Patent ID: 6200232
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf ball which is molded in a mold having a pair of mold sections which are removably joined to define a spherical cavity therein, said golf ball having a parting line at the junction between the mold sections, two to six types of dimples having different diameters within a range of 1.8 to 5 mm arranged on the surface of said golf ball, the dimples being arranged in a polyhedral arrangement selected from octahedral, dodecahedral and icosahedral arrangements so that the golf ball is free of a great circle which does not intersect with the dimples and some of the dimples lie across the parting line, whereinoff-center-crossing dimples which would lie across the parting line and whose center would lie outside the parting line are shifted upward or downward from the parting line or reduced in diameter so that the off-center-crossing dimples do not lie across the parting line, and wherein center-crossing dimples whose center lies on the parting line are maintained unchanged and, the surface coverage of dimples is at least 74%.