Tracer golf ball

• US 4,564,199 A
• Filed: 01/30/1984
• Issued: 01/14/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Adams, James S.
• Original Assignee: Adams, James S.
• Inventors: Adams, James S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US06/575,195
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: 273/213, 273/219, 273/62, 273/214, 273/215, 273/216, 273/220, 273/230, 273/231
• US Class Current: 473/200
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/00 Balls with special arrangements

Abstract

This tracer golf ball enables its user to observe easily the roll and other characteristics that take place when the ball is in flight. Primarily, it includes a center chamber filled with a chemical smoke-producing agent, and the body of the ball also includes a membrane and sleeve combination, which serve as a release valve for chemical smoke, which will trail the ball in its flight, after it has been struck. The core of the ball also includes air chambers which enable the ball to float in water.

Claims

1. A tracer golf ball, comprising, in combination, a spherical outer wall having a dimpled outer skin, a rubber core inside said outer wall, a spherical opening in a center of said core, a thin membrane lining said opening, a smoke producing chemical agent surrounded by said membrane, a radially extending opening through said wall extending from said membrane to an outer surface of said skin, perforations in said membrane for easy rupture of said membrane when said ball is being struck, for outward escape of said chemical agent, and a plurality of flotation air chambers contained in said core.