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Self contained sport ball inflation mechanism

A sports ball, sports technology, applied in the field of sports balls

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-09-13
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Such a system works well, but is not ideal in situations where the sport ball needs to be inflated or increased pressure, and the inflation needle and / or air pump are not readily available

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[0019] Referring first to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, there is shown a portion of a sport ball 10 with an embodiment of the inflator chamber of the present invention therein. The ball shown is of a conventional basketball construction, which includes a casing 12, and the term "pipe" as used herein is meant to include all of the various layer structures on the sphere: for example, for retaining air. A rubber bladder 14, a layer 16 consisting of multiple wraps of nylon or polyester thread wrapped around the bladder, and an outer rubber layer 18. For a laminated sports ball, the outer casing also includes an additional outer layer 20 of leather or artificial leather, which includes a plurality of facings, which are attached by bonding, or by cooling molded and set. The windings are randomly oriented and have two or three layers thick, and these layers of windings make up a layer which cannot be stretched to any significant extent so that if the ball is inflated beyond its n...

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Abstract

An inflatable sport ball (10), such as a basketball, a football, a soccer ball, a volley ball or a playground ball, is provided with a self-contained inflation mechanism for inflating or more likely adding pressure to the ball. The mechanism is a self-contained, manually operable pumping chamber which is inside of the ball and which is operable from outside of the ball to compress the chamber and pump ambient air into the ball.

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[0001] This application claims priority to US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60 / 159,311, filed October 14,1999. technical field [0002] The present invention relates to a sport ball housing a mechanism for inflating or pressurizing the sport ball. Background technique [0003] Existing inflatable sports balls such as basketball, football, rugby, volleyball or playground ball are inflated using a conventional inflation valve using a separate inflation needle inserted through an automatic Sealed inflation valve. The inflation needle is connected to a separate air pump, such as a conventional bicycle air pump, and used to inflate the ball. The inflation needle is then withdrawn from the inflation valve, which is self-sealing to maintain pressure. Such systems work well, but are not ideal in situations where the sport ball needs to be inflated or increased pressure, an inflation needle and / or an air pump is not readily available. [0004] WO 93 / 11826 describes an ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): A63B37/00A63B41/00A63B41/08A63B41/12A63B43/00F04B33/00F16K15/14F16K15/20
CPCF04B33/00A63B41/00A63B41/12A63B43/00A63B2041/005A63B2243/0025F16K15/147F16K15/202
Inventor D·P·托海B·P·费尼J·E·斯塔尔N·T·阿蒙森L·F·波尔克三世J·J·沙赫特纳K·V·肖姆伯格G·D·斯蒂克斯R·F·特拉扎诺E·K·利特舍尔A·C·哈维M·E·泰勒P·M·德巴克R·C·赛克斯C·凯尼
Owner SGG PATENTS