Golf ball dimple pattern with overlapping dimples
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1. A body, comprising:
- an outer surface having radially symmetric dimples formed therein;
wherein at least some of said dimples overlap at least one adjacent dimple, and the body has an overlap saturation from approximately 40% to approximately 100%.
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Abstract
A golf ball product, or other non-streamlined body, having a dimple pattern in which at least some of the dimples overlap at least one adjacent dimple is disclosed. A new parameter called Overlap Saturation (OS) is disclosed. OS is the ratio of the number of overlap instances on a ball to the maximum possible number for an ideal hypothetical ball with the same number of dimples. Overlap instances are tallied by summing the number of overlapping neighbor dimples for every dimple. Golf ball products employing the disclosed dimple patterns have an increase in total yardage compared to an equivalent product without overlapping dimples.
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51 Claims
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1. A body, comprising:
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an outer surface having radially symmetric dimples formed therein;
wherein at least some of said dimples overlap at least one adjacent dimple, and the body has an overlap saturation from approximately 40% to approximately 100%. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 50)
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12. A golf ball product, comprising:
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an outer surface having dimples formed therein, a majority of said dimples overlapping at least one adjacent dimple;
wherein the golf ball product has an increase in total distance compared to an equivalent product without overlapping dimples; and
wherein the golf ball product has an overlap saturation from approximately 40% to approximately 100%. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 51)
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27. A body, comprising:
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an outer surface having radial symmetric dimples formed therein;
wherein a majority of said dimples overlap a plurality of adjacent ones of said dimples; and
wherein the body has an overlap saturation from approximately 40% to approximately 100%. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A golf ball product, comprising:
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an outer surface having dimples formed therein; and
a parting line;
wherein some of said dimples are aligned across said parting line and positioned to overlap across said parting line; and
wherein the golf ball product has an overlap saturation from approximately 40% to approximately 100%. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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