Patent ID: 9211662
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A63B,B29B,B29C,B29D,B29L

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a golf ball, the method comprising: placing an inner golf ball core into an indentation of a first side of a midplate; suspending a first preform within a cavity of a first mold plate via a mechanical fastening device of the first mold plate projecting into the first mold plate cavity, the suspended first preform facing the placed core; placing a second preform into a cavity of a second mold plate, the placed second preform facing a projection of the midplate projecting from a second side thereof; and closing the first and second mold plates against the first and second midplate sides, respectively, so as to mold the first and second preforms into hemispherical shapes against the core and projection, respectively, the first preform successively contacting the core and midplate during said closing.