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A bouncy ball, power ball or super ball is a popular polybutadiene rubber toy ball which rebounds proportionally to the amount of force used when thrown at a hard surface. The first such ball was the proprietary Super Ball. The Sky Ball is an example of another bouncy ball. The Sky Ball has lately been praised for its successful claim to bounce higher than the Super Ball.

In some countries, for example the United States and Denmark, they are often sold from bulk vending machines for 25 cents or more.

Patent

Stingley, Norman H. — "Highly Resilient Polybutadiene Ball"

References

Frauenfelder, Mark; Sinclair, Carla; Branwyn, Gareth; Kreth, Will (Editors). (1995). "The Happy Mutant Handbook: Mischievous Fun for Higher Primates". New York, Riverhead Books (Penguin Group). ISBN 1-57322-502-9, pg..134-136

External links

Superballs.com, a tribute site
History of the Superball
Kinematics of an Ultraelastic Rough Ball (free PDF)
liketelevision.net Classic B&W TV commercial for Super Ball and for Super Elastic Bubble Plastic, c. 1970
Applied Physics Engineering
NPC Unlimited In electronic form on the iPhone.

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+{{merge|Super Ball|discuss=Talk:Bouncy ball#Super Ball|date=July 2010}}
-A fun way to have fun in all seasons.
+{{Redirect|Rubber ball|the Bobby Vee song|Rubber Ball}}
-But . . . when you see a yellow and black ball with many smiley faces, thats a sighn to stay away!
-If you stay, and play with it for too long, it will attack!!!!!!
+[[Image:Colorful Super ball.jpg||thumb|Various bouncy balls.]]
-Side effects include:
-. nausea
-. headache
-. hallucinations
+A '''bouncy ball''', '''power ball''' or '''super ball''' is a popular [[polybutadiene]] rubber toy ball which rebounds proportionally to the amount of force used when thrown at a hard surface.  The first such ball was the proprietary [[Super Ball]]. The [[Sky Ball]] is an example of another bouncy ball. The [[Sky Ball]] has lately been praised for its successful claim to bounce higher than the [[Super Ball]].
-'''And for rare effects:
-. bark instead of talking
-. itching
-. twitching'''
+In some countries, for example the [[United States]] and [[Denmark]], they are often sold from [[bulk vending]] machines for 25 cents or more.
---[[Special:Contributions/173.52.233.147|173.52.233.147]] ([[User talk:173.52.233.147|talk]]) 20:08, 14 April 2012 (UTC)BE CAREFUL!!!!!
+==Patent==
+* [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=3241834 Stingley, Norman H. &mdash; "Highly Resilient Polybutadiene Ball"]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+* Frauenfelder, Mark; Sinclair, Carla; Branwyn, Gareth; Kreth, Will (Editors). (1995). "The Happy Mutant Handbook: Mischievous Fun for Higher Primates". New York, Riverhead Books (Penguin Group). ISBN 1-57322-502-9, pg..134-136
+==External links==
+* [http://www.superballs.com/ Superballs.com], a tribute site
+* [http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/superball.htm History of the Superball]
+* [http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.1975420 Kinematics of an Ultraelastic Rough Ball] ([http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/file_download/34 free PDF])
+* [http://www.liketelevision.net/liketelevision/tuner.php?channel=491&format=tv&theme=guide liketelevision.net] Classic B&W TV commercial for Super Ball and for Super Elastic Bubble Plastic, c. 1970
+* [http://home.comcast.net/~brucehjohnson Applied Physics Engineering]
+* [http://npcunlimited.com/games/bouncyball/bouncyball.html NPC Unlimited] In electronic form on the iPhone.
+[[Category:Physical activity and dexterity toys]]
+[[Category:1965 introductions]]
+[[Category:Balls]]
+[[Category:Rubber toys]]
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+[[nl:Stuiterbal]]
+[[ja:スーパーボール]]
+[[fi:Superpallo]]
+[[sv:Gummiboll]]