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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hirotaka Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;
Masanobu Kuwahara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/06 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/00495 (2020.08); A63B 37/0004 (2013.01); A63B 37/0039 (2013.01); A63B 37/00223 (2020.08); A63B 37/00376 (2020.08);
Abstract
A golf ball of the present disclosure includes an inner ball and a cover layer that covers the outer surface of the inner ball and includes an outer surface with dimples. The inner ball includes an inner layer, which includes an outer surface with a recess, and an inner film that covers only the surface of the recess on the outer surface of the inner layer. The inner layer and the inner film are different colors from each other, and the cover layer is transparent or semi-transparent. Peeling of the film can be suppressed in the golf ball.