Spherical Patents (Class D21/713)
  • Patent number: 8303442
    Abstract: Sporting balls with enhanced visual acuity, casings for sporting balls with enhanced visual acuity, and methods for enhancing visual acuity of a soccer ball are described. In embodiments, the sporting ball has an exterior with a substantially spherical surface including a first pole opposing a second pole and an equator circumferentially intermediate the first pole and the second pole. Additionally, in embodiments a first exterior region of a first color may include a first hub section oriented at the first pole generally opposite a second hub section oriented at the second pole on the substantially spherical surface. The first hub section may have one or more first hub spokes extending spherically outwardly therefrom toward the equator, and the second hub section may have one or more second hub spokes extending spherically outwardly therefrom toward the equator. Further, in embodiments, the sporting ball may have a second exterior region of a second color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Smith, Alan W. Reichow, Karl Citek
  • Patent number: D656997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sergeant's Pet Care Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Levin, Gwendolyn Newsome, Song Dong
  • Patent number: D658243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Inventors: Michael A. Saber, Joseph A. Buescher
  • Patent number: D663368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: James E. Denner
  • Patent number: D663793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: G2 Lifestyles, LLC
    Inventor: Gasper Guarrasi
  • Patent number: D669946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventor: Naotaka Aogaki
  • Patent number: D672415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Inventors: Carlos Garcia, Nestor Miranda
  • Patent number: D672416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: USA Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Lien, Naseer Ahmed
  • Patent number: D673740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Canine Hardware Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle D. Burger, Mark J. Oblack, Mark D. Thinnes
  • Patent number: D675268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventor: Christopher Cranke
  • Patent number: D675679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kids II, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Soriano, Charles Mitchell
  • Patent number: D679351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Inventor: Ananth T. Reddy
  • Patent number: D683538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Universal Meditations IP, LLC
    Inventor: Marc Kossman
  • Patent number: D688760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventor: David E. Silverglate
  • Patent number: D686673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kids II, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Soriano, Charles Mitchell
  • Patent number: D690785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Inventor: David E. Silverglate
  • Patent number: D692074
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventors: Naotaka Aogaki, Kevin L. Krysiak
  • Patent number: D695371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hedeen International, LLC
    Inventor: Clemens V. Hedeen, Jr.
  • Patent number: D696737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Julia Otto
  • Patent number: D696738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Julia Otto
  • Patent number: D697150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Julia Otto, Raphael Curet
  • Patent number: D697566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Smith
  • Patent number: D698878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Shanghai Jilong Plastic Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang Ming Zhang, Lian Ping Gao, Jun You
  • Patent number: D700259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: USA Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis C. C. Lien
  • Patent number: D702301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Julia Otto
  • Patent number: D703765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Beatriz Montes, Mark Gerard Tebbe
  • Patent number: D703776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Russell Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Chunwei Jerry Hu
  • Patent number: D705368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Russell Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Chunwei Jerry Hu
  • Patent number: D706883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Hedeen International, LLC
    Inventor: Clemens V. Hedeen, Jr.
  • Patent number: D707764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventor: Pierre Deveaux
  • Patent number: D712988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Dustin J Sagedahl
  • Patent number: D715368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sergeant's Pet Care Products Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Levin, Gwendolyn Newsome, Song Dong
  • Patent number: D718821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Progenio AG
    Inventor: Jens W. Beyrich
  • Patent number: D718825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Exemplar Design, LLC
    Inventor: Adam L. Ross
  • Patent number: D725206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Inventor: Adam W. Johnston
  • Patent number: D727445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventor: Walter Viramontez
  • Patent number: D729890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Smith
  • Patent number: D730461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Adrian Charles Bennett
  • Patent number: D735280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Inventor: Matthew John O'Malley
  • Patent number: D741422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Pro Performance Sports, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Allen Keith Holland
  • Patent number: D741423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Pro Performance Sports, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Allen Keith Holland
  • Patent number: D748747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Pro Performance Sports, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Allen Keith Holland
  • Patent number: D752164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: NBA Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Rio, Christopher Arena, Sr.
  • Patent number: D768795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Inventor: Matthew John O'Malley
  • Patent number: D774150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: PRO PERFORMANCE SPORTS, LLC
    Inventors: Allen Keith Holland, Daniel John Wray
  • Patent number: D775288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Virberu L.L.C.
    Inventor: David J. Spiegler
  • Patent number: D779003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Smith
  • Patent number: D779604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
    Inventor: Anthony Lawlor
  • Patent number: D782753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Petsport USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Darin D. Eisenbarth
  • Patent number: D690377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventor: Christopher Cranke