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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventor:
Mark Alan, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/12 (2006.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/37 (2006.01); B29L 31/54 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 37/12 (2013.01); A63B 37/0003 (2013.01); A63B 37/0005 (2013.01); A63B 37/0011 (2013.01); A63B 37/0022 (2013.01); A63B 37/0024 (2013.01); A63B 37/0031 (2013.01); A63B 37/0034 (2013.01); A63B 37/0039 (2013.01); A63B 37/0047 (2013.01); A63B 37/0051 (2013.01); A63B 37/0075 (2013.01); A63B 37/0076 (2013.01); A63B 37/0092 (2013.01); A63B 37/0097 (2013.01); B29C 45/14336 (2013.01); B29C 45/14819 (2013.01); B29C 45/372 (2013.01); A63B 37/0033 (2013.01); A63B 37/0045 (2013.01); A63B 37/0064 (2013.01); A63B 2225/01 (2013.01); B29C 45/16 (2013.01); B29L 2031/546 (2013.01);
Abstract
A golf ball may include an inner core layer and an outer cover layer disposed radially outward of the inner core layer. The outer cover layer may be formed of an outer cover layer material having one or more grooves extending radially inward from an outer surface of the outer cover layer. In addition, the golf ball may include a groove material disposed within the one or more grooves. The groove material may have a compressibility that is different from a compressibility of the outer cover layer material. Also, the outer surface of the groove material may be substantially flush with the outer surface of the outer cover layer.