It doesn't roll straight.It starts conversations.
The Crooked Ball™ is a patent-pending novelty ball with a hidden internal offset weight that creates a funny, unexpected, crooked rolling path.
Available for partnership, production, licensing, and distribution across sports, novelty, and gift markets.
The Concept
A simple object with a surprising motion.
From the outside, The Crooked Ball™ appears clean and simple. Inside, a solid offset weight changes the center of gravity, causing the ball to veer, curve, and change direction as it rolls.
Conversation Starter
The motion is instantly noticeable, funny, and easy to demonstrate. It makes people want to pick it up and try it.
Retail Ready
A clean novelty product concept with packaging, display, promotional, sports retail, and gift-market potential.
Patent Pending
The invention is currently in the patent process and being prepared for production, licensing, and distribution partnerships across sports, novelty, and gift channels.
How It Works
No batteries. No motors. No strings. Just physics.
The hidden offset weight creates an unpredictable roll that feels almost impossible until you see it. That simple visual surprise makes The Crooked Ball™ ideal for novelty retail, sports shops, desk gifts, promotional products, collectibles, and demonstration-based marketing.
Available in multiple colors
The Full Picture
Now Seeking
Production, licensing, marketing, and distribution partners.
Don Stonebarger is preparing The Crooked Ball™ for market and is looking to connect with companies that can help manufacture, license, package, promote, and distribute the product.
Manufacturing
Weighted-core production, finishing, packaging, and scalable quality control.
Licensing
Novelty brands, toy companies, gift companies, promotional product companies, and specialty retailers.
Marketing
Retail-ready story, social video appeal, demonstration content, and conversation-starting campaigns.
Distribution
Gift shops, toy retailers, online marketplaces, museum stores, specialty retail, and promotional channels.
Interested in The Crooked Ball?
For patent, licensing, production, marketing, or distribution opportunities, contact the inventor's team to request concept drawings, product details, and partnership information.