Patent ID: 7128864

Claim:
A process for forming a cover layer for a golf ball, said process comprising the steps of: providing an intermediate ball including a core; providing a molding apparatus having a generally spherical molding chamber with a molding surface defined by (i) a plurality of first raised regions for forming a plurality of dimples on said cover layer, each of said first raised regions having a first height, and (ii) a plurality of second raised regions, each of said second raised regions having a second height at least twice the height of said first height of said first raised regions, and an assembly for administering a flowable material into said molding chamber; providing to said molding apparatus a flowable material suitable for use as said cover layer for said golf ball; positioning said intermediate ball within said molding chamber such that said plurality of second raised regions of said molding surface contact and retain said intermediate ball within said molding chamber; administering said flowable material into said molding chamber and generally between said intermediate ball and said molding surface; and curing said flowable material to form said cover layer.