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US3308911A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

End loading and unloading bowling ball carrier

Assignee: DUMPY CO Inc
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Filing: 1966-08-24
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Granted: 1967-03-14
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Expires: 1986-08-24
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 James H Stevens
  • 👤 Naomi J Stevens

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 19:29
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B47/00; A63B47/007

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 252 words
AN END LOADING AND UNLOADING HAND-TYPE CARRIER FOR A BOWLING BALL, SHOES AND ACCESSORIES COMPRISING: A BALL ENCASING BAG CHARACTERIZED BY AN ELONGATED RIGID BUT HOLLOW BODY OPEN AN OPPOSITE ENDS AND ESSENTIALLY CYLINDRICAL IN TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION AND OF A LENGTH GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE BALL AND ACCORDINGLY DEFINING AND PROVIDING A COMPARTMENT, THE BALL ENCLOSING PART OF SAID COMPARTMENT HAVING AN INTERNAL DIAMETRAL DIMENSION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO HE DIAMETER OF SAID BALL AND FUNCTIONING TO ALLOW THE BALL TO BE (A) LINED UP WITH ONE OPEN END AND ROLLABLY SHOVED INTO AND LODGED FOR STORAGE IN SAID COMPARTMENT AND, ALTERNATIVELY, TO BE (B) ROLLED OUTWARDLY IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND DISCHARGED AND DUMPED FROM THE COMPARTMENT BY WAY OF SAID ONE OPEN END, LIMIT STOP MEANS EMBODIED WITHIN THE ENCOMPASSING CONFINES OF SAID COMPARTMENT AND SITUATED INWARDLY FROM THE RESPECTIVE OPEN ENDS AND SERVING TO CHECK THE INWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID BALL WHEN IT IS BEING LOADED FOR STORAGE IN SAID COMPARTMENT, A READILY OPENABLE AND CLOSABLE RIGID COVER FOR SAID ONE OPEN END, THAT PORTION OF SAID BODY OPPOSITE SAID ONE OPEN END BEING ENLARGED AND TRANSFORMING THE ADJACENT END OF THE COMPARTMENT INTO A POUCHLIKE RECEIVER FOR A PAIR OF BOWLING SHOES OR THE LIKE, SAID RECEIVER HAVING AN ENTRANCE OPENING AND A RIGID HINGEDLY MOUNTED COVER THEREFOR, SAID FIRST NAMED COVER BEING PROVIDED EXTERIORLY WITH A HAND-GRIP, AND THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID BODY BEING PROVIDED EXTERIORLY WITH A HAND-GRIP COMPLEMENTAL TO SAID FIRST NAMED HAND-GRIP.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 252 words
AN END LOADING AND UNLOADING HAND-TYPE CARRIER FOR A BOWLING BALL, SHOES AND ACCESSORIES COMPRISING: A BALL ENCASING BAG CHARACTERIZED BY AN ELONGATED RIGID BUT HOLLOW BODY OPEN AN OPPOSITE ENDS AND ESSENTIALLY CYLINDRICAL IN TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION AND OF A LENGTH GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE BALL AND ACCORDINGLY DEFINING AND PROVIDING A COMPARTMENT, THE BALL ENCLOSING PART OF SAID COMPARTMENT HAVING AN INTERNAL DIAMETRAL DIMENSION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO HE DIAMETER OF SAID BALL AND FUNCTIONING TO ALLOW THE BALL TO BE (A) LINED UP WITH ONE OPEN END AND ROLLABLY SHOVED INTO AND LODGED FOR STORAGE IN SAID COMPARTMENT AND, ALTERNATIVELY, TO BE (B) ROLLED OUTWARDLY IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND DISCHARGED AND DUMPED FROM THE COMPARTMENT BY WAY OF SAID ONE OPEN END, LIMIT STOP MEANS EMBODIED WITHIN THE ENCOMPASSING CONFINES OF SAID COMPARTMENT AND SITUATED INWARDLY FROM THE RESPECTIVE OPEN ENDS AND SERVING TO CHECK THE INWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID BALL WHEN IT IS BEING LOADED FOR STORAGE IN SAID COMPARTMENT, A READILY OPENABLE AND CLOSABLE RIGID COVER FOR SAID ONE OPEN END, THAT PORTION OF SAID BODY OPPOSITE SAID ONE OPEN END BEING ENLARGED AND TRANSFORMING THE ADJACENT END OF THE COMPARTMENT INTO A POUCHLIKE RECEIVER FOR A PAIR OF BOWLING SHOES OR THE LIKE, SAID RECEIVER HAVING AN ENTRANCE OPENING AND A RIGID HINGEDLY MOUNTED COVER THEREFOR, SAID FIRST NAMED COVER BEING PROVIDED EXTERIORLY WITH A HAND-GRIP, AND THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID BODY BEING PROVIDED EXTERIORLY WITH A HAND-GRIP COMPLEMENTAL TO SAID FIRST NAMED HAND-GRIP.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-03-13 1970-09-12 1971-03-14 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-03-13 1974-09-12 1975-03-14 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-03-13 1978-09-12 1979-03-14 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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