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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/714 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/714 ;
Abstract
In a golf ball having a plurality of dimples ( ) formed in its surface, each dimple prior to paint coating consists of a major concave surface portion ( ) circumscribed by a peripheral convex surface portion ( ). The peripheral convex surface portion connects to the major concave surface portion at a point of inflection ( ) which is located at a distance of 10-50% of the dimple depth (d) from the edge ( ) of the peripheral convex surface portion.