A63B 41/00
Hollow inflatable balls
A63B41/00 (Hollow inflatable balls) appears on 726 US grants and 844 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 726
- Published applications
- 844
- Assignees
- 253
- Inventors
- 945
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 7 |
| 2002 | 17 | 18 |
| 2003 | 21 | 38 |
| 2004 | 20 | 34 |
| 2005 | 10 | 23 |
| 2006 | 20 | 34 |
| 2007 | 10 | 35 |
| 2008 | 7 | 35 |
| 2009 | 10 | 34 |
| 2010 | 25 | 34 |
| 2011 | 15 | 40 |
| 2012 | 29 | 38 |
| 2013 | 36 | 30 |
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| 2017 | 33 | 40 |
| 2018 | 30 | 45 |
| 2019 | 41 | 51 |
| 2020 | 33 | 31 |
| 2021 | 34 | 43 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 |
| 2023 | 20 | 14 |
| 2024 | 25 | 23 |
| 2025 | 17 | 31 |
| 2026 | 13 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A63B 41/08Ball covers383
- A63B 41/02Bladders164
- A63B 2041/005Hollow inflatable balls: with counterweight for adjusting the centre of gravityIndexing code72
- A63B 41/125Large inflatable balls primarily used as body supports for exercising72
- A63B 41/12Tools or devices for blowing up or closing balls68
- A63B 41/10Bladder and cover united63
Recent patents
- Sport ball29 Sep 2026US 12,746,437 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Air valve, inflation, and deflation apparatuses and methods29 Sep 2026US 12,747,801 B2Belgravia Wood Limited
- Rotationally balanced smart ball15 Sep 2026US 12,734,411 B2Sportable Technologies Ltd.
- Inflatable ball containing electronic devices1 Sep 2026US 12,722,046 B2Sportable Technologies Ltd.
- Protective cap assembly for a needle14 Jul 2026US 12,678,668 B2
- Sport ball with mechanism for minimizing incongruous deformation20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241239 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Self-inflating ball for play9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192158 A1People2Play ApS
- Inflator, inflator system, and illumination device adapted to work of an inflator2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185529 A1Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
- Method for reconditioning a game ball23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108783 A1Decathlon
- Inflatable ball23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108784 A1Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Monitoring of physical training events220US 8,540,560 B2InfoMotion Sports Technologies, Inc. · 2013
- Device and method for measuring a shot force exerted on a movable game device159US 7,891,666 B2Cairos Technologies AG · 2011
- Electronic football capable of measuring throwing statistics147US 6,582,330 B1Rehco, LLC · 2003
- Inflatable padded game ball136US 4,660,831 AFiggie International Inc. · 1987
- Athletic ball133US 4,577,865 AMolten Corporation · 1986