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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Dean A. Snell, San Marcos, CA (US);
Eric M. Loper, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dean A. Snell, San Marcos, CA (US);
Eric M. Loper, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/06 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/0043 (2013.01); A63B 37/0062 (2013.01); A63B 37/0003 (2013.01); A63B 37/0076 (2013.01); A63B 37/0045 (2013.01); A63B 37/0031 (2013.01);
Abstract
A golf ball comprising (a) a core; (b) at least one mantle layer adjacent to the core; (c) an inner cover layer adjacent to the mantle layer; and (d) an outer cover layer adjacent to the inner cover layer, wherein the inner cover layer has a material Shore D hardness that is at least 3 less than the material Shore D hardness of the outer cover layer, and the inner cover layer has a thickness of less than 0.050 in.