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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael D. Jordan, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Jeffery L. Dalton, Dartmouth, MA (US);
Assignee:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/708 ; A63B 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/708 ; A63B 3/700 ;
Abstract
A golf ball having a diameter and being comprised of a core and a cover, wherein the core is further comprised of a non-aqueous liquid mass at the center of the ball. The ball includes a first solid layer surrounding the fluid mass and a second, layer surrounding and abutting the first layer. The first layer has an inner diameter of 15 to 70% of the ball diameter and is a polymeric material and the second layer has an outer diameter of 80 to 98% of the ball diameter.