Golf ball

• US 5,503,397 A
• Filed: 12/22/1993
• Issued: 04/02/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
• Original Assignee: Lisco Incorporated
• Inventors: Nesbitt, R. Dennis, Melvin, Terence, Stiefel, Joseph F., Molitor, Robert P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US08/171,956
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• Field of Search: 273/232, 273/230, 273/235 R, 273/62, 273/220
• US Class Current: 473/377
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0003 Golf balls
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0004 Surface depressions or protrusions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0019 Specified dimple depth
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/002 Specified dimple diameter
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/008 Diameter
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 273/20 Weighted balls
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 273/22 Ionomer

Abstract

A golf ball of improved playing characteristics weighing no more than 1.62 ounces and having a mean outside diameter of at least 1.70 inches. A dimple pattern on the surface of the ball may include a plurality of dimples whch have different diameters. The dimples cover at least 70% of the surface of the ball. The ball has a core diameter of substantially 1.545 inches and a cover thickness of substantially 0.086 inch.

Claims

1. A two-piece golf ball of improved playing characteristics comprising

a core having a diameter C of substantially 1.545 inches;

a cover having a thickness T of substantially 0,086 inch;

said ball having a weight no greater than 1.62 ounces;

a dimple pattern comprising a plurality of dimples on the surface of said ball;

said dimple pattern covering at least 70.0% of the surface of said ball.

2. A golf ball of improved playing characteristics comprising

a core having a diameter C;

a cover about said core, said cover having a thickness T, said ball including said core and said cover having an outer diameter D, said diameter D being greater than 1.70 inches;

a dimple pattern comprising a plurality of dimples on the surface of said ball;

said dimple pattern covering at least 70% of the surface of said ball.