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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel Murphy, Chicopee, MA (US);
Assignee:
Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc., Chicopee, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/712 ; A63B 3/714 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/712 ; A63B 3/714 ;
Abstract
A spherical ball and a method of making the spherical ball wherein the ball has a plurality of elongated dimples substantially covering the outer surface of the ball without any dimple overlap. The elongated dimples are defined by an oblong depression having a longitudinal axis and a length measured along the axis greater than a width measured perpendicular to the axis. The depression has a V-shaped configuration when viewed in a section taken through the longitudinal axis.