Sport Ball With Indented Casing

A sport ball comprising:

• a casing that includes a plurality of panels joined at a plurality of seams, at least a first panel of the plurality of panels having (a) a first layer including a polymer material and positioned to form a portion of an exterior surface of the ball, (b) a second layer including a polymer foam material and positioned inward and adjacent to the first layer, and (c) a third layer positioned inward and adjacent to the second layer, the first panel of the casing defining one or more indentations in the exterior surface, the first layer being bonded directly to the third layer at the one or more indentations, wherein the one or more indentations include a first indentation;
• and
• a bladder located within the casing;
• wherein the first indentation is spaced from the seams;
• wherein the first indentation extends through substantially all of a thickness of the first panel;
• and
• wherein the third layer includes an interior surface facing toward the interior of the ball, the interior surface having a substantially planar configuration opposite the first indentation in the exterior surface of the first panel.

A sport ball comprising:

• a casing formed of a plurality of panels joined together at a plurality of seams, the plurality of panels including a first panel and a second panel joined to the first panel at a seam;
• and
• a bladder located within the casing;
• the first panel including (a) a first outer layer that defines a first indentation in a first exterior surface of the first panel, (b) a first inner layer that defines a first interior surface of the first panel, and (c) a first central layer, a majority of the first outer layer of the first panel being spaced from the first inner layer of the first panel by the first central layer, and the first outer layer of the first panel being directly bonded to the first inner layer of the first panel at the first indentation;
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• the second panel including (a) a second outer layer that defines a second indentation in a second exterior surface of the second panel, (b) a second inner layer that defines a second interior surface of the second panel, and (c) a second central layer, a majority of the second outer layer of the second panel being spaced from the second inner layer of the second panel by the second central layer, and the second outer layer of the second panel being directly bonded to the second inner layer of the second panel at the second indentation;
• wherein the first indentation extends proximate to the seam and the second indentation extends proximate to the seam;
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• wherein the first indentation is configured to correspond with the second indentation across the seam.