US4880241A
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Golf ball
Assignee: Spalding and Evenflo Companies Inc
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Filing: 1988-04-22
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Granted: 1989-11-14
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Expires: 2008-04-22
Abstract
Abstract A dimpled configuration for a golf ball wherein, in the first embodiment, the dimples are arranged in a geometrical lattice configuration so as to form a perfect icosahedral pattern which inlcudes twenty indentical triangles with a predetermined number of dimples lying along the lines forming the lattice. These dimples are a first diameter, while the dimples within the lattices are of a second diameter greater than the first diameter. In the second embodiment, the five adjacent triangles having common polar vertices are retained on either side of the equatorial line of the ball. Five smaller triangles on either side of the equator include vertices common with each adjacent set of the five triangles, with the legs opposite such vertices being substantially parallel with but terminating short of the equatorial line of the ball. The legs parallel with the equator extend about the ball so as to form five trapezoids which have common sides with the alternate with the five small triangles. In the preferred embodiment, the edge radius of the dimples is greater than the standard edge radius.
Inventors
- 👤 Terrence Melvin
- 👤 R. Dennis Nesbitt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 18:13
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B37/00; A63B37/0003; A63B37/0004; A63B37/0006; A63B37/00065; A63B37/0012; A63B37/0019; A63B37/002
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A golf ball having two poles and an equator and having a preselected number of diplomas arranged in a geometrical lattice configuration, said configuration comprising a first plurality of dimples having a predetermined diameter, D1, lying along the lattice lines of said configuration, said diameter, D1, being between 0.150 and 0.160 inch; a second plurality of dimples lying within said geometrical lattice, substantially all of said second plurality of dimples having a predetermined diameter, D2 between 0.160 and 0.170 inch; and the edge radius, R, of said first and second plurality of dimples being between 0.090 and 0.110 inch.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A golf ball having two poles and an equator and having a preselected number of diplomas arranged in a geometrical lattice configuration, said configuration comprising a first plurality of dimples having a predetermined diameter, D1, lying along the lattice lines of said configuration, said diameter, D1, being between 0.150 and 0.160 inch; a second plurality of dimples lying within said geometrical lattice, substantially all of said second plurality of dimples having a predetermined diameter, D2 between 0.160 and 0.170 inch; and the edge radius, R, of said first and second plurality of dimples being between 0.090 and 0.110 inch.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The golf ball of claim 1 wherein said first plurality of dimples have a diameter of substantially 0.154 and said second plurality of dimples have a diameter of substantially 0.167.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The golf ball of claim 1 wherein the edge radius of said first plurality of dimples is substantially 0.090 and the edge diameter of said second plurality of dimples is substantially 0.100.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The golf ball of claim 1 wherein the preselected number of dimples is 332, comprising 162 of said first plurality of dimples and 170 of said second plurality of dimples.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
206 words
A golf ball having two poles and an equator and having a preselected number of dimples arranged in a geometrical lattice configuration based upon a modified icosahedral lattice, said lattice comprising a first plurality of adjacent triangles on either side of the equator of the ball, with the vertices of each of said adjacent triangles being located at each pole of said ball; a second plurality of triangles smaller than said first plurality of triangles equally spaced on either side of the equator of the ball, said second plurality of triangles having vertices common with each adjacent set of said first plurality of triangles, with the legs extending from said vertices terminating at the equator of the ball so as to form trapezoids having common sides with and alternating with said second plurality of triangles; a first plurality of dimples along the lines forming the lattice except at the equator, said dimples along said lattice lines having a diameter between 0.150 inch and 0.160 inch; a second plurality of dimples within said lattice, substantially all of said dimples within said lattice having a diameter between 0.160 inch and 0.170 inch; and the edge radius of all of said dimples being between 0.090 inch and 0.110 inch.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
206 words
A golf ball having two poles and an equator and having a preselected number of dimples arranged in a geometrical lattice configuration based upon a modified icosahedral lattice, said lattice comprising a first plurality of adjacent triangles on either side of the equator of the ball, with the vertices of each of said adjacent triangles being located at each pole of said ball; a second plurality of triangles smaller than said first plurality of triangles equally spaced on either side of the equator of the ball, said second plurality of triangles having vertices common with each adjacent set of said first plurality of triangles, with the legs extending from said vertices terminating at the equator of the ball so as to form trapezoids having common sides with and alternating with said second plurality of triangles; a first plurality of dimples along the lines forming the lattice except at the equator, said dimples along said lattice lines having a diameter between 0.150 inch and 0.160 inch; a second plurality of dimples within said lattice, substantially all of said dimples within said lattice having a diameter between 0.160 inch and 0.170 inch; and the edge radius of all of said dimples being between 0.090 inch and 0.110 inch.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The golf ball of claim 5 wherein said first plurality of dimples have a diameter of substantially 0.154 and said second plurality of dimples have a diameter of substantially 0.167.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The golf ball of claim 5 wherein the edge radius of said first plurality of dimples is substantially 0.090 and the edge diameter of said second plurality of dimples is substantially 0.100.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The golf ball of claim 5 wherein the preselected number of dimples is 332, comprising 162 of said first plurality of dimples and 170 of said second plurality of dimples.
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