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Basketball having a carcass with seam areas

  • US 6,406,389 B1
  • Filed: 01/03/2000
  • Issued: 06/18/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A laminated basketball, comprising:

  • a bladder;

    a winding layer around said bladder;

    a carcass with an inner face adjacent said winding layer and an outer face, said carcass including a plurality of curvilinearly extending channels each having an outwardly extending rib with sides and an exteriorly projecting face, said channels defining a plurality of panel areas, said carcass comprising an inner layer with a greater thickness in said panel areas tapering to a lesser thickness in said channels and an outer layer with a substantially equal thickness except where said rib defines a greater thickness; and

    a plurality of panels each laminated to the outer face of said carcass in one said panel area.

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