ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,114, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Sports balls" was invented by Hans-Peter Nurnberg (Gutenstetten, Germany), Daniel Stephen Price (Herzogenaurach, Germany) and Henry Niles Hanson (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 extending below the surface layer, wherein the lattice structure comprises a plurality of lattice cells comprising radially extending elements. The lattice cells which are adjacent to t...