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

Claim 0:
1. A basketball, comprising:
a carcass including a plurality of recesses disposed between a plurality of grooves;
a cover assembly including a plurality of cover panels positioned within the recesses; and
each of the plurality of grooves comprising a central channel, wherein the central channel is defined by a bottom wall having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a first side wall having a first end coupled with the first end of the bottom wall and a second end opposite the first end, and a second side wall having a first end coupled with the second end of the bottom wall and a second end opposite the first end, and wherein the first and second side walls are substantially planar,
wherein each of the plurality of grooves includes a first ridge having a first end coupled with the second end of the first side wall and a second end opposite the first end, a second ridge having a first end coupled with the second end of the second side wall and a second end opposite the first end, a first upper wall having a first end coupled with the second end of the first ridge and a second end opposite the first end, a second upper wall having a first end coupled with the second end of the second ridge and a second end opposite the first end, a first outer wall having a first end coupled with the second end of the first upper wall and a second end opposite the first end, and a second outer wall having a first end coupled with the second end of the second upper wall and a second end opposite the first end,
wherein the central channel defines a channel depth of between about 3 mm and about 4 mm,
wherein each of the plurality of grooves defines a ridge distance of between about 10 mm and about 12 mm,
wherein an entirety of the bottom wall is substantially flat, the first side wall extends upwardly away from the first end of the bottom wall at an obtuse angle relative to the bottom wall, and the second side wall extends upwardly away from the second end of the bottom wall at the obtuse angle relative to the bottom wall,
wherein the first upper wall extends downwardly away from the second end of the first ridge toward the carcass, and the second upper wall extends downwardly away from the second end of the second ridge toward the carcass, and
wherein the first outer wall extends downwardly away from the second end of the first upper wall substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall, and the second outer wall extends downwardly away from the second end of the second upper wall substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall.