Golf ball
AssigneeBridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
InventorsKatsunori Sato, Atsuki Kasashima
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Abstract
A golf ball has a spherical surface bearing a plurality of plan view circular dimples and plan view non-circular dimples, which non-circular dimples have at a top edge position a contour length of at least 20 mm and account for at most 10% of all the dimples. The ball has a surface with a novel and unique aesthetic appearance, and exhibits an excellent flight performance.
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The golf ball of claim 5, wherein the contour at the top edge position of the non-circular dimples includes concave curved portions and convex curved portions as viewed from an inside of the non-circular dimples.
The golf ball of claim 5, wherein the contour at the top edge position of the non-circular dimples is formed by a combination of curved lines and straight lines.
The golf ball of claim 5, wherein the total number of circular dimples and non-circular dimples is from 250 to 550.
A golf ball comprising a spherical surface having a plurality of plan view circular dimples and plan view non-circular dimples, wherein the non-circular dimples have at a top edge position a contour length of at least 20 mm and account for at most 10% of all the dimples, wherein the non-circular dimples have a bottom portion which is formed in the shape of an arc that projects radially outward on the ball.
A golf ball comprising a spherical surface having a plurality of plan view circular dimples and plan view non-circular dimples, wherein the non-circular dimples have at a top edge position a contour length of at least 20 mm and account for at most 10% of all the dimples, wherein the non-circular dimples have a recessed volume, summed for all the non-circular dimples on the ball, which is at most 0.5% of the volume of the ball were the spherical surface to be free of dimples.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.