Patent ID: 8632430
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A substantially spherical game ball comprising: a plurality of first panels, each of the plurality of first panels having a plurality of curved first edges and a plurality of vertices, wherein at least one of the plurality of vertices is located at a first distance from a center of the first panel, and wherein at least one of the plurality of curved first edges has a radius of curvature greater than the first distance; a plurality of second panels, each of the plurality of second panels having second edges, at least one of the second edges having a non-linear configuration, the first panels and the second panels being connected to each other along abutting first edges and second edges, and the second panels being connected to each other along abutting second edges; and at least one third panel having a shape of two of the second panels, wherein a similarity in size between an area of each of the plurality of first panels and an area of each of the plurality of second panels is greater than in a configuration where the plurality of first panels and the plurality of second panels includes all linear edges.