevent shrinkage or opening of the same.

In making use of my invention I may employ any desired pattern of cover or form of ing the line of stitching to make a closed blind seam, substantially as shown and described.

' WILLIAM B. MELOT.

Witnesses:

SoLoN O. KEMON, Enwn. W. BYRN.