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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2015
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Kevin L Krysiak, Palatine, IL (US);
Jonathan L. Bauer, Chicago, IL (US);
Frank M. Simonutti, Wheaton, IL (US);
Daniel E. Hare, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Robert T. Thurman, Plainfield, IL (US);
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A basketball configured for organized, competitive play and having a total mass. The basketball includes an inflatable, generally spherical bladder, a set of winding surrounding the bladder, an elastomeric layer surrounding the set of windings and the bladder, and a plurality of cover panels positioned over the elastomeric layer. The bladder has a bladder mass that is greater than 25 percent of the total mass. The elastomeric layer and the set of windings have a collective mass that is less than 55 percent of the total mass.