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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventor:
Mark McNamee, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 41/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 41/08 (2013.01); A63B 2243/007 (2013.01); A63B 2243/0066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prolate spheroidal inflatable game ball in the form of a football is provided with a segmented panel having stripes formed by attaching stripe pieces to adjacent segments. In one embodiment, the stripe pieces have beveled edges and the edges of adjacent segments have corresponding beveled edges. The component pieces of the panel can be joined to the stripe pieces using stitching to securely fasten the components of the segmented panel together. A segmented panel of this construction can allow different materials having different characteristics to be used for various portions of the segmented panel.