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SPORT BALL CASING AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE CASING

  • US 20170080639A1
  • Filed: 12/01/2016
  • Published: 03/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of making a spherical sport ball, the method comprising:

  • forming a casing having a first substantially hemispherical panel component and a second substantially hemispherical panel component;

    wherein the first substantially hemispherical panel component is a first unitary structure and has;

    a first central panel;

    a first plurality of polygonal peripheral panels adjacent to the first central panel and having a first plurality of edges; and

    a plurality of flange areas extending from the first plurality of edges;

    wherein the second substantially hemispherical panel component is a second unitary structure and has;

    a second central panel; and

    a second plurality of polygonal peripheral panels adjacent to the second central panel; and

    joining together the first substantially hemispherical panel component and the second substantially hemispherical panel component at a non-linear, circumferential seam between the first plurality of polygonal peripheral panels and the second plurality of polygonal peripheral panels; and

    forming a vertex between adjacent ones of the plurality of flange areas.

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