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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1998
Michael J Sullivan, Chicopee, MA (US);
Dennis Nesbitt, Westfield, MA (US);
Mark Binette, Ludlow, MA (US);
Spalding Sports Worlwide, Inc., Chicopee, MA (US);
Abstract
A golf ball having an outside diameter of at least 1.70 inches which includes a core, an inner cover, or mantle, and an outside cover. The mantle and the outer cover have a different Shore D hardness. Dimples cover at least seventy percent of the outer surface area of the ball. In one embodiment, the mantle has a Shore D hardness between 50 and 60 and the cover has a Shore D hardness of 65 or less with the mantle hardness being greater than the cover hardness. In another embodiment, the mantle has a Shore D hardness of 65 or less and the cover has a Shore D hardness between 50 and 60, with the cover hardness being greater than the mantle hardness.