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US 10,406,404 B2Granted
Carcass for a sports ball
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsStefan Alois Bichler, Wolfgang Reinhold Rempp, Uwe Vogel
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Abstract
Described are a carcass for a sports ball having a textile element, which has at least two segments joined by a seam and defines a shape of the carcass, and wherein the at least two segments and the seam are warp-knitted or weft-knitted in a single piece, and a method of making a carcass for a sports ball.
Claims17
A carcass for a sports ball comprising:
- a textile element formed during a single warp-knitting or weft-knitting process comprising
- at least a first knitted segment having at least a first boundary,
- at least a second knitted segment having at least a second boundary,
- wherein the first knitted segment and the second knitted segment are seamlessly joined along the first boundary and the second boundary to form a structurally distinct knitted structure disposed between the at least two knitted segments comprising a different knit stitch construction than the first knitted segment and the second knitted segment,
- wherein the knitted structure and the knitted segments have a unitary knit construction so as to be formed as one piece during the single warp-knitting or weft-knitting process, and
- wherein the textile element defines a shape of the carcass.
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A method for making a carcass for a sports ball comprising:
- weft-knitting or warp-knitting a textile element in a single knitting process,
- wherein the single knitting process includes forming
- at least a first knitted segment having at least a first boundary, and
- at least a second knitted segment having at least a second boundary,
- wherein the first knitted segment and the second knitted segment are seamlessly joined along the first boundary and the second boundary to form a structurally distinct knitted structure disposed between the at least two knitted segments comprising a different knit stitch construction than the first knitted segment and the second knitted segment,
- wherein the knitted structure and the knitted segments have a unitary knit construction so as to be formed as one piece during the single knitting process, and
- wherein the textile element defines a shape of the carcass.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.