Golf ball with elevated dimple portions
AssigneeThe Top-Flite Golf Company
InventorThomas J. Kennedy, III
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Abstract
A new dimple configuration for the surface of a golf ball is characterized by a portion extending above the surface of the ball. Each dimple includes an annular portion having an inner configuration and an outer configuration, and an inner portion having a configuration corresponding with the annular portion inner configuration. Preferably, the annular portion is elevated relative to the ball surface. When a struck ball travels through the air, the elevated portions trip air at the ball surface to improve the flight characteristics of the ball.
Claims13
A dimple in combination with a golf ball having a spherical surface, comprising
- (a) a generally annular portion having an inner configuration and an outer configuration, one of said inner and outer configurations being elongated and non-circular;
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- (b) an inner portion having an outer configuration corresponding with said inner configuration of said annular portion, at least one of said annular and inner portions extending above the surface of the golf ball, whereby a golf ball containing a plurality of dimples in the surface thereof has improved flight characteristics.
A golf ball having a spherical surface, comprising a first plurality of dimples arranged in said surface, at least one of said dimples including:
- (a) a generally annular portion having an inner configuration and an outer configuration, one of said configurations being elongated and non-circular;
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- (b) an inner portion having an outer configuration corresponding with said inner configuration of said annular portion, at least one of said annular and inner portions extending above the surface of the golf ball, whereby the golf ball has improved flight characteristics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.