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US 12,746,437 B2Granted
Sport ball
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorGeorge S. Kim
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Abstract
A sport ball including a bladder enclosing a volume of gas. The sport ball further includes a casing including a casted material, wherein the casing encloses the bladder.
Claims9
A sport ball comprising:
- a bladder enclosing a volume of gas, the bladder comprised of a first material, the bladder being sealed and valveless;
- an intermediate layer disposed radially adjacent to the bladder, wherein the intermediate layer is configured to contain the bladder and enclosed gas, and wherein the intermediate layer is formed of a second material different from the first material of the bladder;
- a casing including a casted material different from the first material and the second material, and the casing including two hemispherical halves joined at a single circumferential seam, wherein the casted material includes a polyurethane foam, and wherein the casing encloses each of the bladder and the intermediate layer;
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- one or more casing panels attached to an outer surface of the casing, the one or more casing panels forming an outermost surface of the sport ball.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.