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| 473604000 | Having hollow core or bladder enclosed within cover (e.g., basketball, soccer-ball, tennis ball, etc.) | 73 |
| 20080214339 | ALLOY BLENDS OF POLYURETHANE AND LATEX RUBBER - Disclosed herein are barrier articles of polyurethane blends or alloys that limit the permeability of gases there through, particularly as used in inflatable sports articles and more particularly as used in soccer balls. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080220916 | Sports equipment having a pocket - The present invention is directed to a piece of sports equipment with a pocket capable of storing a personal item. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080280708 | SPORTING BALL WITH ENHANCED VISUAL ACUITY - Sporting balls with enhanced visual acuity, casings for sporting balls with enhanced visual acuity, and methods for enhancing visual acuity of a soccer ball are described. In embodiments, the sporting ball has an exterior with a substantially spherical surface including a first pole opposing a second pole and an equator circumferentially intermediate the first pole and the second pole. Additionally, in embodiments a first exterior region of a first color may include a first hub section oriented at the first pole generally opposite a second hub section oriented at the second pole on the substantially spherical surface. The first hub section may have one or more first hub spokes extending spherically outwardly therefrom toward the equator, and the second hub section may have one or more second hub spokes extending spherically outwardly therefrom toward the equator. Further, in embodiments, the sporting ball may have a second exterior region of a second color. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090062043 | DESIGNS ON A SPHERE THAT EXHIBIT SPIN INDUCED CONTRAST - A methodology is disclosed for arranging markings on a ball or sphere where the markings exhibit spin induced contrast when the ball or sphere is rotated at a sufficient speed. The methodology is based on a layout utilizing a plurality of geodesic lines symmetrically arranged around the ball or sphere. Various markings can then be applied on the basis of the layout such that when the ball or sphere is rotated, the markings form contrast lines that are perpendicular to the axis of spin of the ball or sphere, at any axis of spin. These contrast line allow an observer to more accurately detect the axis of spin of the ball or sphere as well as track the ball or sphere in motion. The layout can also be used as the basis of a ball paneling pattern. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090082144 | Comba Ball With Magnus Effect - This invention refers to the structure for a ball or ball cover that comprises a plurality of interconnected panels comprising first and second groups of panels which combined form a sphere. The first group of panels define at least two different surface areas of the ball or ball cover disposed at polar extremes on the surface of the sphere and the second group of panels define an area of the surface in the form of a ring, with at least three undulations and disposed in the equatorial zone of the surface of the ball or ball cover, creating a separation between the polar extremes defined by the first group of panels; whereby the width of the ring is modified to improve the sphericity of the ball or ball cover and obtaining a ball of a selected measurement (C). | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090093327 | YOUTH ORIENTED SPORTSBALLS - Inflatable sportsballs such as volleyballs, soccer balls, basketballs, and footballs are disclosed having various volume/weight, surface area/weight, and or cover layer/carcass thickness ratios. Such sportsballs are particularly suitable for youth. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090325744 | Sport Balls And Methods Of Manufacturing The Sport Balls - A sport ball may include a casing, an intermediate layer, and a bladder. In manufacturing the sport ball, a panel element of the casing and the bladder may be located in a mold, and a polymer foam material of the intermediate layer may be injected into an area between the bladder and the panel element. In addition, edges of panel element may be heatbonded to each other to join the panel elements and form seams of the casing. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090325745 | Sport Ball Bladder - A sport ball may include a casing and a bladder. The casing may form at least a portion of an exterior surface of the ball. The bladder may be located within the casing and formed from a plurality of polymer bladder elements joined along abutting edges to form a sealed and valveless structure that encloses a pressurized gas. In some configurations, the bladder may be at least partially formed from an ether-based thermoplastic polyurethane material. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100009791 | CELLULOID-FREE TABLE-TENNIS BALL - The invention relates on one hand to a celluloid-free table-tennis ball, preferably having a diameter of 38.5 to 48 mm, a weight between 2.0 and 4.5 grams, and a shell thickness (approximately) between 0.20 mm and 1.30 mm, where the shell is composed of plastic, whose principal component is an organic non-crosslinked polymer, which in its main chain has not only carbon atoms but also heteroatoms; and on the other hand also to a process of manufacturing a table-tennis ball of this kind, where mostly in a first step two or more shell parts are manufactured, these shell parts are joined in a subsequent step. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100009792 | SHEET-LIKE OBJECT FOR BALL AND BALL - Provided are: a sheet-like ball material including a fibrous base material, and an elastic polymer cover layer that is laminated on a surface of the fibrous base material, in which continuous pebbles and discontinuous valleys are formed on a surface of the cover layer, the valleys discontinuously formed are formed at average intervals of 0.5 to 3 mm, the valley has a depth of 50 to 500 μm, a vertical projected area of each valley is 1 to 5 mm | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100035711 | Inflatable Ball and Method of Making the Same - An inflatable ball includes an inflatable bladder and s skin layer. The skin layer covers the inflatable bladder, and includes a plurality of interconnected panel segments. At least one of the panel segments includes a panel substrate proximate to the inflatable bladder, and a transparent protective layer, which has an inner surface printed with a pattern and applied with a glue layer for attaching to the panel substrate. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100069183 | INFLATABLE LATEX NEOPRENE BLADDERS - The present invention relates to inflatable neoprene bladders and method of manufacturing inflatable neoprene bladders. The invention also relates to inflatable articles having an inflatable neoprene bladder wherein the article has an idealized shape and superior resiliency and air retention. Finally, the invention relates to sportsballs and gameballs having an inflatable neoprene bladder. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100240479 | Sport Ball Casing And Methods Of Manufacturing The Casing - A sport ball may include a casing and a bladder located within the casing. The casing may include a plurality of panel elements joined to each other with welds, and portions of the panel elements that include the welds may project toward an interior of the ball. A method of manufacturing a sport ball may include providing a plurality of casing elements that include a thermoplastic polymer material. Edges of the casing elements are welded to each other to join the casing elements. The casing elements may then be turned inside-out through an aperture formed by at least one of the casing elements, and the aperture may be sealed. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110070982 | PANEL CONFIGURATION FOR A GAME BALL - A game ball, which may be a soccer ball or a variety of other types of ball. The game ball includes a plurality of pentagonal panels, with each of the pentagonal panels having five convex edges. The game ball also includes a plurality of hexagonal panels, with each of the hexagonal panels having three substantially linear edges and three concave edges. The pentagonal panels and the hexagonal panels are connected along abutting concave edges and convex edges, and the hexagonal panels are connected each other along abutting linear edges. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110111896 | Foam Game Ball with Core - A foam game ball is provided which is adapted to absorb water and includes holes along the length of the ball so as to allow centrifugal force to cause the water to be expelled through the holes when the ball is saturated with water and thrown or kicked. The ball further includes a core, such as a hollow bladder with a non-absorbent outer surface, with an average specific weight less than the specific weight of the foam when fully saturated with water. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110111897 | Three-Dimensional Panels for a Game Ball and Related Methods - A method of manufacturing a multi-layer outer panel for a game ball includes three-dimensionally forming a top layer of an outer panel, as well as one or more backing materials disposed underneath the top layer, into a shape substantially corresponding to the surface of the ball. Multi-layer outer panels are then attached to or interconnected to surround an inflatable bladder, thereby producing a game ball while minimizing overstretching of the outer material or the backing material and improving resistance of the outer panels to delamination. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110183790 | High Bounce Ball Having Encapsulated Free-Moving Core - A ball assembly and the corresponding method used to manufacture the ball assembly. The ball assembly has free-flowing material. The free-flowing material is confined by an inner shell. The inner shell is clear enough so that the free-flowing material can be viewed through the material of the inner shell. The inner shell is encapsulated in a much thicker outer shell. The outer shell is made of a high-resiliency polymer. The outer shell provides the ball assembly with the ability to bounce. Furthermore, the outer shell is preferably clear so that the free-moving material in the center of the ball assembly can be directly viewed through the structure of the ball assembly. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110287879 | Basketball Having Indicia To Enhance Visibility - A spheroidal ball includes a body having three grooves that define divisions on the ball. The ball includes a first color and a second color that contrasts with the first color. The second color may be applied in various regions, areas, or sections of the ball to enhance the visibility of the ball in use. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120058845 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT ENCLOSURE FOR AN INFLATED OBJECT - This document provides methods and materials for securely retaining electronic components within an inflatable object. For example, basketballs having a boot structure for securely retaining one or more electronic components (e.g., a sensor and/or a battery) within the basketball are provided. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120088614 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BALL AND BALL - The invention relates to a method for producing a ball ( | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120135828 | Panel Configuration for a Game Ball - A game ball, which may be a soccer ball or a variety of other types of ball. The game ball includes a plurality of pentagonal panels, with each of the pentagonal panels having five convex edges. The game ball also includes a plurality of hexagonal panels, with each of the hexagonal panels having three substantially linear edges and three concave edges. The pentagonal panels and the hexagonal panels are connected along abutting concave edges and convex edges, and the hexagonal panels are connected each other along abutting linear edges. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120142465 | Sport Ball With Indented Casing - A sport ball may incorporate a casing that includes a plurality of joined panels. At least one of the panels may have a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The casing defines at least one indentation in the exterior surface, and the first layer is bonded to the third layer adjacent to the indentation. In some configurations, the casing may also define at least one indentations in a surface of the third layer, which may correspond in location with the indentation in the exterior surface. Additionally, the sport ball may include an intermediate structure and a bladder located within the casing. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120157249 | BALL WITH AN INFLATION DEVICE - A ball with an inflation device includes a ball body and an inflation unit disposed in the ball body. The ball body has a reinforcement cavity on an inner wall thereof to accommodate the inflation unit and communicate with the inflation unit for air inflation. The inflation unit has an inflation body coupled to the reinforcement cavity of the ball body. An air chamber is formed between the ball body and the inflation body. The inflation body has an air inlet, an inflation inlet and leakage-proof members respectively coupled to the air inlet and the inflation inlet. The inflation inlet communicates with the inside of the ball body. When in use, the user presses down the air inlet of the press portion with his/her finger, the air in the air chamber will pass the leakage-proof member into the ball body. When the user releases his/her finger, the leakage-proof member is used to stop the air in the inner space of the ball body from leakage. Outer air enters the air chamber through the air inlet. The operation is repeated to inflate the ball body, without using other tools | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120172160 | Game Ball and Method of Manufacturing Same - A game ball, such as a soccer ball, having a cover comprised of one or more cover panel blanks and one or more reinforcement material blanks, is provided. The cover panel blanks and reinforcement material blanks are heat bonded together so that the free edges and interior panel boundaries of the cover panel blanks are aligned with the reinforcement material blanks. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120202627 | Sport Ball - A sport ball may include a casing, an intermediate layer, and a bladder. In manufacturing the sport ball, a panel element of the casing and the bladder may be located in a mold, and a polymer foam material of the intermediate layer may be injected into an area between the bladder and the panel element. In addition, edges of panel element may be heatbonded to each other to join the panel elements and form seams of the casing. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120258824 | Sport Ball Casing And Methods Of Manufacturing The Casing - A sport ball may include a casing and a bladder. The casing includes a plurality of panels having edge areas joined to each other with bonds, and the edge areas project toward an exterior of the ball. The bladder is located within the casing. In another aspect, the casing includes a first panel and a second panel that each have an exterior surface facing outward and an opposite interior surface facing inward. The interior surface of the first panel is bonded to the interior surface of the second panel to form a seam that joins the first panel and the second panel together. A method of manufacturing the casing may include forming thermal bonds between the panels. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120277043 | Method for Manufacturing an Ecological Ball Made of a Vegetable Laminate for the Practice of Sports, and Said Ball Produced by Sewing, Glueing/Stamping or Sewing/Stamping - The present invention is directed to a method for manufacturing balls made of a vegetable laminate by sewing, sewing/stamping or glueing/stamping for the practice of sports. For producing the ball, the lined vegetable laminate ( | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120283055 | Sport Ball With An Inflation-Retention Bladder - A sport ball may include a casing, a bladder, and a valve. The casing forms at least a portion of an exterior surface of the ball. The bladder is located within the casing for enclosing a pressurized fluid, and the bladder may be formed from a material that includes a first layer of thermoplastic polymer material and a second layer of a barrier material. The valve is for introducing the fluid to the bladder, and the valve is secured to the bladder and accessible from an exterior of the casing. A tie layer may be located between the flange and a surface of the bladder to join the flange to the bladder. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120283056 | Sport Ball With An Inflation-Retention Bladder - A sport ball may include a casing, a bladder, and a valve. The casing forms at least a portion of an exterior surface of the ball. The bladder is located within the casing for enclosing a pressurized fluid, and the bladder may be formed from a material that includes a first layer of thermoplastic polymer material and a second layer of a barrier material. The valve is for introducing the fluid to the bladder, and the valve is secured to the bladder and accessible from an exterior of the casing. A tie layer may be located between the flange and a surface of the bladder to join the flange to the bladder. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130005520 | Sport Ball Casing With Thermoplastic Reinforcing Material - A sport ball may have a plurality of panels that are joined at seams to form a casing. The panels may include a thermoplastic polymer material applied to an interior side of the panels, and the thermoplastic polymer material may be heat-activated to extend across the seams. The ball may further include a bladder within the casing and an intermediate layer located between the casing and the bladder. The thermoplastic polymer material may also be heat-activated to bond with the intermediate layer or casing. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130005521 | Sport Ball Casing With Integrated Bladder Material - A sport ball may include a plurality of panels having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface forming a majority of an exterior surface of the ball. In addition, the sport ball may include an interior layer secured to the second surface of the panels and forming substantially all of an interior surface of the ball to retain a fluid within the ball, the interior layer extending between the panels to join the panels together. Further the sport ball may include a valve secured to the interior layer. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130053193 | INFLATABLE BALL WITH RIB STRUCTURE - An inflatable ball includes interconnected first and second half ball bodies. The first half ball body has a first half ball wall with first inner and outer wall surfaces, and a first rib structure formed as one piece with the first half ball wall and projecting from one of the first inner and outer wall surfaces. The first half ball wall has a through hole extending through the first inner and outer wall surfaces, and a first annular connecting edge interconnecting circumferential ends of the first inner and outer wall surfaces. The second half ball body has a second half ball wall with second inner and outer wall surfaces, and a second rib structure projecting from one of the second inner and outer wall surfaces. A valve unit is attached to the first half ball body in connection with the through hole. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130190113 | Basketball Having Indicia To Enhance Visibility - A spheroidal ball includes a body having three grooves that define divisions on the ball. The ball includes a first color and a second color that contrasts with the first color. The second color may be applied in various regions, areas, or sections of the ball to enhance the visibility of the ball in use. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130260928 | Sport Balls And Methods Of Manufacturing The Sport Balls - A sport ball may include a casing that forms an exterior surface of the sport ball. The casing may incorporate a plurality of joined panels, including a closure panel. In addition, the ball may include a backing layer located radially inward of the closure panel, the backing layer extending beyond a peripheral boundary of the closure panel and at least partially overlapping with one or more panels adjacent to the closure panel. The backing layer may also include an opening located radially inward of the closure panel, the opening being smaller than the surface area of the closure panel. Also, the ball may include a bladder located radially inward of the backing layer, the bladder including a valve for introducing fluid into the ball, the valve extending through the opening and through the closure panel. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130288832 | INFLATABLE BALL FOR FOOTBALLING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES - This invention relates to an inflatable ball ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140073465 | SEAMLESS LAMINATED BASKETBALL - A seamless laminated basketball has a carcass and multiple outer covers attached to an outer surface of the carcass. Each outer cover has a thin portion formed around a peripheral edge of the outer cover and seamlessly connected to the thin portions of adjacent outer covers. As widths of the thin portions of the outer covers change, widths of recessed ball channels of the seamless laminated basketball change accordingly. Molds for manufacturing the carcass do not have to be remade or changed. Therefore, the seamless laminated basketball has simplified manufacturing processes and lowered manufacturing cost. Moreover, the outer covers are seamlessly connected to one another, which provides the laminated basketball an intact appearance. Furthermore, the connected outer covers prevent each other from peeling away from the carcass. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140087899 | Sport Ball Casing And Methods Of Manufacturing The Casing - A sport ball may include a casing and a bladder located within the casing. The casing may include a plurality of panel elements joined to each other with welds, and portions of the panel elements that include the welds may project toward an interior of the ball. A method of manufacturing a sport ball may include providing a plurality of casing elements that include a thermoplastic polymer material. Edges of the casing elements are welded to each other to join the casing elements. The casing elements may then be turned inside-out through an aperture formed by at least one of the casing elements, and the aperture may be sealed. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140106912 | Sport Balls And Methods Of Manufacturing The Sport Balls - A sport ball may include a casing that incorporates a plurality of joined panel elements, which include a first panel element with a first edge and a second panel element with a second edge. The first edge and the second edge are welded to each other. In some configurations, the first panel element has a first edge with a projection that extends outward from the first edge, the second panel element has a second edge that is located adjacent to the first edge, and the projection of the first edge is located between the second edge and the bladder. In another configuration, the first edge and the second edge are formed to have rounded configurations. The sport ball may also include an intermediate layer and a bladder within the casing. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140155203 | Sport Ball With Indented Casing - A sport ball may incorporate a casing that includes a plurality of joined panels. At least one of the panels may have a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The casing defines at least one indentation in the exterior surface, and the first layer is bonded to the third layer adjacent to the indentation. In some configurations, the casing may also define at least one indentations in a surface of the third layer, which may correspond in location with the indentation in the exterior surface. Additionally, the sport ball may include an intermediate structure and a bladder located within the casing. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140179468 | Sport Balls Having Seam Reinforcing Strips - A sport ball may include a casing having a plurality of panels forming an external exposed surface of the ball, wherein adjacent panels abut one another at seams. A substantial majority of the seams may each be formed by a first panel having a first edge and a second panel having a second edge abutting the first edge of the first panel at an interface, and a reinforcing strip affixed to a first internal surface of the first panel with a first thermal bond and to a second internal surface of the second panel with a second thermal bond, the reinforcing strip extending across the interface between the first panel and the second panel. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140179469 | Sport Ball With Indented Casing - A sport ball may incorporate a casing that includes a plurality of panels joined at a plurality of seams, at least a first panel of the plurality of panels having (a) a first layer including a polymer material and positioned to form a portion of an exterior surface of the ball, (b) a second layer including a polymer foam material and positioned inward and adjacent to the first layer, and (c) a third layer positioned inward and adjacent to the second layer, the first panel of the casing defining one or more indentations in the exterior surface, the first layer being bonded directly to the third layer at the one or more indentations, wherein the one or more indentations include a first indentation. The first indentation may extend through substantially all of a thickness of the first panel, and the first indentation may have a substantially squared cross-sectional configuration. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140274504 | Inflation-Independent Ball with Cover - In some aspects, the invention relates to a inflation independent sports ball comprising a foam core | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150045160 | INFLATABLE SPORTS BALL HAVING A WOVEN OUTER LAYER - An inflatable sports ball includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer includes a bladder that defines an air chamber, and a valve that is mounted to the bladder and that is in fluid communication with the air chamber. The outer layer includes a casing that surrounds the bladder, and an inflation inlet that is formed in the casing and that is in fluid communication with the valve. The casing includes a plurality of panels stitched to each other, and a plurality of fabrics woven to at least one of the panels in such a manner that the fabrics project from an outer surface of the at least one of the panels. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150080155 | Soccer ball and method of making a soccer ball - The invention is directed toward a soccer ball and a method of making a soccer ball. The method comprises the steps of forming a pair of molded semi-hemispheric core halves from an elastomer material, connecting the edges of the core halves together, permanently affixing the edges of the core halves together to form one sphere, applying adhesive to the surface of the sphere, cutting a surface material to a desired shape, applying adhesive to the back side of the surface material, applying the back of the surface material to the surface of the sphere, and allowing the adhesive to cure until the surface material is permanently affixed to the sphere. The synthetic material is cut into a predetermined shape to match the shape of a predetermined template prior to affixing the surface material to the core. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150126313 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A BALL - A sports ball having a high-performance cover formed from a plurality of panels with attached foam backing. The panels may be stitched together at stitch lines which are 2-4 mm from the edges of each of the panels. During manufacturing, before compression is applied, foam attached to outer layers for each of the panels may be a distance 2-6 mm away from the stitch lines. Foam attached on the inside of the sports ball may provide support and a robust round shape for manufacturing of a high performance sports ball. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150367183 | Method of Producing Sportsball with Sculptural Ball Surface - A method of manufacturing a sports ball includes the steps of: providing a ball body having a valve stem formed thereat; providing a plurality of cover panels; integrally forming a plurality of sculptural bumps on at least a portion of one of the cover panels to form a sculptural ball surface of the cover panel; and overlapping the cover panels on said ball body to form a ball carcass in a stitch-less manner. Accordingly, the sculptural bumps are raised above an outer panel surface of the cover panel without applying a depression force to indent on the outer panel surface of the cover panel. The cover panels are interlocked and bonded with each other edge-to-edge to enclose the ball body inside the ball carcass. | 12-24-2015 |
| 473605000 | And having intermediate layer composed of wrapping of strands or strips between cover and core or bladder | 20 |
| 20090011878 | Molded sportsball without molding mark and manufacturing method thereof - A sportsball includes a ball carcass having an air cavity therein, wherein the ball carcass includes two ball shells, each of the ball shells having an outer surface, a plurality of channels indented on the outer surface to form a plurality of panel contours thereon, and a contouring edge defining a starting point at one of the channels to continuously extend from the channel to another the adjacent channel until the contouring edge is extended back to the starting point, wherein the two ball shells are integrally bonded with each other to form the ball carcass that the contouring edges of the ball shells are alignedly linked to form a common edge of the ball carcass, such that the common edge of the ball carcass, which is a molding line thereof, also forms as the channels of the ball carcass to invisible the molding line thereat. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090137352 | Padded sports ball - A sports ball includes a ball cover having a ball cavity and a valve hole, and an inflatable ball bladder. The inflatable ball bladder, which is disposed in the ball cavity of the ball cover and is adapted to be inflated through the valve hole to support the ball cover, includes an outer bladder portion layer, an inner bladder portion layer disposed in the outer bladder portion layer, and a webbing layer. The webbing layer is disposed between the inner and outer bladder portion layers, wherein the inner and outer bladder portion layers are treated to integrally embed the webbing layer therebetween to enhance the strength of the ball bladder such that the webbing layer allows the ball bladder to be fully inflated for evenly distributing air pressure therein to support the ball cover. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090209374 | Sportsball with integral ball casing and bladder body - A sportsball includes a barebone ball and an outer ball cover. The barebone ball includes an inflatable bladder body and a ball casing. The ball casing, which is formed in an integrated structure, has an outer circumferential surface, an inner circumferential surface to define an interior cavity to fittingly enclose the bladder body therein, and a plurality of pre-formed channels integrally and indently formed on the outer circumferential surface, such that the ball casing and the bladder body enclosed therewithin form a one piece integrated semi-product of the sportsball. The outer ball cover comprising a plurality of outer cover panels overlapping on the outer circumferential surface of the ball casing at a position that edges of each of the outer cover panels are aligned with the corresponding pre-formed channels respectively. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090325746 | Sport Ball With A Textile Restriction Structure - A sport ball may include a casing, a restriction structure, and a bladder. The casing forms at least a portion of an exterior surface of the ball. The restriction structure is located within the casing and includes a textile element having a seamless portion with a non-planar configuration. The bladder is also located within the casing. The textile element may be a knitted fabric. Although the restriction structure may be seamless, the restriction structure may also include at most one seam or multiple seams that joins edges of the textile element. In addition, the seamless portion of the textile element may cover at least thirty percent or more of the surface of the bladder. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090325747 | Stitchless seam arrangement of sportsball and manufacturing method thereof - A sportsball includes a ball carcass, an inflatable ball body received in a ball cavity of the ball carcass, and a stitchless seam arrangement which includes an elongated adhesive layer having a contour matching with a contour of an opening of the ball carcass, wherein after the ball body is disposed in the ball carcass, edge portions of the opening are adhered on an outer surface of the ball body via the adhesive layer, such that the opening is sealed to close the ball cavity for enclosing the ball body in the ball cavity of the ball carcass in a stitchless seam manner. Therefore, the manufacturing method of the sportsball excludes the traditional final assembling operation of hand stitching to reduce the time-consuming manufacturing procedure of the sportsball while being cost effective. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100144470 | SPORTING ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A method of making a sporting article includes: providing a plurality of sheet segments each of which is made of a multi-layered material that includes a thermoplastic foamed layer, and a thermoplastic non-foamed layer laminated on the foamed layer, each of the sheet segments having at least one connection end; and assembling the sheet segments to form the sporting article by heat-sealing the connection ends of the sheet segments, thereby forming heat-sealed seams in the sporting article. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100167850 | SEAMLESS BALL STRUCTURE - A seamless ball structure, particularly suitable for balls used in different ball games, such as soccer, volleyball and basketball, includes an inner bladder, and an inner yarn layer, an emulsion layer and an outer cover layer sequentially provided on an outer surface of the inner bladder from inner to outer side. The emulsion layer inwardly permeates into voids among the yarns of the inner yarn layer. The outer cover layer is attached at an inner fabric layer thereof to an outer surface of the emulsion layer. The emulsion layer being heated and pressurized is in an adhering state to sufficiently tightly attach to the inner yarn layer and the outer cover layer, giving the ball so formed an increased structural strength. The ball can be easily and quickly manufactured at reduced manufacturing cost to thereby provide an improved ball structure that does not require any sewing with threads. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110015011 | INFLATABLE SPORT BALL STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An inflatable sports ball structure and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The inflatable sports ball structure comprises of an inner bladder, a reinforced carcass containing thread, and an exterior material layer. The reinforced carcass covers the surface of the inner bladder, and has a thread wound layer. Part of the thread wound layer is embedded in the reinforced carcass and provides a constricting force towards the inner bladder, and a small remaining part of the thread wound layer may be exposed on the outer surface of the reinforced carcass. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110124448 | Molded sportsball without molding mark and manufacturing method thereof - A sportsball includes a ball carcass having an air cavity therein, wherein the ball carcass includes two ball shells, each of the ball shells having an outer surface, a plurality of channels indented on the outer surface to form a plurality of panel contours thereon, and a contouring edge defining a starting point at one of the channels to continuously extend from the channel to another the adjacent channel until the contouring edge is extended back to the starting point, wherein the two ball shells are integrally bonded with each other to form the ball carcass that the contouring edges of the ball shells are alignedly linked to form a common edge of the ball carcass, such that the common edge of the ball carcass, which is a molding line thereof, also forms as the channels of the ball carcass to invisible the molding line thereat. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110165979 | Sport Balls And Methods Of Manufacturing The Sport Balls - A sport ball may include a casing that incorporates a plurality of joined panel elements, which include a first panel element with a first edge and a second panel element with a second edge. The first edge and the second edge are welded to each other. In some configurations, the first panel element has a first edge with a projection that extends outward from the first edge, the second panel element has a second edge that is located adjacent to the first edge, and the projection of the first edge is located between the second edge and the bladder. In another configuration, the first edge and the second edge are formed to have a rounded configurations. The sport ball may also include an intermediate layer and a bladder within the casing. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110177895 | INNER BLADDER STRUCTURE FOR BALL - A ball inner bladder structure, particularly suitable for a seamless ball, includes a bladder in the form of a spherical bag, a yarn layer enclosing the bladder, an emulsion layer applied over the yarn layer, and a ball cover layer bonded to the emulsion layer. The yarn layer is an integrally knitted web structure having a 3D spherical shape. Knitted yarns subjected to pressure can displace relative to one another to finely adjust a surface configuration of the web structure for the same to completely bear against the bladder. The emulsion layer fills up voids on the yarn layer to provide a smooth spherical surface. The specifically knitted yarn layer can effectively control an expansion degree of the bladder when the same is inflated. And, expansion or compression pressure applied to the bladder is uniformly distributed over interlocking points of knitted yarns, preventing the bladder from deformation and breaking. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110183791 | INFLATABLE BALL - An inflatable ball includes an outer cover defining a confining chamber therein, a bladder unit disposed in the confining chamber, and a valve unit connected to the bladder unit. The bladder unit includes an outer bladder defining an accommodation chamber, an inner bladder disposed in the accommodation chamber and defining an inflating space, and a winding thread layer disposed in the accommodation chamber and covering an outer surrounding surface of the inner bladder. The outer bladder has a first elongation percentage. The inner bladder has a second elongation percentage greater than the first elongation percentage of the outer bladder. The winding thread layer has a third elongation percentage less than the first elongation percentage of the outer bladder. The bladder unit can be deflated and inflated. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120004058 | Sports ball - There is provided a sports ball capable of relieving the pain of the hands suffered from impact on the ball and having a soft feel and high flexibility. The sports ball comprises a spherical hollow rubber bladder ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120329587 | Sports ball - A sports ball includes an inflatable bladder, a ball pocket and a ball carcass. The ball pocket has an interior cavity receiving the inflatable bladder therein, wherein the ball pocket has a plurality of panel guidelines protruded from an outer surface of the ball pocket to define a predetermined number of guiding contours between at least two adjacent panel guidelines. The ball carcass includes a plurality of carcass panels, wherein each of the carcass panels has a peripheral edge and a flat bottom surface defined within the peripheral edge, wherein the bottom surface of each of the carcass panels is entirely affixed to the ball pocket at a position that the peripheral edge of each of the carcass panels is fittingly aligned with the corresponding panel guidelines so as to fittedly affix on the corresponding guiding contours to form a sportsball in a stitch-less manner. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130035182 | Inflatable sports ball - An inflatable sports ball which comprises an inflatable bladder which is provided with a bladder valve; a bladder pocket which encloses the bladder; an outer carcass which encloses the bladder pocket and is provided with an outer carcass valve hole; and a valve stem which extends from the bladder valve hole through the bladder pocket to the outer carcass valve hole. The bladder pocket is in form of a hosohedron with a plurality of identical lune faces, and each of the lune faces is formed by a panel which is made of a material cheaper in costs in comparison with materials which form the bladder or the outer carcass. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20140087900 | TYPE TWO-LAYER LEAK-PROOF BALL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A two-layer leak-proof ball comprises a sheath layer ( | 03-27-2014 |
| 20150314170 | BASKETBALL HAVING GROOVED SEAMS - A basketball including a carcass, cover panels, and cover strips. The carcass has an outer surface defining a first set of channels and cover panels regions between the first set of channels. The panels are respectively positioned over the panel regions and are spaced apart from each other. The strips are positioned over the channels. The strips have inner and outer surfaces extending between first and second sidewalls. The strips have a thickness that is measured radially from a centerpoint from the inner to the outer surface, and a width that is measured from the first to the second sidewall. At least one groove is formed into the outer surface. The groove has a width that extends between 20 to 70 percent of the width of the strip and has a maximum depth from the outer surface that is at least 50 percent of the maximum thickness of the strip. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150367182 | Non-glued laminated ball and manufacturing method thereof - A non-glued laminated ball includes an inner bladder, a yarn layer, a rubber layer and an outer cover layer. The yarn layer sticks to an outer surface of the inner bladder. The rubber layer is provided between the yarn layer and the outer cover layer. The outer cover layer includes a plurality of outer covers. Stalk lines are provided among the outer covers. Bottom layers of the outer covers are required to be loose. The outer covers bond to a rubber raw material of the rubber layer through a mold-closing pressurization bonding. Then, through vulcanizing, the rubber raw material permeates into the yarn layer and the loose bottom layers of the outer covers for integrating the inner bladder, the yarn layer, the rubber layer and the outer cover layer together. No glue, industrial gasoline or methylbenzene is provided between the outer cover layer and the rubber layer. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160101326 | Sportsball with Weight Control Arrangement - A sportsball includes a ball cover having a spherical ball cavity, an inflatable ball bladder disposed in the ball cavity of the ball cover; and a weight control arrangement which includes a plurality of weight panels. The weight panels are made of the same material of the ball bladder and are attached to the ball bladder for not only controlling a weight of the ball bladder but also strengthening the ball bladder to support the ball cover after the ball bladder is inflated. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160107046 | BASKETBALL HAVING A REDUCED MOMENT OF INERTIA - A basketball configured for organized, competitive play and having a total mass. The basketball includes an inflatable, generally spherical bladder, a set of winding surrounding the bladder, an elastomeric layer surrounding the set of windings and the bladder, and a plurality of cover panels positioned over the elastomeric layer. The bladder has a bladder mass that is greater than 25 percent of the total mass. The elastomeric layer and the set of windings have a collective mass that is less than 55 percent of the total mass. | 04-21-2016 |
| 473606000 | Cover is composed of feltlike, napped, or cloth material (e.g., tennis ball, etc.) | 7 |
| 20080287231 | Ball with improved structure - The disclosed ball with improved structure of the present invention comprises a hollow bladder that can be inflated in to a ball-like shape, a reinforcement layer that is a layer of cloth having intensive pores and fixedly covering up to the outer surface of the bladder, a buffer layer that is made from foam and fixedly attached to the outer surface of the reinforcement layer, a cover layer that is a layer of cloth having intensive pores and fixedly attached to the outer surface of the buffer layer, and an external layer that fixedly covers up the outer surface of the cover layer and forms the appearance of the ball. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090023525 | MANUFACTURE OF POLYURETHANE FOAM BALL - The present invention relates to a novel method for manufacturing a cellular elastomeric polyurethane foam ball. The product polyurethane foam ball may be used as a core for a tennis ball which meets ITF specifications for tennis balls, including weight, diameter, bound, forward deformation and return deformation. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090318251 | NOVEL TENNIS BALL - Tennis ball which comprises an elastomeric polyurethane foam having a ball shape and a density of 250-800 kg/m | 12-24-2009 |
| 20120165143 | TENNIS BALL FELT AND TENNIS BALL - To provide a tennis ball felt which has less occurrence of creases at the time of forming a tennis ball. According to one embodiment, a tennis bass felt, which is covered on a core of a tennis ball, includes: a base fabric formed of stretchy material; and fibers fixed with the base fabric. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130143700 | Antimicrobial Tennis Ball - An antimicrobial sports equipment piece used in a sport or game, namely an antimicrobial tennis ball, is described. Also described are methods of using an antimicrobial tennis ball and methods of preventing, inhibiting, or killing microbes contacting the tennis ball during play to prevent or inhibit contamination by a microbe or cross-contamination between persons contacting the tennis ball. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20160030813 | Ball - A ball for small-sided play having the same characteristics as a standard soccer ball, but with reduced rebound and no added filler is disclosed. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160375317 | Weighted Tennis Ball - A tennis ball with weight material injected into its interior cavity for use in exercise and sport as a weight bearing device. The weight material adds weight to the tennis ball. The weight material completely or partially fills the interior cavity of the tennis ball. The weight of the tennis ball can be changed based on the amount and type of weight material inside the tennis ball. | 12-29-2016 |
