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Sport balls and methods of manufacturing the sport balls

US8182379B2 · kind B2 · utility

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55References

9Claims

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Assignee

NIKE, Inc. · US

Inventors

Zvi Rapaport · Portland, US
Vincent F. White · Beaverton, US
Geoffrey C. Raynak · Portland, US
Mark McNamee · Portland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 27, 2008
Grant date	May 22, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 19, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/108
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A sport ball may include a casing, an intermediate layer, and a bladder. In manufacturing the sport ball, a panel element of the casing and the bladder may be located in a mold, and a polymer foam material of the intermediate layer may be injected into an area between the bladder and the panel element. In addition, edges of panel element may be heatbonded to each other to join the panel elements and form seams of the casing.

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