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US 5,306,002 AGranted
Seamless basketball
OwnerDarin J. Meyerinventor
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A basketball having a surface devoid of lines caused by indentations, seams, stitching, indicia or the like for forming a uniform and continuous surface. The seamless basketball has a uniform stippling along its entire surface and integrally a part thereof. The ball is formed from a molded outer cover formed from two hemispheres having an inflatable bladder positioned therein. The inflation valve is hidden from view under the cover or, if exposed, is flush with the cover and of the same color as the cover. The lack of lines of any sort on the outer surface of the ball causes the ball to have no particular orientation. Therefore, the user of the seamless basketball is not inclined to align the ball in a particular fashion prior to shooting the same. As such, wasted time is eliminated and a quicker release and greater concentration is gained. Additionally, the ball is subject to a truer bounce because of the more uniform spherical nature of the same.
A basketball for training basketball players to shoot without first aligning the ball in a particular orientation comprised of a substantially spherical outer cover including a value for inflating same, said outer cover being devoid of outwardly facing and visible lines, seams, stitching, indentations and indicia or other marking tending to give the appearance of said ball having a particular orientation, said outer cover having a substantially continuous and uninterrupted outer surface, said outer cover having stippling thereon, and said stippling being a continuous and uniform gripping surface formed from small bumps.
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