Multiple dimple golf ball

• US 4,804,189 A
• Filed: 04/27/1987
• Issued: 02/14/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1983
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Gobush, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US07/043,218
• Time in Patent Office: 659 Days
• Field of Search: 273/232
• US Class Current: 473/384
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0004 Surface depressions or protrusions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/00065 located around the pole or the equator
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0018 Specified number of dimples
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/002 Specified dimple diameter
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0021 Occupation ratio, i.e. percentage surface occupied by dimples

Abstract

The multiple dimpled golf ball has 78% or more of its surface covered with dimples. For a golf ball with a total of 324 dimples, 124 dimples have a diameter of 0.157 inches and 200 dimples have a diameter of 0.17 inches. For a golf ball with a total of 384 dimples, there are two configurations: (a) 144 dimples have a diameter of 0.14 inches and 240 dimples have a diameter of 0.16 inches; or (b) 66 dimples have a diameter of 0.13 inches and 318 dimples have a diameter of 0.16 inches. For a golf ball with a total of 414 dimples, 144 dimples have a diameter of 0.14 inches and 270 dimples have a diameter of 0.15 inches. For a golf ball with a total of 484 dimples, there are two configurations: (a) 174 dimples have a diameter of 0.13 inches and 310 dimples have a diameter of 0.14 inches; pr (b) 170 dimples have a diameter of 0.13 inches, 260 dimples have a diameter of 0.14 inches, and 50 dimples have a diameter of 0.15 inches. For a golf ball having 320 triangular dimples, equilateral, isosceles and triangles with unequal sides are employed.

Claims

1. A golf ball having 384 dimples, said 384 dimples being divided into only two sets of dimples comprising a first set of dimples wherein each dimple has a nominal dimple diameter of 0.140 inches and a second set of dimples wherein each dimple has a nominal dimple diameter of 0.160 inches.

2. The golf ball of claim 1 including an additional number of dimples to provide a total number of dimples of about 392.

3. A gold ball having 384 dimples, said 384 dimples being divided into only two sets of dimples comprising a first set of dimples wherein each dimple has a dimple diameter of 0.13 inches and a second set of dimples wherein each dimple has a nominal dimple diameter of 0.160 inches.

4. The golf ball of claim 3 including an additional number of dimples to provide a total number of dimples of about 392.

5. A golf ball having 384 dimples, said 384 dimples consisting of two sets of dimples, a first set of dimples wherein each dimple has an identical small dimple diameter and a set of dimples wherein each dimple has an identical large dimple diameter, said small dimple diameter being smaller than said large dimple diameter and said small dimple diameter having a nominal diameter of 0.13 inches.

6. The golf ball of claim 5 including an additional number of dimples to provide a total of 392 dimples.

7. A golf ball having 384 dimples, said 384 dimples consisting of two sets of dimples, a first set of dimples wherein each dimple has an identical small dimple diameter and a second set of dimples wherein each dimple has an identical large dimple diameter, said small dimple diameter being smaller than said large dimple diameter, said small dimple diameter having a nominal diameter of 0.140 inches.

8. The golf ball of claim 7 including an additional number of dimples to provide a total of 392 dimples.