US4960282A
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Golf balls
Assignee: TaylorMade Golf Co Inc
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Filing: 1989-10-06
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Granted: 1990-10-02
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Expires: 2009-10-06
Abstract
Abstract A golf ball with a plurality of dimples in its spherical outer surface has at least 10% of said dimples so disposed relative to one another that any two adjacent dimples overlap. The minimum overlap width is greater than 0.02 inches (0.508 mm).
Inventors
- 👤 Michael Shaw
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 05:43
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B37/00; A63B37/0003; A63B37/0004; A63B37/0006; A63B37/0007; A63B37/0009; A63B37/0018; A63B37/002
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
61 words
A golf ball having in its spherical outer surface a plurality of dimples, wherein at least 10% of said dimples are so disposed relative to one another that any two of said dimples which are adjacent each other extend inside each other to form an overlapping region, the minimum width of said overlapping region being greater than 0.02 inches (0.508 mm).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
61 words
A golf ball having in its spherical outer surface a plurality of dimples, wherein at least 10% of said dimples are so disposed relative to one another that any two of said dimples which are adjacent each other extend inside each other to form an overlapping region, the minimum width of said overlapping region being greater than 0.02 inches (0.508 mm).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The golf ball of claim 1, wherein at least 20% of said dimples extend inside each other to form an overlapping region.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the minimum width of said overlapping region is greater than 0.025 inches (0.635 mm).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the minimum width of said overlapping region is greater than 0.03 inches (0.762 mm).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The golf ball of claim 1, wherein all said dimples are of equal diameter.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The golf ball of claim 1, wherein said dimples are of two or more different diameters and the width of said overlapping region is calculated on the diameter of the larger of any two of said overlapping dimples.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
59 words
The golf ball of claim 1, wherein said dimples are arranged in a repeating pattern over the whole spherical outer surface of said ball, said pattern being defined by projecting on to said spherical outer surface the edges of a regular polyhedron selected from the group consisting of a cube, an octahedron, a dodecahedron, an icosahedron and an icosidodecahedron.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The golf ball of claim 1, wherein said dimples are of circular plan view.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The golf ball of claim 8, wherein said dimples have a three-dimensional configuration selected from the group consisting of part-spherical, part-ellipsoid, conical and frusto-conical.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
The golf ball of claim 1, wherein said dimples are of non-circular plan view.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The golf ball of claim 10, wherein said dimples have a plan view selected from the group consisting of triangular, rectangular and polygonal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The golf ball of claim 11, wherein said dimples have a three-dimensional configuration selected from the group consisting of tetrahedral, parallelepiped and pyramidal.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US4877252A
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