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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Harufusa Taniguchi, Hiroshima, JP;
Hideomi Shishido, Hiroshima, JP;
Shigeo Doi, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshihisa Okimura, Hiroshima, JP;
Harufusa Taniguchi, Hiroshima, JP;
Hideomi Shishido, Hiroshima, JP;
Shigeo Doi, Hiroshima, JP;
Yoshihisa Okimura, Hiroshima, JP;
Molten Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
adidas International Marketing B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
The ball for a ball game of the invention includes a fabric layer () having a spherical 12-hedron where twelve right pentagonal fabric pieces () are sewn together. The marginal edges of the fabric piece being folded by 90 degrees, and the marginal edges are sewn together with a sewing machine. The fabric layer is then reversed through cross-like slits () formed in the fabric layer in a location opposite to a valve opening () (also formed in the fabric layer) in such a manner that the marginal edges are located on an inner side of the fabric layer. After the bladder is accommodated within the fabric layer through the closure hole (), the hole () is closed by a patch. Onto a surface of the fabric layer, there is adhered the panels. Thereby, the ball for a ball game having no unevenness and soft feeling is attained.