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US 2026/0048299 A1Published application
Closing final panels of machine sewn sports balls
OwnerMohammed E. Ahmedinventor
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Abstract
In a sports ball, such as a soccer ball, which comprises a plurality of shaped panels which are joined together by stitching to form an enclosed volume housing a bladder for inflation, several contiguous seams are left unstitched but are instead joined together adhesively by means of an underlying fabric patch. The contiguous seams are preferably provided with curved edges and markings to simulate stitching. The fabric patch is adhesively attached to the bladder (which preferably includes an over winding) and to the panels having the contiguous seams.
Claims7
An object for sports play comprising:
- a plurality of exterior, stitched together panels sewn at their edges, configured to form a closed volume and forming, by said stitching, raised interior edges at the edges of said panels;
- an inflatable bladder occupying said closed volume;
- a subset of said plurality of exterior panels forming an adjacent set of said panels having edges lying at a closure for said ball;
- and
- a patch lying beneath and between said adjacent ones of said closure forming panels and adhesively affixed thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.