Patent ID: 9539471
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A63B,B29C

Claim:
1. A spherical compressible ball having an RFID tag, the ball comprising, an RFID integrated circuit that includes a memory configured to store at least one unique identifier; an encapsulating material that encapsulates the RFID integrated circuit to form an encapsulated RFID integrated circuit; a plurality of RFID contact pads that are electrically coupled to the encapsulated RFID integrated circuit; a wire that is electrically coupled to one of the plurality of RFID contact pads; a plurality of stranded wires that is electrically coupled to the wire, the wire having a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the plurality of stranded wires; a molded compressible core that includes a molded impression configured to receive the encapsulated RFID integrated circuit and the plurality of stranded wires; and a molded shell that further encapsulates the molded compressible core.