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Game ball with grip zones

  • US 10,022,594 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2016
  • Issued: 07/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A game ball, comprising:

  • an inflatable bladder; and

    a cover layer surrounding the bladder, the cover layer being formed from a plurality of cover panels; and

    a lacing;

    wherein the plurality of cover panels includes at least one top panel that contacts the lacing and includes at least one bottom panel that does not contact the lacing;

    wherein the at least one bottom panel includes at least one grip zone defined by an interior area bound by a perimeter, wherein the entire interior area and the perimeter of the grip zone are formed from stitches created by a thread interwoven into the cover panel, both the interior area and the perimeter of the grip zone having a static coefficient of friction greater than a static coefficient of friction of an outer surface of the cover panel, when measured according to ASTM D1894 using the pebbled side of a Pattern 62 glass as the test surface; and

    wherein the at least one top panel does not include such a grip zone;

    wherein the at least one grip zone has an annular shape or a trapezoidal shape.

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