Patent ID: 8083977

Claim:
A golf ball mold comprising a plurality of mold parts which removably mate to form a cavity having an inner wall with a plurality of dimple-forming protrusions thereon, wherein a non-circular resin injection port is formed between a plurality of mutually adjoining dimple-forming protrusions which include dimple-forming protrusions that lie across a parting line of the mold, wherein the non-circular resin injection port has an opening with a margin therearound at least some portion of which is formed in a shape that conforms with a bottom margin of a neighboring dimple-forming protrusion, wherein the shape of non-circular resin injection port has no rectilinear portions, wherein the non-circular resin injection port, wherein the non-circular resin injection port has a shape selected from the group consisting of an S-shape, a crescent shape and an hourglass shape.