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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Kazuhiko Isogawa, Kobe, JP;
Koichi Fujisawa, Kobe, JP;
Yoshikazu Yabuki, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SRI Sports Limited, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A golf ball has a core, and a cover for covering the core. The cover contains 0.5 to 10 parts by mass of a titanium oxide relative to 100 parts by mass of a base resin composing the cover, and the titanium oxide is surface-treated with an oxide including at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, silicon, zinc, zirconium, tin, and cerium, and/or a hydrate thereof The golf ball has less or no discoloration or degradation with time, and has superior weatherability.