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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2019
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Arthur Parker Molinari, Portland, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A sports ball is provided. The sports ball may include a bladder and a cover disposed about the bladder, wherein the cover includes a plurality of adjoining panels and defines an exterior surface. The cover further defines a plurality of channels extending radially inward from the exterior surface. The plurality of channels includes a plurality of peripheral channel segments and a plurality of interior channel segments. The plurality of peripheral channel segments each define a peripheral seam between adjoining ones of the plurality of panels. Each channel of the plurality of interior channel segments is provided within a central region of one or more of the panels and divide the exterior surface into a plurality of open polygonal portions.