US1923359A - Playground and other balls and method of making same - Google Patents

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Aug. 22, 1933. A. E. FEGAN 1,923,359

ILAYGROUND AND OTHER BALLS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed July 13, 1931 Patented Aug.22,1933 1 1,923,359

UNITED: STATES PATEuT orFlcE PLAYGROUND AND OTHER BALLS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Albert E. Fegan, Chicago, 111., assignor to Gen.

Young & Company, Chicago, 111., a Corporation of Illinois Application July 13, 1931. Serial No. 550,450

3 Claims. (01. 2-2'75) This invention relates to playground, pastime, stitches previously made at the beginning of the indoor and other balls, and particularly to imseam.

proved covers for balls of the type referred to, In that embodiment 'of the invention'shown and to the method of preparing same. in the drawing, 10 indicates part of one of the 5 The outer coverings of balls ofthe character pieces of cover material and 11 the other piece.

described are usually made of leather, such as Each is provided adjacent its edges with equicow hide, and consist of two elongated pieces distantly spaced apertures, theapertures shown having curved margins. Said pieces are arin the piece 10 being indicated at 12, 13, 14, 15, ranged over any suitable core or inner construcl6 and 17, and those in the piece 11 at 18 110.23, tion, one piece longitudinally and the other lati-. inclusive. tudinally, in such manner that the two pieces, It will be understood that for purposes of ilwhen connectedcompletely cover the core, and lustration, the abutting edges of the cover seethe proximate edges of the pieces arestitched to tions 10 and 11 have been shown as straight, gether. whereas in'practice said sections are cut with two or more, have been stitched together from with each other to properly fit over the round inthe outside, and the edges of the leather forming ner construction of the ball. the seam have been exposed. a The cover members 10 and llare first ar- It has also been customary, for the purpose of ranged in position on the core, being cut to proper fastening the end of the sewing thread, to overlap size so that in the finished ball the edges 24 and or repeat the sewing of a number of stitches in 25, being the. portions located inwardly of the order to form what is known as lock stitches at apertures, may be inturned and the cover will the end of the seam. fit smoothly over the core when said inturned The main-object of thepresent invention is to edges are connected together. produce a ball having cover members securely In Figs. 1 and 2 is shown a double stitch seam stitched together and in which the seams willnotv produced by using two needles and threads, the be exposed. Another object is to providemeans threads being indicated at 26 and'27, respecfor securely fastening the ends of the threads tively. The thread 26 is passed under the cover forming the stitchesin a manner invisible extemember 10, up through the aperture 12, over the riorly of the ball, without sewing over-previously edges 24, 25, down through the aperture 18 011 sewed stitches. Another object is to produce an the cover 11, under the member 11, up through improved-method of'preparing the cover. I aperture 19, over edges 25 and 24, down In the drawing v I through aperture 13, under fabric 10, up

Fig. 1 shows parts of two pieces of cover matethrough aperture 1 1, over edges 24, 25, down rial having their edges abuttingand showing through aperture 20, under cover member, 11, the manner in which double stitch threads are up through aperture 21, etc. The thread applied from the'outside of the cover. 27 is passed under the cover member 11, up

Fig. 2 illustrates the parts shown in Fig. 1 throughaperture 18, across edges 25, 24, down after the proximate edges of thecover members through aperture 12, under fabric 10, up through have been inturned, and the threads have been aperture 13, across edges 24, 25,' down through drawn taut. aperture 19, under fabric 11, up through aperture Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 20, across edges 25, 2%, down through aperture 1 0 2. i a r 14, under fabric 10,'up through aperture 15, etc. 45 Fig. 4 is a View similar to .Fig; 1 showing the. Fig. 1 shows the cut edges 24, 25, abutting and manner in which a single stitch thread is applied the threads loosely arranged in order to indicate from the outside of thecover. a the method of stitching, but Fig. 2 properly Fig. 5 illustrates the parts shown in Fig. 4 shows the external appearance of the seam after after the proximate edges of the cover section theedges 24 and 25 have been tucked inwardly r0 have been inturned and brought together I by and the threads 26 and 27 have been drawn taut. drawing the thread taut. In the finished state,=the threads 26 and 27, sub- Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating, in constantially parallel to each other and to the innection with a single stitch thread, how the sewturned margins of the cover sections except where ing of a seam is commenced and finished for the the threads cross between opposite apertures,

purpose of securely fastening the ends of the draw the inturned, edges of the cover sections tothreads W out p n knots or sewing over gether to form a smooth straight scam in which In prior art constructions, the cover sections, curved margins complemental to and parallel? the stitches are invisible. The crossed portions of the threads which areshOWn as slightly visible in Fig. 2 are exaggerated in said drawing, for in practice the leather or fabric adjacent the apertures overlaps the threads where'they cross and practically completelyfhide even that small part drawing. I

In Fig. 4 a single thread stitch is shown, the

thread 28 being passed under the cover section 11,

up through the aperture 18, over edges 25, 24, down through aperture 12, under cover section 10,

up through aperture 13, across edges 24, 25, down through aperture 19, under coversection 11, up'

through aperture 20, etc.,' as shown. When'the edges 24 and 25 have been turned in and the thread has been drawn taut, said inturnededges appear as indicated in Fig. 5, the seam having a slightly wavy appearance. a

In sewing ball covers having exposed seams, it has been customary to form several lock stitches to end the sewing and to fasten the thread. Such lock stitches have been formed at the end of a seam by sewing over a number of the stitches previously formed at the beginning of the seam. I have devised an improved method of closing and ending the seam. which is'particularly adapted to the, finishing of unexposed seams where it is impractical, if not impossible, to form stitches over thosepreviously formed at the beginning of the seam without having thesame visible and unsightly.

As shown in Fig. 6, the sewing is commenced by forming a knot in the thread 29, the knot being located under one of the coversections, as

for example, the section'll. The thread 29 is passed upwardly through the aperture 30, across the abutting edgesof the cover sections, down-.

wardly through aperture 31, under cover material 10, up through aperture 32, over the edges of the cover sections, downwardly through aperture 33 and then under the cover section 11 to an aperture 34 locatedbeyond apertures 35 and 36,

leaving an unstitched portion beyond the first formed stitches. The thread is then passed upwardly through aperture 34, across the "cover sections to aperture 37, down through aperture 3'7,

undercover section 10 to aperture 38, up through wardly through aperture 43,- under cover section 11 and upwardly through aperture 44, across the cover edges and down through aperture 45, then under cover section 10 for a distance beyond the stitched apertures '31 and 32, and up through aperture 46, overthe'cover edges, down -through aperture .35, under section 11, -upthrough aperture 36, across cover sections, down through aperture 4'7. This completes the sewing and then the end 29 of the thread 2 9-is passedv under the cover for an appreciable distance and out through any of the seam apertures where itis cut oil flush with thecover. I

out for purposes of clarifying the description;

T It will be understood that in Fig. 6 thecover sections and the threads are shown as spread stitchis used. The described method of. titchingpart of a seam, then leaving a part unstitched,

resumingthe stitching to the point of beginning, passing the thread under the previously stitched portion to the unstitched portion and sewing the .latter, is equally applicable to the double or single :stitch type of seam. of the thread which is indicated as visible in the Changesmay be made in details of construction without departing from the scope of my invention and I do not intend to be limited to the exact form shown and-described except as set forth in the appended claims.

1. 'A'ballprovided with a core and a cover for the core, said covercomprising a plurality of sections connected together to fit smoothly over the core, the abutting cover section edges being apertured and inturned, a thread stitched through the apertured edges of two cover sections to form an endless seam'in which the thread is substantially invisible externally of the cover and the thread ends-securely fastened by the seam to prevent' opening of the seam, saidcover having the stitch-forming thread forming; a number of stitches connecting adjacent edges together, said thread extending beneath the cover to a point removed from the first formed stitches, and forming stitches connecting adjacent cover edges between said unstitched portion and the beginning of said first formed stitches, said thread extending beneath the stitched portion of the cover to the unstitched portion and forming stitches connecting said initially unstitched cover sections, and the end of the thread extending under the cover to a point removed from said last formed stitches.

2. A ballof the character described having a cover comprising a plurality of sections adapted to be secured together to smoothly fit overa core, said cover sections having their edges aper- 'tured, a pair of threads forming double stitches connecting said sections together, each thread passing from the point of beginning upwardly through an aperture in one section, a cross abutting section edges, downwardly through an aperture in the second section opposite the first mentioned aperture, under said second section, outwardly through the next adjacent aperture in the second section, and across the section edges, downwardly through an aperture in the first section' opposite said last mentioned aperture in the second section, and under said first section, upwardly throughthe next adjacent aperture of the first section, etc., the edges of thecover beyond the apertures being inturned and the threads taut to connect the sections and to render --the stitches substantially invisible, said cover having the stitch forming threads forming a number of stitches connecting adjacent edges together, said threads extending beneath the cover to a point removed from the first formed stitches, and forming stitches connecting adja- I 3. The method of preparing a cover for a ball of the character described, which consists'in cutting a plurality of cover sections adapted when connected together to fit over the core of the ball, punching equi-distantly spaced apertures in said Sections slightly inwardly of the edges, ar-

continuing same to the beginning of the first formed stitches, passing the thread around said first formed stitches, stitching the unstitched portion, passing the end of the thread to a point removed from said last mentioned stitches.

ALBERT E. FEGAN.

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