(19)
(11) EP 1 166 831 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/16

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/01

(21) Application number: 01114651.1

(22) Date of filing: 19.06.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A63B 37/14, A63B 37/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 19.06.2000 US 212251 P

(71) Applicant: Dunlop Slazenger Group Americas Inc
Greenville, SC 29607 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Emerson, Brent D.
    Central, South Carolina 29630 (US)
  • Stanczak, Matthew B.
    Jackson, TN 38305 (US)
  • Wallace, George R.
    Clemson, South Carolina 29631 (US)
  • Kuttappa, Sanjay
    Clemson, South Carolina 29631 (US)

(74) Representative: Torggler, Paul Norbert, Dr. et al
Patentanwälte Torggler & Hofinger Wilhelm-Greil-Strasse 16 Postfach 556
6021 Innsbruck
6021 Innsbruck (AT)

   


(54) Golf ball


(57) A golf ball with a conventional core covered with a polymer blend of at least two copolymers. The first blend polymer having a melt index of about 2 to 10 grams/10 min, a flexural modulus of 60,000 to 80,000 PSI, a shore D hardness of about 60 to 70; and the second blend copolymer having a melt index of about .2 to 2 grams/10 minutes, a flexural modulus of 2,000 to 8,000 PSI. The cover has dimples arranged in a pattern according to a dodecahedron, which is also arranged to coincide with pentagons, triangles and rows. In one embodiment the cover has 360 dimples of three different diameters and that optionally have a dual radius. Optionally the dimples are arranged to provide ten great circles free of dimples.






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