Patent ID: 7862458
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A substantially spherical game ball comprising: a plurality of substantially pentagonal panels, each of the substantially pentagonal panels having a total of five first edges, at least one of the five first edges having a non-linear configuration, wherein the first edges form a total of five first vertices; and a plurality of substantially hexagonal panels, each of the substantially hexagonal panels having a total of six second edges, at least one of the six second edges having a non-linear configuration, wherein the second edges form a total of six second vertices, the substantially pentagonal panels and the substantially hexagonal panels being connected along abutting first edges and second edges, and the substantially hexagonal panels being connected to each other along abutting second edges, and wherein a similarity in size between an area of each of the plurality of substantially hexagonal panels and an area of each of the plurality of substantially pentagonal panels is greater than in a configuration where each of the plurality of substantially hexagonal panels and the plurality of substantially pentagonal panels includes all linear edges.