Golf ball

• US 5,738,597 A
• Filed: 01/10/1997
• Issued: 04/14/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: American Sports Licensing Incorporated (Dick's Sporting Goods Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Lisco Incorporated
• Inventors: Sullivan, Michael J., Binette, Mark, Nesbitt, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US08/782,199
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 473/377, 473/378
• US Class Current: 473/377
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0003 Golf balls
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0023 Covers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0031 Hardness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/0033 Thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 37/008 Diameter

Abstract

A golf ball of improved playing characteristics weighing no more than 1.62 ounces and having a core and cover, a mean outside diameter of between 1.73 inches and 1.75 inches, a cover thickness of 0.125 inches or greater and a cover hardness of Shore D60 or greater.

Claims

1. A golf ball of improved playing characteristics comprising

a core and an outer cover;

said cover having a hardness of Shore D60 or greater;

said cover having a thickness of 0.125 inches or greater; and

the outside diameter of said ball having a diameter between 1.73 and 1.75 inches.

2. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein said cover has a hardness of between Shore D60 and Shore D80 and said cover has a thickness of between 0.125 and 0.150 inches.

3. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein said cover hardness is between Shore D65 and Shore D75.

4. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein said cover hardness is between Shore D65 and Shore D 70.

5. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein said cover has a thickness between 0.125 and 0.184 inches.

6. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein said cover has a thickness of substantially 0.135 inches.

7. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the outer diameter of said ball is substantially 1.74 inches.

8. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the weight of the ball is no greater than 1.62 ounces.