Takraw balls

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-04-21
SATIAN INDS CO LTD
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The present invention is about a new kind of plastic takraw ball that is better to play with, last longer, and handle easier than traditional rattan takraw balls. The new ball mimics the native rattan design. The technical effect of this patent text is improved playability, durability, and handling of a synthetic plastic takraw ball that mimics a traditional rattan ball.

Problems solved by technology

A “playability” problem of both the conventional rattan takraw ball and the above-described synthetic takraw balls is that their essential inelasticity makes them hard and playing takraw can be quite painful; especially for the novice.
Clearly, this limits the popularity of the game as a participation sport.
A “durability” problem is that the hardness of the takraw ball can be dangerous.
In conventional balls the rattan can unexpectedly break or splinter and cut the skin of a player.
Takraw can be played on almost any surface, not just the gymnasium floor of competition events or sand for beach takraw, and some surfaces, such as concrete, can rapidly abrade / wear the surface of both types of ball; it is this that can particularly lead to ball breakage.
However these soft / springy surfaces affect the durability and handling characteristics of the takraw ball.

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[0029]The takraw ball of the present invention is a development of the takraw balls described in Documents GB-A-2196861, WO-A-95 / 28206 and GB-A-2494478.

[0030]FIGS. 1 to 3 show a takraw ball side strip 10 to be a thin, elongate, generally flat moulding of springy, thermo-plastic material, such as an engineering plastic, having a convex-side edge 12 of constant radius and the opposite side edge 14 of undulating profile having five equispaced arcuate peaks 16 and intervening arcuate troughs 18. Each trough is also asymmetric, with a notch 20 to one side thereof.

[0031]One end 22 of the side strip 10 tapers to a point and has a hole 24 and the other end 26 has a depression 28 in the upper face 30. The depression 28 is shaped to accommodate the pointed end 22 and leave a flush upper surface when jointed. A pop rivet (not shown) is passed through hole 24 and a complementary hole 32 through depression 28 to join the ends of the strip 10 together and form a frusto-conical hoop.

[0032]The stri...

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Abstract

Disclosed is a side strip (10) for weaving into a takraw ball (66); the strip comprising an elongate length of plastics material wherein regions (34) have one or more generally longitudinal slots (38) between outer (30) and inner (40) strip faces; the slots define rattan-like slivers (42) which enable the takraw ball (66) to mimic a traditional rattan takraw ball: a centre strip (46) may be provided with one or more generally longitudinal slots (74a,b,c,d) between outer (52) and inner (56) strip faces; the slots define rattan-like slivers (76a,b).

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[0001]This invention relates to takraw balls and it particularly relates to synthetic takraw balls woven from strips of plastics material.BACKGROUND[0002]Sepak Takraw is played by opposing teams passing a takraw ball across a chest-high net using feet, knees, head, shoulders etc., i.e. every part of the body except the player's hands and arms. The object of the game is to ground the ball in the opposing team's court; the rules of the game are similar to volleyball. Another form of takraw is hoop takraw, where only one team plays at a time and the players co-operate to pass the ball through a vertically orientated hoop some 5 meters above the ground.[0003]Traditional takraw balls are manufactured by conventionally weaving split rattan strips into a spherical basket. Rattan stalk is split into long strips of 3 to 4 millimetres wide and 3 to 4 millimetres thick. Then these rattan stalks are plaited spirally to form a circular band, like a spring coil of 8 to 12 turns. The number of tur...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B39/06
CPCA63B2039/003A63B39/06A63B39/00
InventorLORHPIPAT, BOONCHAI
OwnerSATIAN INDS CO LTD