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Ball incorporating element for cracking cover

  • US 8,986,137 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2012
  • Issued: 03/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A golf ball, comprising:

  • a core;

    a cover disposed radially outwardly of the core; and

    at least one cracking element positioned within the ball capable of creating at least one discontinuity on the cover when the cracking element is stimulated by an external stimulus,wherein the cracking element includes a first material embedded within the ball and a second material embedded within the ball,wherein the first material is separated from the second material by a physical barrier until the ball is impacted with sufficient force to remove the physical barrier, andwherein the first material and the second material chemically react to create a gas when the physical barrier is removed.

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