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Method of making sport ball with indented casing

  • US 9,468,815 B2
  • Filed: 06/19/2013
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of manufacturing a sport ball, the method comprising:

  • providing a plurality of panels, wherein each of the plurality of panels includes;

    (a) a first layer formed from a polymer material;

    (b) a second layer formed from a polymer foam material and positioned adjacent to the first layer;

    (c) a third layer formed from a textile material and positioned adjacent to the second layer;

    a central portion; and

    a plurality of edge areas spaced apart from the central portion;

    orienting the first layer to form a portion of an exterior surface of the sport ball;

    compressing and heating an area of one of the panels to soften a portion of the polymer foam material, bond the first layer to the third layer, and define a first one of a plurality of indentations in the exterior surface;

    wherein the first one of the plurality of indentations is spaced apart from the plurality of edge areas; and

    joining the plurality of edge areas of the one of the plurality of panels to the plurality of edge areas of another one of the plurality of panels.

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