US PATENT SUBCLASS 473 / 595
.~ Having means other than ellipsoidal spheroid shape (e.g., football shaped, etc.) to produce erratic or unpredictable rebounding or rolling thereof

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569  DF  PROJECTILE, PER SE; PART THEREOF OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR {28}
595.~ Having means other than ellipsoidal spheroid shape (e.g., football shaped, etc.) to produce erratic or unpredictable rebounding or rolling thereof

DEFINITION

Classification: 473/595

Having means other than ellipsoidal spheroid shape (e.g., football shaped, etc.) to produce erratic or unpredictable rebounding or rolling thereof:

(under subclass 569) Subject matter wherein the projectile includes a means for enabling the projectile, after it has been projected by a user thereof, either (a) to bounce off or be deflected from a surface in an unusual, irregular, random, or unforeseen manner, or (b) to move by rotating about one or more of its axes over (i.e., roll over) a supporting surface in an unusual, irregular, random, wandering, or unforeseen manner.

(1) Note. Projectiles having the configuration of or similar to an ellipsoidal spheroid (e.g., having the configuration of or somewhat similar to the configuration of a football type of projectile used in the game known in North America as "football") are specifically excluded from this subclass.