摘要 |
A safety game ball (21) with a cloth cover (23) having a flat stitched seam (31) and method of manufacturing the same. The safety game ball (21) includes a spherical core (22) formed of an elastically-deformable material, a flexible cloth cover (23) mounted over and enclosing the core (22) and having cover edges (28, 29) juxtaposed along a circumferentially-extending butt seam (31). An edge binding assembly (32) including a cloth-edge reinforcing strip (33) and a plurality of binding stitches (34) closely proximate to each of the edges (28, 29) is provided, and a plurality of seam stitches (36, 36a) extend from a position (37) inwardly of the edge binding assembly (32) on one side of the seam (31) to a position (38) inwardly of the edge binding assembly (32) on the other side of the seam (31).
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