Patent ID: 11904213
Assignee: KRISTAFER WILKES
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A basketball defining a center point, the basketball comprising:
a carcass including a bladder and a plurality of grooves, wherein the bladder comprises an outer surface;
a cover assembly including a plurality of cover panels that are spaced apart by the plurality of grooves; and
each of the plurality of grooves comprising a bottom wall positioned between a first rib and a second rib,
wherein the first rib includes a first side wall coupled with the bottom wall, a first ridge coupled with the first side wall, a first upper wall coupled with the first ridge, and a first outer wall coupled between the first upper wall and the outer surface of the bladder, and wherein the second rib includes a second side wall coupled with the bottom wall, a second ridge coupled with the second side wall, a second upper wall coupled with the second ridge, and a second outer wall coupled between the second upper wall and the outer surface of the bladder,
wherein the basketball defines a first radius (R1) from the center point of the basketball to the outer surface of the bladder, a second radius (R2) from the center point of the basketball to the first or second ridge, and a third radius (R3) from the center point of the basketball to the bottom wall of the groove,
wherein a difference between the first radius and the third radius (R1-R3) is bigger than a difference between the second radius and the first radius (R2-R1),
wherein the first side wall of the first rib is angled outward from the bottom wall, the first upper wall is angled downward from the first ridge, and the first outer wall extends between the first upper wall and the outer surface of the bladder perpendicular to an entirety of the bottom wall, and
wherein the second side wall of the second rib is angled outward from the bottom wall, the second upper wall is angled downward from the second ridge, and the second outer wall extends between the second upper wall and the outer surface of the bladder perpendicular to an entirety of the bottom wall.