ELECTRONIC COMPONENT ENCLOSURE FOR AN INFLATED OBJECT
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Abstract
This document provides methods and materials for securely retaining electronic components within an inflatable object. For example, basketballs having a boot structure for securely retaining one or more electronic components (e.g., a sensor and/or a battery) within the basketball are provided.
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44 Claims
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1-29. -29. (canceled)
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30. A standard full-size or mid-size basketball comprising:
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(a) an inner compartment to be inflated with air, (b) an inflation valve for allowing inflation of said inner compartment with air, (c) a pocket compartment comprising an extending lip portion and a main body portion and defining an inner cavity configured to house a battery and motion sensors selected from the group consisting of accelerometers, angular rate gyros, and magnetometers, wherein said pocket compartment is positioned within said basketball off-set from the center of said basketball, wherein an inner surface of said pocket compartment comprises a groove located beneath said extending lip portion and configured to receive a flared structure of a removable capping component, wherein air inflated into said inner compartment is isolated from said inner cavity of said pocket compartment, (d) said battery located within said inner cavity, (e) said motion sensors located within said inner cavity, and (f) said removable capping structure located within said inner cavity with said flared structure mated with said groove. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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