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US 5,688,191 AGranted
Multilayer golf ball
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsChristopher Cavallaro, Murali Rajagopsian, Herbert C. Boehm, Kevin M. Harris
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards a multi-layer golf ball which comprises a core with one or more layers; at least one cover layer; and one or more mantle layers disposed between the core and cover layer, wherein the mantle layer comprises dynamically vulcanized thermoplastic elastomer, functionalized styrene-butadiene elastomer, thermoplastic polyurethane, metallocene polymer or blends thereof and thermoset materials.
Claims10
A golf ball comprising:
- (a) a core;
- (b) a cover layer;
- and
- (c) a mantle layer disposed between the core and the cover;
- wherein the cover layer consists essentially of one or more ionomer resins, said resin comprising a copolymer of 16 to 35% by weight of an acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and 65 to 84% by weight of ethylene, wherein about 10 to about 90% of the carboxyl groups of the copolymer are neutralized with a metal ion;
- and
- wherein the mantle layer comprises a thermoplastic material, said thermoplastic material consisting essentially of polyetherester block copolymer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.