Panel configuration for a game ball
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1. A substantially spherical game ball comprising:
- a plurality of pentagonal panels, each of the pentagonal panels having first edges, at least one of the first edges having a non-linear configuration; and
a plurality of hexagonal panels, each of the hexagonal panels having second edges, at least one of the second edges having a non-linear configuration,the pentagonal panels and the hexagonal panels being connected along abutting first edges and second edges, and the hexagonal panels being connected to each other along abutting second edges.
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Abstract
A game ball, which may be a soccer ball or a variety of other types of ball. The game ball includes a plurality of pentagonal panels, with each of the pentagonal panels having five convex edges. The game ball also includes a plurality of hexagonal panels, with each of the hexagonal panels having three substantially linear edges and three concave edges. The pentagonal panels and the hexagonal panels are connected along abutting concave edges and convex edges, and the hexagonal panels are connected each other along abutting linear edges.
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35 Claims
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1. A substantially spherical game ball comprising:
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a plurality of pentagonal panels, each of the pentagonal panels having first edges, at least one of the first edges having a non-linear configuration; and a plurality of hexagonal panels, each of the hexagonal panels having second edges, at least one of the second edges having a non-linear configuration, the pentagonal panels and the hexagonal panels being connected along abutting first edges and second edges, and the hexagonal panels being connected to each other along abutting second edges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A substantially spherical game ball comprising:
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a plurality of pentagonal panels, each of the pentagonal panels having five convex edges; and a plurality of hexagonal panels, each of the hexagonal panels having three substantially linear edges and three concave edges, the pentagonal panels and the hexagonal panels being connected along abutting concave edges and convex edges, and the hexagonal panels being connected each other along abutting linear edges. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A substantially spherical game ball comprising:
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a plurality of pentagonal panels, each of the pentagonal panels having five convex edges; a plurality of hexagonal panels, each of the hexagonal panels having three substantially linear edges and three concave edge, a length of a chord of each of the concave edges being greater than a length of the linear edges; and at least one bridged panel having a shape of two of the hexagonal panels, the pentagonal panels and the hexagonal panels being connected along abutting concave edges and convex edges, and the hexagonal panels being connected each other along abutting linear edges. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A substantially spherical game ball including a plurality of panels connected along abutting edges, the plurality of panels comprising:
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six bridge panels that include two hexagonal portions, each of the hexagonal portions having three concave edges and three substantially linear edges, the hexagonal portions being seamlessly joined along two of the one first edge of the first hexagonal portion and one first edge of the second hexagonal portion; eight hexagonal panels having three concave edges and three substantially linear edges; and twelve pentagonal panels having five convex edges. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A substantially spherical game ball having an outer cover formed substantially from a plurality of panels, the panels consisting of:
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twelve pentagonal panels having five convex edges; and twenty hexagonal panels having three concave edges and three substantially linear edges, the pentagonal panels and the hexagonal panels abutting each other such that the convex edges join with the concave edges and the linear edges join with each other. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A game ball comprising:
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a plurality of panels joined along abutting edges to form an exterior surface of the game ball, the panels including a pentagonal panel with at least one convex edge and a hexagonal panel with at least one concave edge; and an inflatable bladder located within the panels for enclosing a pressurized fluid, wherein a first force applied to a center of the pentagonal panel causes a deflection of the center of the pentagonal panel, and a second force equal in magnitude to the first force and applied to a center of the hexagonal panel causes a deflection of the center of the hexagonal panel, the deflection of the center of the pentagonal panel being equal to the deflection of the center of the hexagonal panel. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A substantially spherical game ball comprising:
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a plurality of substantially circular panels having first edges; and a plurality of hexagonal panels, each of the hexagonal panels having second edges, at least one of the second edges having a non-linear configuration, the circular panels and the hexagonal panels being connected along abutting first edges and second edges, and the hexagonal panels being connected to each other along abutting second edges. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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