Patent ID: 8905876

Claim:
An inflatable American football having a major longitudinal dimension and a minor transverse dimension, the football configured for direct contact with a user's hands, the football comprising: a cover including a plurality of cover panels, the cover panels having an outer surface formed of a first material, at least one of the cover panels being formed of at least first, second and third sub-panels; and at least first and second flexible, transversely extending stripes, each of the stripes including side edges, one of the side edges of the first stripe being fixedly coupled to the first sub-panel and the other of the side edges of the first stripe being fixedly coupled to the second sub-panel, one of the side edges of the second stripe being fixedly coupled to the second sub-panel and the other of the side edges of the second stripe being fixedly coupled to the third sub-panel, the at least first and second stripes having an outer surface formed of a second material, the second material having a static coefficient of friction that is greater than the static coefficient of friction of the first material when measured in accordance with the standard test method for static coefficient of friction of ASTM D1894-01, the at least first and second stripes not fully overlapping the at least one cover panel, the second material being a non-hook and/or loop material.