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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2010
Che-ching Lin, Chiayi, TW;
Chen-tai Liu, Yun-Lin Hsien, TW;
Hideyuki Ishii, Portland, OR (US);
Chia-chyi Cheng, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Che-Ching Lin, Chiayi, TW;
Chen-Tai Liu, Yun-Lin Hsien, TW;
Hideyuki Ishii, Portland, OR (US);
Chia-Chyi Cheng, Hillsboro, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides to a kit for customizing and recycling golf balls, and related methods. The kit includes one or more sets of golf ball covers, may include one or more sets of golf ball cores, and may further include a golf ball cover removal device and a golf ball cover application device. A golfer may select a golf ball cover from a set based on a desired play characteristic. For example, the golfer may select a relatively hard cover from a set of golf ball covers having different hardness values. The golfer may then apply the selected golf ball cover to a golf ball core using the golf ball cover application device. The core may be selected from a set of cores in the kit, or the core may be obtained from a recycled golf ball using a golf ball cover removal device.