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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2000
Daniel P. Touhey, Lee, MA (US);
Brian Feeney, Enfield, CT (US);
Joseph E. Stahl, Southampton, MA (US);
Richard F. Terrazzano, Salem, NH (US);
Eric K. Litscher, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Andrew C. Harvey, Waltham, MA (US);
Malcolm E. Taylor, Pepperell, MA (US);
Robert C. Sykes, Burlington, MA (US);
Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc., Chicopee, MA (US);
Abstract
An inflatable sport ball, such as a basketball, a football, a soccer ball, a volley ball or a playground ball, is provided with self-contained inflation means for inflating or more likely adding pressure to the ball. The inflation means is a vessel inside of the ball containing a high pressure gas which may be bled form the vessel into the interior of the ball surrounding the vessel such as by valve means operable from the outside of the ball.