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US 6,200,239 B1Granted
Medallion gameball
AssigneeSpalding Sports Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsThomas J. Kennedy, III, Brian Feeney
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Abstract
A medallion ball comprising a bladder fabricated of an air impervious elastomeric material in a spherical configuration; a carcass coupled to the exterior surface of the bladder with a recess formed in the carcass; and a medallion positionable in a central region of the recess with the medallion having an exterior surface with indicia.
Claims7
A medallion basketball comprising:
- a bladder fabricated of an air impervious elastomeric material in a spherical configuration with spiral strands therearound;
- a carcass in a spherical configuration overlying the strands with a recess formed as an oval formed in its exterior surface;
- a plurality of panels coupled to the exterior surface of the carcass between the ribs, the panels having a thickness of between about 0.2 and 2.0 millimeters with an oval aperture formed in one of the panels to expose the recess in the carcass and an oval rib;
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- a medallion positioned on the carcass in a central region of the recess with the medallion having an exterior surface with indicia formed thereon with a layer of a transparent polymer over the indicia.
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A medallion ball comprising:
- a bladder fabricated of an air impervious elastomeric material in a spherical configuration with spiral strands there around;
- a carcass coupled to the exterior surface of the bladder, the carcass having an exterior surface with a recess formed in the carcass;
- a plurality of panels coupled to the exterior surface of the carcass;
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- an oval medallion positionable in a central region of the recess with the medallion having an exterior surface with indicia formed, the medallion having an oval peripheral flange with the flange being covered by one of the panels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.