Patent ID: 6676543
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A coated golf ball comprising a ball body, and at least one colorless, transparent paint layer covering the ball body,the ball body having a surface layer containing a white pigment and essentially free of a fluorescent brightener and an ultraviolet absorber, the paint layer containing a fluorescent brightener and an ultraviolet absorber, wherein: the color tone represented by CIE L*a*b* color system on a surface of the ball body satisfies the following requirement: L* being in the range of 88 to 93, a* being in the range of âˆ’2 to 2, and b* being in the range of âˆ’12 to âˆ’5, the color tone represented by CIE L*a*b* color system on a surface of the paint layer formed over the surface of the ball body satisfies the following requirement: L* being in the range of 88 to 93, a* being in the range of âˆ’2 to 2, and b* being in the range of âˆ’12 to âˆ’5, CIE L*a*b* color difference between the color tone on the surface of the ball body and the color tone on the surface of the paint layer satisfies the following requirement: a difference (&Dgr;L) in the L* being not more than 2 a difference (&Dgr;a) in the a* being not more than 3, and a difference (&Dgr;b) in the b* being not more than 3.