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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian Feeney, Enfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc., Chicopee, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 4/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 4/108 ;
Abstract
A basketball formed with a molded cover having tactile indicia for determining the orientation and position of the molded panel areas of the basketball. The indicia associated with the panel areas include wide depressed areas formed in the cover material of the molded rubber basketball and extending longitudinally with channels formed within the basketball cover.