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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
May. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Inventors:
Michael R. Madson, Easton, MA (US);
Emilia DaCosta, New Bedford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/12 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/0009 (2013.01); A63B 37/0016 (2013.01); A63B 37/0019 (2013.01); A63B 37/0012 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to golf balls having improved aesthetics and desirable aerodynamic properties due, at least in part, to the novel shape of the dimples on the surface thereof. In particular, the present invention is directed to a golf ball that includes at least a portion of its dimples having a shape obtained from the intersection of a prismatic polyhedron and the golf ball outer surface. The resulting curve of intersection represents the dimple perimeter and the intersecting portion of the surface of the prismatic polyhedron represents the dimple surface shape.