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Comba Ball With Magnus Effect

  • US 20090082144A1
  • Filed: 02/09/2006
  • Published: 03/26/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A ball or ball cover having a circumference with a first selected measurement (C′

  • ), comprising;

    a plurality of interconnected panels comprising first and second groups of panels which combine to form a sphere,said first group of panels defining at least two different surface areas of said ball or ball cover corresponding to polar hemispheres of said sphere;

    said second group of panels defining an area of said surface in the form of a circumferential band, with at least three undulations and disposed in the equatorial zone of said surface the said ball or ball cover, creating a separation between and joining said polar hemispheres defined by said first group of panels;

    whereby the width of said band is modified to improve the sphericity of the ball or ball cover and obtaining a ball of a selected second measurement (C).

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