Patent ID: 7056233
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf ball comprising: a substantially spherical outer surface; and a plurality of multi-lobed dimples formed on the outer surface of the ball, wherein the lobes in each dimple are positioned radially around a center of the dimple, wherein each lobe is defined by a circumferential segment wherein the circumferential segment defines a part of the perimeter of the dimple, and wherein curved profiles of the lobes abut each other in an uninterrupted manner such that the curved profile of one lobe continuously and smoothly extends to and abuts with the curved profile of an opposite or near-opposite lobe, and wherein a prominence ratio of each multi-lobed dimple is defined by a ratio of an average of the inside radii extending from the center to troughs of the lobes to an average of outside radii extending from the center to apex points of the lobes, and wherein the ratio is less than 1.0.