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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Scott R. Berggren, Portland, OR (US);
Scott W. Johnson, Beaverton, OR (US);
Clayton J. Lindsay, Portland, OR (US);
Vincent F. White, Beaverton, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A method of making a spherical sport ball includes forming a casing having a first and a second substantially hemispherical panel component. The first panel component is a first unitary structure and has a first central panel, a first plurality of polygonal peripheral panels adjacent to the first central panel and having a first plurality of edges, and a plurality of flange areas extending from the first plurality of edges. The second panel component is a second unitary structure and has a second central panel and a second plurality of polygonal peripheral panels adjacent to the second central panel. The method includes joining together the first panel component and the second panel component at a non-linear, circumferential seam between the first and second plurality of polygonal peripheral panels. The method also includes forming a vertex between adjacent ones of the plurality of flange areas.