Lisco, Inc.

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Spalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc.

Donald J Bunger

Joseph F Stiefel

A golf ball having a dimple-free equatorial line dividing the golf ball into two hemispheres;

Golf ball

A dimple configuration for the surface of a golf ball is provided by selecting a fixed number of dimples, placing said dimples on a model of the ball in random, helter-skelter locations on one selected section without regard to the other dimples present, and identifying each dimple and the adjacent dimples which overlap it. For each dimple so identified, the aggregate component of overlap in the longitudinal and latitudinal directions is determined, the center of each dimple is relocated so as to minimize overlap, and the steps of identifying, determining, and relocating are repeated for each dimple until the aggregate overlap is reduced to a predetermined amount. The resultant ball provides a random dimple configuration which has no repeating patterns within the sections.

Golf ball dimple configuration process

Golf ball dimple pattern

A golf ball is provided having a dimpled surface, the configuration of the dimples comprising a dimple-free equatorial line on the ball dividing the ball into two hemispheres, with each hemisphere having substantially identical dimple patterns. The dimple pattern of each hemisphere comprises a first plurality of dimples extending in at least two spaced clockwise arcs between the pole and the equator of each hemisphere, a second plurality of dimples extending in at least two spaced counterclockwise arcs between the pole and the equator of each hemisphere, and a third plurality of dimples substantially filling the surface area between the first and second plurality of dimples.

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Waterbury, CT, United States of America

Donald J Bunger