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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas C. Winfield, Seneca, SC (US);
Steven Aoyama, Marion, MA (US);
Assignee:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/714 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/714 ;
Abstract
Golf balls are disclosed having novel dimple patterns determined by a pentagonal hexecontahedron. A method of packing dimples according to a pentagonal hexecontahedron is also disclosed. For each disclosed dimple pattern, a pentagonal hexecontahedron extend from a pole of the golf ball and dimples are positioned on the golf ball surface according to a pentagonal hexecontahedron.