| US 7,497,791 B2 | ||
| Golf ball with deep depressions | ||
| Thomas J. Kennedy, III, Wilbraham, Mass. (US); David M. Melanson, Northampton, Mass. (US); Michael J. Tzivanis, Chicopee, Mass. (US); and Viktor Keller, Beverly Hills, Fla. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Callaway Golf Company, Carlsbad, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 09, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/869,521. | ||
| Application 10/842164 is a division of application No. 10/305653, filed on Nov. 27, 2002, granted, now 6,790,149. | ||
| Application 11/869521 is a continuation of application No. 11/426521, filed on Jun. 26, 2006, granted, now 7,281,997. | ||
| Application 11/426521 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/152447, filed on Jun. 13, 2005, granted, now 7,066,843. | ||
| Application 11/152447 is a continuation of application No. 10/842164, filed on May 10, 2004, granted, now 6,905,427. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/337123, filed on Dec. 04, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0026875 A1, Jan. 31, 2008 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A63B 37/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 473—383 | 1 Claim |
| 1. A golf ball comprising:
a core;
a mantle layer disposed on the core; and
a cover layer disposed on the mantle layer, the cover layer having an outer surface and defining a plurality of deep depressions
along the outer surface of the cover layer in a range of 30 to 60 degrees from the equator of the golf ball in both hemispheres
of the golf ball, each of the plurality of deep depressions extending through the cover layer.
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