Abstract
A sport ball including a bladder enclosing a volume of gas. The sport ball further includes a casing including a casted material, wherein the casing encloses the bladder.
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What happened
In September 2026 Nike patented a gas-filled ball with a cast-material outer casing for use in sports and physical training.
Source
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- Patent grant
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- Grant date
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- George S. Kim
- Tech area
- fitness equipment
- Patent number
- US12746437
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From the Signal API recordPeople
- George S. KimInventor
Details
- Primary CPC class
- A63B 41/02 (Apparatus for physical training, gymnastics, ball games, training equipment)
- USPTO assignee
- NIKE, INC.
- What the invention does
- A sport ball that keeps an air-filled bladder inside a molded outer shell.
Topics and mentions
Tags
- Intellectual Property
- Research & Development
- Consumer Technology
Technologies named
- sporting goods
- inflatable bladder
- cast materials
Extraction
- Detected
- Sep 30, 2026
- signal_type
patents-company- signal_subtype
patentGrant
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