Patent ID: 8193283
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: A63B,C08L

Abstract:
1. A golf ball having a cover, wherein the cover comprises a thermoplastic composition that includes: (a) at least one E/X/Y copolymer having a weight average molecular weight (M (b) one or more E/acrylic acid and/or E/methacrylic acid copolymers having a weight average molecular weight of from about 2,000 to about 30,000 and having from about 3 to about 20 wt. % acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid present based on the weight of (b), the copolymer present in the composition in an amount of from about 5 to about 30 wt. % based on the combined weight of (a)+(b); and wherein the thermoplastic composition is at least partially neutralized by one or more alkali metal, transition metal, or alkaline earth metal ionic.