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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1993
Alan D Walker, Somers, CT (US);
Joseph F Baltronis, Agawam, MA (US);
Lisco, Inc., Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
An improved basketball comprising an interior spherical bladder formed principally of synthetic butyl rubber with a thickness of about 0.82 millimeters; an intermediate layer of monofilament strands formed of nylon and wound around the bladder to a thickness of between about 0.3 and 0.7 millimeters; an exterior carcass of molded natural rubber formed of two hemispheres with exteriorly projecting ribs or channels; and a plurality of polyurethane inserts formed with matted fibers of nylon or a polyester with a diameter of about 1 micron adhered to the exterior surface of carcass between the channels, the inserts having a thickness of about 1.8 millimeters.