Wound golf ball
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsWilliam E. Morgan, Jeffrey L. Dalton, Christopher Cavallaro
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards a wound golf ball that includes a wound core surrounded with a cover material. The wound core is formed of a fluid-filled or solid center, and at least one wound layer segment surrounding the center. The wound layer segment includes a first untreated portion, a first impregnated portion, a second untreated portion and a second impregnated portion. The first impregnated portion is impregnated with a first material, such as latex. In one embodiment, the wound layer segment is formed of two layers, each having an untreated and an impregnated portion. Thus, the multi-layered wound layer segment has an impregnated portion between two untreated portions.
Claims22
A golf ball comprising:
- a center;
- a wound layer segment surrounding the center, said wound layer segment having as disposed in a radially outwardly extending direction a first untreated portion, a first impregnated portion, a second untreated portion and a second impregnated portion;
- and
- a cover layer surrounding the wound layer segment.
A golf ball comprising:
- a center;
- a first wound layer surrounding the center, said first layer having a first untreated portion and a first impregnated portion impregnated with a first material;
- a second wound layer surrounding the first layer to form a wound core, the second layer having a second untreated portion and a second impregnated portion impregnated with a second material;
- and
- a cover layer surrounding the wound core.
A method of forming a golf ball, wherein the method comprises:
- forming a center;
- winding a first thread around the center thereby forming an inner wound core having a first wound layer surrounding the center;
- submerging the inner wound core in a first material in a liquid state so that the first material partially impregnates the first wound layer to define a first untreated portion and a first impregnated portion;
- winding a second thread around the inner wound core thereby forming a multi-layered wound core having a second wound layer;
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- applying a cover material on the multi-layered wound core so that a portion of the cover material partially impregnates the second wound layer to define a second untreated portion and a second impregnated portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.