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Sport ball

US8777787B2 · kind B2 · utility

26Cited by

83References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

NIKE, Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 19, 2012
Grant date	Jul 15, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 19, 2032

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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