Sports ball

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8801553
APP PUB NO 20120004058A1
SERIAL NO

13134719

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There is provided a sports ball capable of relieving the pain of the hands suffered from impact on the ball and having a soft feel and high flexibility. The sports ball comprises a spherical hollow rubber bladder (2) inflated with air injected into it, a fabric tape reinforcement layer (3) formed by winding a narrow adhesive-impregnated fabric tape (7) around a central spherical portion (6) of the rubber bladder about each of three axes of the rubber bladder with the exception of opposite spherical end portions (5) of the rubber bladder, whereby the fabric tape reinforcement layer is formed as orthogonal lap windings of the fabric tape over substantially all of the spherical surface of the rubber bladder, to provide a fabric tape wound ball core, and surface panels (4) adhered with adhesive to the fabric tape reinforcement layer on the rubber bladder, after vulcanization and forming of the fabric tape wound ball core.

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MIKASA CORPORATION11-2 3-CHOME KUSUNOKI-CHO NISHI-KU HIROSHIMA-SHI HIROSHIMA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujikura, Takashi Hiroshima, JP 54 383
Kobayashi, Osamu Hiroshima, JP 244 3880
Matsuno, Shuzo Hiroshima, JP 4 58

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