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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Scott Ryan Berggren, Portland, OR (US);

Tal Cohen, Larchmont, NY (US);

Gary W. Glahn, Rhododendron, OR (US);

Arthur Molinari, Portland, OR (US);

Todd Smith, West Linn, OR (US);

Vincent F. White, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 41/08 (2006.01); A63B 45/02 (2006.01); A63B 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 41/08 (2013.01); A63B 45/02 (2013.01); A63B 45/00 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01); A63B 2243/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sport ball includes a casing that includes a plurality of joined panels and defines a cavity. The casing includes at least a first panel having (a) a first layer positioned to form a portion of an exterior surface of the sport ball, (b) a second layer disposed adjacent to the first layer, and (c) a third layer disposed adjacent to the second layer. The first panel defines a first indentation and a second indentation spaced apart from the first indentation. The first indentation has a first depth and the second indentation has a second depth that is less than the first depth. The sport ball also includes a bladder disposed within the cavity.


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