Patent ID: 9254424
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A63B,B29C,B65B

Claim Text:
1. A sport ball comprising: a casing having an exterior surface facing outward from the sport ball and an opposite interior surface facing inward, the casing including a plurality of panels, the plurality of panels including a first panel having (a) an outer layer that defines a first indentation in the exterior surface of the casing, (b) an inner layer that defines a second indentation in the interior surface of the casing, and (c) a central layer, a majority of the outer layer of the first panel being spaced from the inner layer of the first panel by the central layer, and the outer layer of the first panel being secured to the inner layer of the first panel at the first indentation and the second indentation; and a bladder located within the casing; wherein the first panel has one or more peripheral edges joined to edges of adjacent panels of the casing to form one or more seams, each of the one or more seams projecting inward beyond portions of the first panel adjacent the one or more seams, the first indentation extending to at least one of the one or more peripheral edges; wherein a first portion of the first indentation is spaced from at least one of the one or more peripheral edges of the first panel; wherein a second portion of the first indentation extends to at least one of the one or more peripheral edges of the first panel; and wherein the first indentation and the second indentation each have a substantially squared cross-sectional configuration.