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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2000
Daniel P. Touhey, Lee, MA (US);
Brian Feeney, East Windsor, CT (US);
Joseph E. Stahl, Southampton, MA (US);
Neil T. Amundsen, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Louis F. Polk, III, Excelsior, MN (US);
Joseph J. Schachtner, Deer Park, WI (US);
Kenneth V. Schomburg, Wayzata, MN (US);
George D. Stickler, Shorewood, MN (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);
Peter M. de Bakker, Hudson, MA (US);
Robert C. Sykes, Burlington, MA (US);
Charles Keane, Hingham, 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 a self-contained inflation mechanism for inflating or more likely adding pressure to the ball. The mechanism is a self-contained, manually operable pumping chamber which is inside of the ball and which is operable from outside of the ball to compress the chamber and. pump ambient air into the ball.