Patent ID: 7717810
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf ball comprising a solid core of at least one layer and a cover of at least one layer, wherein at least one of the solid core and an inner cover layer adjacent to an outer cover layer has a light-reflecting pigment-containing coating applied to a surface thereof and at least the outer cover layer is transparent or translucent and has a surface that is marked with lettering or a design, the color of at least one of the solid core and an inner cover layer adjacent to the outer cover layer has a color difference before and after application of the coating, expressed in the Lab Color System, of at most 20, wherein that the lettering or design has a three-dimensional appearance as an effect of the transparent or translucent outer cover layer and wherein the light-reflecting pigment is at least one of metal powder pigments, glass flakes, mica and pearlescent pigments.