Patent ID: 7727086
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf ball comprising a core having a center and an intermediate layer formed on the center, a cover covering the core, and a paint coating on the surface of the cover, the intermediate layer consists of at least two layers comprising an outermost layer and a second layer adjacent to the underside of the outermost layer, and the cover has many dimples formed in the surface thereof prior to the application of the paint coating to the surface of the cover, wherein the second layer of the intermediate layer is formed from thermoplastic resin, and has a thickness of 0.5 to 2.0 mm, the outermost layer of the intermediate layer is formed from thermosetting resin or thermoplastic resin, and has a thickness of 1 to 100 μm, the outermost layer of the intermediate layer has depressions in the surface thereof at positions and having shapes corresponding to the dimples in the cover, and the cover is formed from thermoplastic resin and has a thickness at the bottom of each dimple that differs from the thickness in land portions by no more than 0.2 mm.