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US 12,491,411 B2Granted
One material ball
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorHans-Peter Nürnberg
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Abstract
A ball includes a bladder that has a majority weight component of a material of a first material class. The ball includes at least one intermediate layer that is arranged exterior to the bladder and that has a majority weight component of the material of the first material class. The ball includes at least one exterior layer that is arranged exterior to the at least one intermediate layer and that has a majority weight component of the material of the first material class.
Claims17
A ball, comprising:
- a bladder having a majority weight component of a material of a first material class;
- at least one intermediate layer arranged exterior to the bladder and having a majority weight component of the material of the first material class, the at least one intermediate layer comprising a plurality of panels made of the material of the first material class;
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- at least one exterior layer arranged exterior to the plurality of panels of the at least one intermediate layer and having a majority weight component of the material of the first material class,
- wherein the material of the first material class comprises a mixture of recycled material and newly manufactured material, and wherein the recycled material comprises parts that have been recycled from another ball, and
- wherein the bladder, the at least one intermediate layer, and the at least one exterior layer are thermally bonded without an adhesive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.