Ball for target games

Claim 1

A missile For use in target games employing a target which is composed of a planar sheet including a substantial area of pile material having upstanding filamentary formations protruding therefrom which are adapted to engage and hold said missile against any of the various portions of the target which the missile may strike during playing said game, said missile being formed of a thin-walled light weight generally convex shaped hollow body forming a self supporing bulbous enclosure in the shape of a sphereoid, the outer surface of the wall of said hollow body defined by convex outer portions thereof surrounding a plurality of oblong indentations therein wherein the depth of each indentation is substantially constant throughout the indentation and wherein each indentation extends almost halfway around said sphereoid body, a plurality of oblong sections of sheet-like fastening material each configured in contour to the contour of a respective of said indentations, each of said oblong sections of sheet-like fastening material being secured within a respective indentation in the wall of said hollow body of similar contour thereto, each of said oblong sections of sheet-like fastening material having a multitude of filamentary formations which are cantelever supported and protrude outwardly from said fastening material in a manner such that they extend substantially radially outwardly from said hollow body when said oblong sections of said fastening material are secured within said indentations in engagement with the bottom walls thereof, each of said filamentary formations of said fastening material having a shank portion wich is formed with an end portion which extends outwardly of the shank portion and extends backwardly in the direction of said fastening material to define a hooklike formation, said hook-like formations of filamentary fastening material being configured and protruding from the sections of said fastening material in a manner such that they project a degree beyond the surface of those portions of said hollow body which are disposed between said indentations to permit said hook-like formations to engage the formations of the target which said missile strikes to retain said missile thereagainst, said oblong sections of sheet-like fastening material being configured and spaced apart around the surface of said sphereoid body in a manner such that, regardless of which portion of said sphereoid body engages said substantial area of target pile material, a sufficient number of the hook-like formations of said oblong sections of fastening material will engage and become attached to the filamentary formations of said target and retain said sphereoid body against said target.