Golf ball container

• US 20060060489A1
• Filed: 09/14/2005
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Inventors: Ohira, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 7,482,045 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/459.500
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2203/02 Labels
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/4233 Cards, coupons, labels or the like formed separately from the container or lid
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/13 Hollow or container type article [e.g., tube, vase, etc.]

Abstract

A golf ball container having a transparent film-covered label on the exterior is obtained by using an inkjet printer to print a left-right reversed image of the label onto an ink-receiving layer on one side of the transparent film, then bonding the ink-receiving layer side of the film to the outside face of a golf ball container body. A label which includes personalized lettering or a design of limited demand can be easily and rapidly printed onto the golf ball container body at a low cost to give a high-quality golf ball container.

Claims

1. A golf ball container comprising:

a container body having an outside face,

a label which includes lettering or a design and is situated on the outside face of the container body, and

a transparent film which covers the label;

the golf ball container being obtained by using an inkjet printer to print a left-right reversed image of a label which includes lettering or a design onto the ink-receiving layer of a transparent film having an ink-receiving layer on one side thereof, then bonding the ink-receiving layer side of the transparent film to the outside face of a container body so as to form the label on the container outside face while covering the label with the transparent film.

2. The container of claim 1 which is in the form of a box or tube made of a paper material.

3. The container of claim 1, wherein the inkjet printer uses a pigment ink.

4. The container of claim 1, wherein the ink-receiving layer is composed of at least one water-absorbing film.

5. The container of claim 4, wherein the ink-receiving layer has a polyethylene terephthalate base.

6. The container of claim 1 which is obtained by, after printing the reversed image of the label onto the ink-receiving layer side of the transparent film, affixing said side of the transparent film to one side of a transparent sheet that is adhesive on both sides and affixing the outside face of the container body to the other side of the transparent sheet so as to bond together the ink-receiving layer side of the transparent film and the outside face of the container body with the transparent sheet disposed therebetween.