Patent 12059601 was granted and assigned to Adidas on August, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An inflatable ball (such as a soccer ball) may have an outer shell comprising panels. The panels may include at least one surface texture. At least a subset of the panels may include indentations in addition to the surface texture. The indentations may include a shape which is different from a shape of the surface texture.