Patent ID: 7018309

Claim:
A golf ball having a surface on which numerous dimples are arranged with any dimple being surrounded by a plurality of adjoining dimples, characterized in that mutually adjoining dimples, each defined by a peripheral edge, have disposed therebetween an edge element which has a cross-sectional shape having a constant height and a constant width with respect to a longitudinal axis of the edge element and forms part of the peripheral edge, wherein the edge elements have a cross-sectional shape that is circularly arcuate and has a radius that is different from the outer radius of the golf ball, and in that, when the golf ball is manufactured with a two-part mold having two halves, the edge elements on or near a ball equator coincident with a parting line between the mold halves are continuously interconnected along the equator and some of the edge elements extend at an angle to the equator from one hemisphere through an interconnection between the edge elements to another hemisphere.