American football incorporating boundary layer trip mechanisms to reduce aerodynamic drag

RT Thurman, KL Krysiak - US Patent 9,452,322, 2016 - Google Patents
A football having a prolate spheroidal shape including longitudinally spaced apart first and
second ends. The football is capable of being analyzed under computational fluid dynamics …

Sports ball

SR Berggren, MJ Deaton - US Patent 10,207,158, 2019 - Google Patents
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Non-inflatable sports balls

HP Nürnberg, DS Price, HN Hanson - US Patent 10,850,165, 2020 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to sports balls. A sports ball comprises a surface layer
comprising a plurality of panels. The sports ball further comprises a lattice structure …

Sports ball

SR Berggren, MJ Deaton - US Patent 10,350,460, 2019 - Google Patents
A sports ball having a cover with an outer substrate surface is provided. The cover includes
a plurality of raised lenticular features each having a terminus and a plurality of land areas …

Volleyball cover

H Tompkins - US Patent 9,272,190, 2016 - Google Patents
A volleyball cover is made of six equal panel sections. Each panel section is divided into two
cover panels, making a total of twelve cover panels on the volleyball. Each cover panel has …

Gym ball

SHJ Chang - US Patent App. 29/624,343, 2019 - Google Patents
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ball Download PDF Info Publication number USD838790S1 USD838790S1 US29/624,343 …

Sportsball with Sculptural Ball Surface

TM Ou - US Patent App. 15/384,264, 2018 - Google Patents
A sportsball includes a ball body having a valve stem formed thereat, a plurality of cover
panels overlappedly coupled on the ball body to form a ball carcass for enclosing the ball …

Pebble cover for a sports ball

H Tompkins - US Patent 9,480,884, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A leather-based cover material for an inflatable sports ball that consists of a
composite of a thin external layer, a filler, and an internal liner. The thin external layer is …

Sports ball

D Campbell - US Patent 10,376,749, 2019 - Google Patents
A sports ball comprises a plurality of interlocking panels covered by an outer layer. Each of
the interlocking panels includes a plurality of recesses. The outer layer includes a plurality of …

Round Ball, such as a Soccer Ball, having a Pattern of Fins to Resist Rolling

VC Walling, S Pye - US Patent App. 12/849,196, 2011 - Google Patents
A ball with high aerodynamic drag and with the ability to rapidly come to a stop when rolling
on a flat or a slight inclined surface is disclosed herein. The ball has an arrangement of fins …