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US 8,556,751 B2Granted
Golf ball with projections adjacent dimples
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorTakahisa Ono
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Abstract
A golf ball includes a projection that is positioned on a land adjacent two or more abutting dimples. The projection is located in a center or at a vertex of a shaped region defined by a pattern of dimples. A method for selecting a position for a projection and desirable configurations of the projection are also disclosed.
Claims20
A golf ball, comprising:
- an outer surface, including a plurality of dimples and a land, wherein the dimples are arranged to form at least one shaped region having a center disposed in a first area between dimples;
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- a center projection having opposing sides respectively extending from edges of at least two adjacent dimples that abut the first area;
- wherein the center projection has an upper surface above the land.
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A golf ball, comprising:
- an outer surface, including a plurality of dimples and a land, wherein the dimples are arranged in at least one polygonal region, the at least one polygonal region having a plurality of vertices, each of the vertices being located between dimples;
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- a plurality of vertex projections, each vertex projection having opposing sides respectively extending from edges of at least two adjacent dimples and being located about at a corresponding vertex of the polygonal region, each vertex projection having an upper surface above the land.
A golf ball, comprising:
- an outer surface including a land and dimples;
- and
- a projection positioned between at least two adjacent dimples, the projection comprising:
- at least two sides, each side extending from about an edge of a corresponding dimple, a first side extending a portion of the distance around a first circumference of a first dimple and a second side extending a portion of the distance around a second circumference of a second dimple, and where the sides also extend upwardly to an upper surface above the land.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.