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Pickleball ball

Granted 24 Mar 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Hummingbird Sport Limited Partnership · originally HUMMINGBIRD SPORT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

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Inventors: Jordan Willem Mikkers, Eric Matt Little, Howard Haugom, Fang Xie · Examiner: Khawaja Anwar · AU 2926 · TC 2900

Application
29/991,868
filed 4 Mar 2025
Publication
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US D1120160
granted 24 Mar 2026

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a first embodiment of a pickleball ball having a pattern of 40 holes, each hole being 6 mm in diameter, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is back view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is an isometric view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front view of a second embodiment of a pickleball ball having a pattern of 40 holes thereof, each hole being 7 mm in diameter;

FIG. 9 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 14 is an isometric view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front view of a third embodiment of a pickleball ball having a pattern of 40 holes thereof, each hole being 8 mm in diameter;

FIG. 16 is a back view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a right view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a left view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 21 is an isometric view thereof.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D21/713

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