Patent ID: 7874940
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: A63B,B29C,B29L

Abstract:
1. A golf ball, comprising: an extruded thermoplastic core material substantially free of microvoids; at least one intermediate cover layer comprising a C an outer cover layer comprising a polymeric material formed by a method comprising mixing at least one component A that is a monomer, oligomer, prepolymer, or polymer comprising at least 5% by weight of anionic functional groups; at least one component B that is a monomer, oligomer, prepolymer, or polymer comprising less by weight of anionic functional groups than the weight percentage of anionic functional groups of the at least one component A; and at least one component C that is a metal cation, thereby forming a first composition; and melt-processing the first composition to produce a reaction product of the anionic functional groups of the at least one component A and the at least one component C to form a polymer blend composition, wherein the polymer blend composition incorporates an in-situ-formed pseudo-crosslinked network of the at least one component A in the presence of the at least one component B.