Patents Assigned to Russell Asset Management, Inc.
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Patent number: 8128523Abstract: A sportsball, such as a football, is preferentially constructed to enhance spiral rotation when thrown or kicked, allowing enhanced stability and distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2009Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignees: Russell Asset Management, Inc., SGG Patents LLCInventors: Ronald P. Laliberty, Michael W. Maziarz
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Publication number: 20100009790Abstract: The present development is directed to sports balls or game balls and to methods for producing the same. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to inflatable sports balls or game balls, such as basketballs, having a unique rib or seam configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicants: Russell Asset Management, Inc., SGG Patents LLCInventor: Michael W. Maziarz
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Publication number: 20090286632Abstract: A sportsball, such as a football, is preferentially constructed to enhance spiral rotation when thrown or kicked, allowing enhanced stability and distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicants: RUSSELL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., SGG PATENTS LLCInventors: Ronald P. Laliberty, Michael W. Maziarz
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Publication number: 20090093327Abstract: Inflatable sportsballs such as volleyballs, soccer balls, basketballs, and footballs are disclosed having various volume/weight, surface area/weight, and or cover layer/carcass thickness ratios. Such sportsballs are particularly suitable for youth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicants: RUSSELL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., SGG PATENTS LLCInventors: Michael W. Maziarz, Brian Kelly, Paul M. Sullivan
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Patent number: 7503861Abstract: The present development is directed to sportsballs or gameballs and to methods for producing the same. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to inflatable sportsballs or gameballs, such as basketballs, having a laminated construction, and to process for fabricating the same.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2005Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Russell Asset Management, Inc.Inventors: Louis Swiszcz, Ronald P. Laliberty
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Publication number: 20090069122Abstract: A method of making a game ball having a carcass comprising a foamed intermediate layer and a plurality of raised seams made from an outer layer is disclosed. The foamed intermediate layer may be formed from 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 from strips of seam material placed on the outer layer of the carcass.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicants: RUSSELL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., SGG PATENTS LLCInventor: Ronald P. Laliberty
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Publication number: 20070129185Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and apparatus for supporting a sports ball net, such as a volleyball net. The system includes a first support standard and a second support standard. The first support standard includes a main body, a net tensioning assembly secured to the body, and an adjustable lower support assembly secured to the body for removably securing the first support standard with a first floor support sleeve. A second support standard includes a main body and an adjustable lower support assembly secured to the body for removably securing the second support standard with the second floor support sleeve. The system further includes a net support line removably attached to the tensioning assembly of the first support standard and to the second support standard.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2006Publication date: June 7, 2007Applicants: Russell Asset Management, Inc., SGG Patents LLCInventors: Timothy Schank, John Trucano, Timothy Mobley, Neal Squibb
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Publication number: 20070129188Abstract: The present development is directed to footballs and to methods for producing the same. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to a technique for readily and inexpensively manufacturing a football. The technique utilizes one or more molding operations and the formation of simulated seams on the ball.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: June 7, 2007Applicants: Russell Asset Management, Inc., SGG Patents LLCInventors: Michael Maziarz, Ronald Laliberty
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Publication number: 20070105669Abstract: The present development is directed to sports balls or game balls and to methods for producing the same. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to inflatable sports balls or game balls, such as basketballs, having a unique rib or seam configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2005Publication date: May 10, 2007Applicants: Russell Asset Management, Inc., SGG Patents LLCInventor: Michael Maziarz
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Publication number: 20070060426Abstract: The use of a particular class of laminates and specifically including rubberized fabrics, is disclosed for use in an outer cover for sports balls. The use of such laminates significantly increases gripping characteristics of the resulting sports balls.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2005Publication date: March 15, 2007Applicants: Russell Asset Management, Inc., SGG Patents LLCInventors: Michael Maziarz, Ronald Laliberty
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Publication number: 20070049433Abstract: A game ball, such as a basketball, having non-intersecting channels or ribs is disclosed in various embodiments. Each channel forms a closed loop extending across the surface of the ball between a right side and a left side. Exemplary embodiments of the game ball have four, two, and one channel(s) and five, three and two panels, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2005Publication date: March 1, 2007Applicants: Russell Asset Management, Inc., SGG Patents LLCInventors: Ronald Laliberty, Michael Maziarz
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Publication number: 20070049434Abstract: A game ball, such as a basketball, having 2 to 7 panels defined by one or more non-intersecting channels is described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2005Publication date: March 1, 2007Applicants: Russell Asset Management, Inc., SGG Patents LLCInventors: Michael Maziarz, Ronald Laliberty
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Publication number: 20070032320Abstract: Disclosed are inflatable sports balls using a particular class of thermoplastic elastomers as an outer cover layer. The class of thermoplastic elastomers exhibit a particular combination of properties that result in the ball having excellent wet play characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2005Publication date: February 8, 2007Applicants: Russell Asset Management, Inc., SGG Patents LLCInventors: Ronald Laliberty, Michael Maziarz
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Publication number: 20060293132Abstract: Disclosed is an inflatable sports ball with a plurality of layers. The sports ball may have an exterior layer, a padded layer, and a bladder. The padded layer may be configured to provide increased grip and feel characteristics for the user. The padded layer can be formed from a foamed styrene butadiene rubber. This disclosure is intended to apply to inflatable footballs, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2005Publication date: December 28, 2006Applicants: Russell Asset Management, Inc., SGG Patents LLCInventors: Ronald Laliberty, Michael Maziarz
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Publication number: 20060154758Abstract: An inflatable sport ball, such as a basketball, a football, a soccer ball, a volleyball or a playground ball, is provided with a self-contained inflation mechanism, or multiple self-contained inflation mechanisms, for inflating or adding pressure to the ball and a pressure sensor and pressure indicator to indicate the internal pressure of the ball. The inflation mechanism is a pump which is positioned and retained inside of the ball and which is operable from outside of the ball to pump ambient air into the ball. The pressure indicator provides a numerical indication of the internal pressure of the ball as measured or determined by the pressure sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicants: Russell Asset Management, Inc., SGG Patents LLCInventors: Ronald Laliberty, Michael Maziarz
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Patent number: D526763Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Russell Asset Management, Inc.Inventors: Jody Tanner, Denise Maria Billings
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Patent number: D532841Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2006Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Russell Asset Management, Inc.Inventors: Ronald P. Laliberty, Michael W. Maziarz
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Patent number: D533911Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Russell Asset Management, Inc.Inventors: Ronald P. Laliberty, Michael W. Maziarz
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Patent number: D539858Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2006Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Russell Asset Management, Inc.Inventors: Ronald P. Laliberty, Michael W. Maziarz
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Patent number: D540408Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: Russell Asset Management, Inc.Inventors: Ronald P. Laliberty, Michael W. Maziarz