Patent ID: 7462119
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A spheroidal game ball, comprising: an inflatable bladder; a first plurality of panels of a first color, each panel in the first plurality having two opposing sides about a major axis, each side having an interior portion with a concave shape with respect to the major axis and two end portions separated by the interior portion and having a convex shape with respect to the major axis, corresponding end portions of the two opposing sides meeting at an apex on the major axis; and a second plurality of panels of a second color different than the first color, the panels in the second plurality including a first subset having a first shape and a second subset having a second shape; wherein the panels are stitched together to cover the bladder forming a substantially spherical surface, and when so stitched, the center of each panel in the first plurality is equidistant from the center of each other panel in the first plurality on the spherical surface, and each panel in the first plurality is separated from all other panels in the first plurality by at least one panel in the second plurality, wherein the first plurality of panels comprises four panels including a first and a second pair, the panels in the first pair having a first shape and being substantially the same size, and the panels in the second pair having a second shape different than the first shape and being substantially the same size, and wherein at least one panel in the second plurality has a textured surface and at least one panel in the first plurality has a substantially smooth surface.