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Golf ball dimple patterns

US5544890A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateAug 13, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B37/0075
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A dimpled golf ball is provided with a regular repeating dimple pattern by projecting on to the surface of the ball the edges of a regular octahedron, thereby forming eight equilateral triangles on the surface. Each of the eight equilateral triangles can then be divided into sub-triangles so that there are four, six, seven or nine dimple-free great circles on the ball.

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