A63B 41/08
Ball covers
Official title: Ball covers; Closures therefor
A63B41/08 (Ball covers) appears on 383 US grants and 439 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63B- Granted patents
- 383
- Published applications
- 439
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 403
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 14 | 9 |
| 2025 | 8 | 18 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sport ball29 Sep 2026US 12,746,437 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Sensor arrangement for a hollow body23 Jun 2026US 12,663,091 B2Sstatzz Oy
- Valve system21 Apr 2026US 12,605,596 B2Grays of Cambridge (International) Ltd.
- TPU ball structure and manufacturing method thereof14 Apr 2026US 12,599,815 B2San Fang Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
- Device for performing physical exercises, in particular for motor rehabilitation exercises31 Mar 2026US 12,589,271 B2Ledragomma S.R.L.
- Method for reconditioning a game ball23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108783 A1Decathlon
- Rotationally balanced smart ball12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069929 A1Sportable Technologies Ltd.
- American-style football26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054135 A1Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
- Closing final panels of machine sewn sports balls19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048299 A1
- Systems and methods for producing a sports ball25 Dec 2025US 2025/0387672 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ball for a ball game107US 6,302,815 B1adidas International B.V. · 2001
- Electronic component enclosure for an inflated object96US 8,517,870 B2InfoMotion Sports Technologies, Inc. · 2013
- Inflated sports ball89US 5,181,717 AAdidas Sarragan France · 1993
- Basketball with cushion layers85US 6,206,795 B12001
- Football79US 5,888,157 AWilson Sporting Goods Co. · 1999