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US 2015/0306461 A1Published application
Golf balls and methods to manufacture golf balls
AssigneeSlick Golf, LLC
InventorsRobert R. Parsons, Bradley D. Schweigert
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Abstract
Embodiments of golf balls and methods to manufacture golf balls are generally described herein. In one example, a golf ball may include a plurality of round dimples and a plurality of non-round dimples. Each round dimple may have a dimple diameter, and each non-round dimple may have a dimple diagonal. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
Claims20
A golf ball comprising:
- an outside surface having a plurality of quadrant regions having a first set of quadrant regions and a second set of quadrant regions;
- and
- a plurality of dimples having a plurality of round dimples with each round dimple having a dimple diameter and a plurality of non-round dimples with each non-round dimple having a dimple diagonal, at least one round dimple being associated with a minimum dimple diameter length, and at least one non-round dimple being associated with a maximum dimple diagonal length,
- wherein each vertex of each quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions includes a non-round dimple of the plurality of non-round dimples,
- wherein each side of each quadrant region of the plurality of quadrant regions comprises round dimples of the plurality of round dimples,
- wherein the round dimples of each side of each quadrant region are adjacent to the round dimples of an adjacent side of an adjacent quadrant region,
- wherein each quadrant region of the second quadrant region includes at least one pentagonal region defined by a non-round dimple defining a center dimple of the pentagonal region and five round dimples surrounding and being adjacent to the center dimple, each of the five round dimples having a center to define a vertex of a substantially regular pentagon, and
- wherein the minimum dimple diameter length is greater than or equal to the maximum dimple diagonal length.
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A golf ball comprising:
- an outside surface having a plurality of quadrant regions having a first set of quadrant regions and a second set of quadrant regions;
- and
- a plurality of dimples having a plurality of round dimples and at least one non-round dimple in each quadrant region, each round dimple having a dimple diameter, and the least one non-round dimple having a dimple diagonal,
- wherein the at least one non-round dimple of each quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions is a vertex of the quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions,
- wherein at least one round dimple of each quadrant region of the second set of quadrant regions is a vertex of the quadrant region of the second set of quadrant regions,
- wherein the at least one non-round dimple is adjacent to the at least one round dimple, and
- wherein the shortest dimple diameter is greater than or equal to the longest dimple diagonal.
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A golf ball comprising:
- an outside surface having a plurality of quadrant regions having a first set of quadrant regions and a second set of quadrant regions,
- a plurality of non-round dimples, each quadrant region of the plurality of quadrant regions comprising three non-round dimples, the three non-round dimples of each quadrant region of the first set of quadrant regions defining vertices of a triangular region, and
- a plurality of round dimples, each side of each quadrant region of the plurality of quadrant regions comprising round dimples having different diameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.