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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Kato, Kobe, JP;
Hidenori Hiraoka, Akashi, JP;
Masatoshi Yokota, Akashi, JP;
Satoshi Iwami, Akashi, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/712 ; C08L 3/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 3/712 ; C08L 3/302 ;
Abstract
A golf ball exhibits a high spin and easily comes to a halt even when shot from the rough or when shot in a raining condition. The cover material of the golf ball is based on ionomer resin. The cover material has 5-50 parts by weight of a tackifier such as terpene resins, rosin ester resins or the like blended with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base material.