Patent ID: 8529816

Claim:
A method of molding a golf ball, comprising the steps of: providing a lower mold frame plate having multiple annular recesses for receiving mold cavities, each recess having a rim wherein at least two locator pins are arranged thereon for inserting into corresponding locator slots of a mold cavity; providing an upper mold frame plate having multiple annular recesses for receiving mold cavities, each recess having a rim wherein at least one locator pin is arranged thereon for inserting into at least one corresponding locator slot of a mold cavity, each mold cavity in the lower and upper frame plates having an arcuate inner surface defining an inverted dimple pattern; dispensing a polymeric material into at least one mold cavity; loading a golf ball sub-assembly into at least one mold cavity; attaching the lower and upper plates so that the mold cavities in the lower frame plate are mated to the mold cavities in the upper frame plate under compressive force to form a spherical cover over the golf ball sub-assembly; and detaching the lower and upper frame plates and removing the molded golf ball from the mold cavities.