摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To disclose a method of making a game ball having a carcass comprising a foamed intermediate layer and a plurality of raised seams made of an outer layer. <P>SOLUTION: The foamed intermediate layer may be formed of two sheets of foamed material. The sheets are shaped to have leaves that can be folded into the shape of a hemisphere with no gaps between adjacent leaves. The sheets are placed around a bladder, an outer layer is placed around the sheets, and the combination is heat-molded. The seams are not made of strips of seam material placed on the outer layer of the carcass. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT</p> |