Shaded logos for golf balls
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsKathryn M. Mello, Matthew M. Semiao
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Abstract
This invention relates to novel shaded logos for use on golf balls, golf balls having said novel shaded logo designs printed on their surface and methods of adding shaded logos to golf balls.
Claims18
A golf ball having a logo comprising:
- a) a golf ball cover;
- b) a logo formed on the cover comprising more than one region wherein each region comprises a plurality of randomized pixels wherein there are at least two regions in which the distance between the center points of the pixels making up the regions are not the same and wherein the combination of the regions form the logo.
A golf ball having a logo printed on an outer, dimpled surface, wherein the logo comprises a plurality of regions, each region comprising a plurality of pixels of uniform shape and in which the centers of the pixels are randomly spaced from each other and at least two regions have different spacing between pixels wherein the combination of different regions form the logo and create a shading effect.
A golf ball having a shaded logo, comprising:
- a) a cover with a plurality of dimples thereon;
- b) a logo printed on the cover;
- 1) the logo comprising a plurality of regions, each region comprising a plurality of ink pixels;
- 2) the number of the ink pixels in each region being reduced from the number of pixels in the adjacent region to create a shading effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.