Golf ball and thermoplastic material
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsThomas J. Kennedy, III, Mark L. Binette
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a novel thermoplastic material and a golf ball utilizing the thermoplastic material of the invention. The golf ball (10) preferably comprises a core (12), a cover (16) and, optionally, a boundary layer (14). At least one of the core (12), cover (16) or boundary layer (14) of the golf ball (10) comprises a thermoplastic material according to the invention. A thermoplastic material of the invention comprises a partially to highly neutralized blend of an acid copolymer, a copolymer comprising a metallocene-catalyzed alpha-olefin and a softening comonomer, and a fatty acid or fatty acid salt.
Claims1
A thermoplastic material comprising:
- a copolymer comprising an alpha olefin and an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid in an amount of fifty parts by weight;
- a plastomer comprising a metallocene-catalyzed ethylene/butane copolymer in an amount of fifty parts by weight;
- an oleic acid in an amount of approximately 67 parts by weight;
- magnesium hydroxide in an amount of approximately 8 parts by weight;
- and
- barites in amount of 40 parts by weight;
- wherein the thermoplastic material is 100% neutralized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.