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Ball, in particular a soccer ball, and method of manufacturing a ball

  • US 10,376,750 B2
  • Filed: 03/08/2016
  • Issued: 08/13/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of manufacturing a ball, the method comprising:

  • providing a shell;

    providing a plurality of panels and arranging the plurality of panels in a mold;

    arranging the plurality of panels on the shell by moving the plurality of panels toward the shell via the mold so that there is a gap between two adjacent panels with the shell visible through the gap and so that slits are formed between the plurality of panels and the shell; and

    after the plurality of panels are arranged, filling the gap at least partly with a filling material by injecting the filling material into the gap between the two adjacent panels and the slits between the plurality of panels and the shell so that the filling material completely covers an outside of the shell inside the gap,wherein the filling material is applied to the ball as a liquid.

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