US4653758A
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Golf ball
Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corp
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Filing: 1985-08-22
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Granted: 1987-03-31
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Expires: 2005-08-22
Abstract
Abstract A golf ball is formed by a special method and molds so that its cover, which is formed from a pair of hemispherical cover blanks that are moldingly fused into a unitary golf ball cover, has the fused junction of the cover blanks and the molding flash produced by the molding operation extending around the golf ball in a wave form configuration. The golf ball dimple pattern includes a circular array of dimples located in the area of the molding flash which is alternately disposed on opposite sides of the circular dimple array and this allows various uninterrupted dimple patterns to be provided on the golf ball for improved dimple symmetry and flight stability. Preferred dimple patterns are provided on the golf ball so as to subdivide the surface of the cover into an uninterrupted geodesic spherical configuration defining a plurality of equilateral spherical polygons each of which contains an identical number and array of dimples.
Inventors
- 👤 Karsten Solheim
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 23:53
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B37/00; A63B37/0003; A63B37/0004; A63B37/0006; A63B37/007; A63B37/0072; A63B37/0073; A63B37/0074; A63B45/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A golf ball comprising: (a) a spherical golf ball center; (b) an outer cover encapsulating said golf ball center, said cover being formed from a pair of cover blanks which are fused together to provide said cover with a fused junction which extends around said golf ball center in a path which alternately varies from one side to the other of a great circle of said cover to provide an alternating array of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses; and (c) a plurality of dimples formed in said cover with some of said plurality of dimples being located in the alternating array of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses so as to be substantially coextensive relationship with said great circle of said cover.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A golf ball comprising: (a) a spherical golf ball center; (b) an outer cover encapsulating said golf ball center, said cover being formed from a pair of cover blanks which are fused together to provide said cover with a fused junction which extends around said golf ball center in a path which alternately varies from one side to the other of a great circle of said cover to provide an alternating array of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses; and (c) a plurality of dimples formed in said cover with some of said plurality of dimples being located in the alternating array of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses so as to be substantially coextensive relationship with said great circle of said cover.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 1 wherein the alternatingly varying path of said fused junction is symmetrical with respect to great circle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 1 wherein the alternatingly varying path of said fused junction is of curvilinear configuration so as to avoid intersection with any of said plurality of dimples.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 1 wherein the alternatingly varying path of said fused junction is in the form of a series of linear lines arranged to avoid intersection with any of said plurality of dimples.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of said alternating array of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses is defined by a curved line portion of said fused junction.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
65 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of said alternating array of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses is defined by a portion of said fused junction having a linear bight portion which is spaced from and parallel with respect to said great circle and a pair of linear lines which extend from opposite ends of said bight portion across said great circle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 1 wherein said plurality of dimples are arranged in a pattern which subdivides said cover into a geodesic spherical array having a plurality of equilateral spherical polygons each of which contains an identical number and array of the dimples of said plurality of dimples.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
122 words
A golf ball comprising: (a) a spherical center; (b) an outer cover of spherical configuration encapsulatingly molded on said center, said cover being formed of a pair of cover blanks which are fused together to provide a fused junction from which molding flash extends, said molding flash being disposed around said cover in a path which alternately varies from one side to the other of a great circle of said cover so as to define an alternating series of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses; and (c) a plurality of dimples formed in said cover some of which are located in the alternating series of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses so as to be substantially coextensive with said great circle of said cover.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
122 words
A golf ball comprising: (a) a spherical center; (b) an outer cover of spherical configuration encapsulatingly molded on said center, said cover being formed of a pair of cover blanks which are fused together to provide a fused junction from which molding flash extends, said molding flash being disposed around said cover in a path which alternately varies from one side to the other of a great circle of said cover so as to define an alternating series of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses; and (c) a plurality of dimples formed in said cover some of which are located in the alternating series of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses so as to be substantially coextensive with said great circle of said cover.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 8 wherein said extending molding flash alternatingly varies in a path which is symmetrical with respect to the great circle of said cover.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 8 wherein said extending molding flash alternatingly varies in a path of curvilinear configuration so as to avoid intersection with any of said plurality of dimples.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 8 wherein said extending molding flash alternatingly varies in a path formed of an endless series of linear lines arranged to avoid intersection with any of said plurality of dimples.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 8 wherein each of said alternating array of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses is defined by a segment of said extending molding flash which is of curved configuration.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
75 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 8 wherein each of said alternating array of oppositely extending protrusions and recesses is defined by a segment of said molding flash which includes a linear bight portion that is spaced from and parallel with respect to said great circle of said cover and also includes a pair of linear line portions which extend from opposite ends of said bight portion across said great circle of said cover.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
44 words
A golf ball as claimed in claim 8 wherein said plurality of dimples are arranged in a pattern which subdivides said cover into a plurality of geodesic spherical polygons each containing an identical number and array of the dimples of said plurality of dimples.
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