MOLDED SOFTBALL METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

The invention relates to a mold, a method of making the mold and a baseball or softball produced by the mold. The ball has a cover of vinyl, urethane or other polymers and has a leatherlike feel and the playability of a standard ball. The mold has a pair of hemispherical dies each having depressions...

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1. Verfasser: MOLITOR, ROBERT P
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Sprache:eng ; fre
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Zusammenfassung:The invention relates to a mold, a method of making the mold and a baseball or softball produced by the mold. The ball has a cover of vinyl, urethane or other polymers and has a leatherlike feel and the playability of a standard ball. The mold has a pair of hemispherical dies each having depressions and protrusions forming a female counterpart of the stitching and surface texture of a standard ball, and a plurality of stitch pins adjacent the outer edges of the depressions in the appropriate configuration to form male counterparts of stitch holes in the ball.