Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc.

Russell Asset Management, Inc.

Daniel P Touhey

Brian P Feeney

Joseph E Stahl

Louis F Polk, Iii

Kenneth V Schomburg

George D Stickler

Neil T Amundsen

Joseph J Schachtner

Andrew Cecil Harvey

Eric Karl Litscher

Malcolm E Taylor

Richard Terrazzano

Robert C Sykes

Charles Keane

Peter M De Bakker

Terence Melvin

Matthew K Lacroix

Peter M deBakker

Inflatable articles with self-contained mechanisms, such as sporting equipment, medical equipment, recreational devices and toys, preferably any inflatable article with at least one mechanism for inflating or adding pressure to the article, or for deflating or removing pressure from the piece of equipment, such that the mechanism is located inside the article are disclosed.

Inflatable articles with self-contained inflation mechanism

An inflatable sport ball, such as a basketball, a football, a soccer ball, a volley ball or a playground ball, is provided with a self-contained inflation mechanism for inflating or more likely adding pressure to the ball. The mechanism is a pump which is inside of the ball and which is operable from outside of the ball to pump ambient air into the ball.

Self-contained sport ball inflation mechanism

An inflatable sport ball, such as a basketball, a football, a soccer ball, a volley ball or a playground ball, is provided with a self-contained inflation mechanism for inflating or more likely adding pressure to the ball. The mechanism is a self-contained, manually operable pumping chamber which is inside of the ball and which is operable from outside of the ball to compress the chamber and. pump ambient air into the ball.

Self contained sport ball inflation mechanism

An inflatable sport ball, such as a basketball, a football, a soccer ball, a volley ball or a playground ball, is provided with self-contained inflation means for inflating or more likely adding pressure to the ball. The inflation means is a vessel inside of the ball containing a high pressure gas which may be bled form the vessel into the interior of the ball surrounding the vessel such as by valve means operable from the outside of the ball.

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