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US 2006/0148601 A1Published application
Sportsball
OwnerTsung Ouinventor
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Abstract
A sportsball includes a ball cover and a rubber made inflatable bladder. The ball cover includes a plurality of cover panels, wherein each of the cover panels includes an outer layer and a cushion layer made of foaming material and integrally adhered with an outer surface of the inflatable bladder in an overlapped manner to cover the inflatable bladder to form the sportsball and the cushion layers and the inflatable bladder form an integral cushion for the sportsball.
Claims32
A sportsball, comprising:
- an inflatable bladder having an air inlet valve stem;
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- a ball cover which comprises a plurality of cover panels each of which comprises an outer layer and a cushion layer integrally adhered with said outer layer in an overlapped manner, wherein attachment sides of said cushion layers of said cover panels are attached on an outer surface of said inflatable bladder to cover said inflatable bladder to form said sportsball and each of said cover panels said cushion layers and said inflatable bladder form an integral cushion for said sportsball.
A method of manufacturing a sportsball, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an inflatable bladder having an air inlet valve stem thereon;
- (b) providing a plurality of outer layers, each of said outer layers has a predetermined size and shape;
- (c) providing a plurality of cushion layers, wherein each of said cushion layers is cut into a predetermined size and shape corresponding to that of said respective outer layer;
- (d) attaching each of said outer layers with said cushion layers respectively to form said cover panels;
- (e) applying an adhering agent on an attachment side of each of said cushion layers of said cover panels;
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- (f) attaching attachment sides of said cushion layers of said cover panels on an outer surface of said inflatable bladder to cover said inflatable bladder to form said sportsball and each of said cover panels said cushion layers and said inflatable bladder form an integral cushion for said sportsball.
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