ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,333, issued on Aug. 5.
"Weighted soccer training ball" was invented by Esteban Ruben Hernandez Taboada (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a soccer training ball with an outer covering of ball that consists of a plurality of panels disposed between two opposing apex panels. The plurality of panels encircles the spherical ball each panel substantially extending the diameter of the spherical ball between the outer peripheral edge of the pair of opposing apex panels. The opposing apex members are preferably polygonal shape."
The patent was filed on July 29, 2020, under Application No. 16/942,761.
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