IP Library Granted Patent US 11,975,241
Granted Patent B2
US 11,975,241 · App. 17/216,185 · Granted May 7, 2024

Golf ball

Inventors: Michael Fox (Carlsbad, CA); Erin Peavy (Carlsbad, CA); Tim Durham (Carlsbad, CA); Eric M. Loper (Carlsbad, CA); Dennis Kennedy (Carlsbad, CA)
Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
A63B37/0022A63B37/0074A63B37/0075A63B37/0076A63B45/02
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Patent No.
US 11,975,241
App. No.
17/216,185
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf ball including an outer surface having dimples located on the outer surface, at least one core, at least one mantle layer, at least one cover layer, and a plurality of images located on the outer surface, the images being provided with at least two contrasting colors, wherein the plurality of images each have a Major Peak Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a Major Valley Ratio of between 0.18 and 1, a slope value of between −5 and 5, and an intercept value between 5 and 80.

Claims (26)

1. A golf ball comprising an outer surface having dimples located on the outer surface;

at least one core;

at least one cover layer;

a base color located on the outer surface; and

a plurality of images located on the outer surface, the plurality of images being provided with a first non-white color, a second non-white color and a third non-white color, the first non-white color and the second non-white color have an absolute value difference between CIELab L values of between 5 to 70, an absolute value difference between CIELab “a” values of between 3 and 50, and an absolute value difference between CIELab “b” values of between 5 and 90, and the third non-white color has a CIELab L value of 30 to 50, a CIELab “a” value of 30 to 50, and a CIELab “b” value of 10 to 20;

wherein the first non-white color having an absolute value difference in CIELab L value (|ΔL|), relative to the base color of the ball, of between 30 and 90 is provided,

and each image is at least partially tessellated.

2. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the first non-white color has an absolute value difference in “a” value (|Δa|), relative to the base color of between 0.1 and 10.

3. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the first non-white color has an absolute value difference in “b” value (|Δb|), relative to a base white color of the ball, of between 3 and 12.

4. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the first non-white color has CIELab L value of 15 to 35, a CIELab “a” value of −2.5 to 3, and a CIELab “b” value of −1 to 10, the second non-white color having a CIELab L value of 60 to 100, a CIELab “a” value of 5 to 15, and a CIELab “b” value of 60 to 100.

5. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of images each have a layer having a thickness of 10 to 45 μm.

6. The golf ball of claim 4 , wherein the third non-white color is provided having an absolute value difference in CIELab L value (|ΔL|), relative to the base color of the ball, of between 30 and 90.

7. The golf ball of claim 1 , further comprising at least one mantle laver.

8. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein each image includes at least one non-linear shape.

9. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein each image comprises at least two individual design elements, wherein at least one of the design elements has a shape of a pentagon, a hexagon, a heptagon, an octagon, a nonagon, a decagon, or a star polygon.

10. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the tessellation comprises an area of a plurality of design elements, wherein the design elements have a shape of a pentagon, a hexagon, a heptagon, an octagon, a nonagon, a decagon, or a star polygon.

11. A golf ball comprising an outer surface having dimples located on the outer surface;

at least one core;

at least one cover layer;

a base color located on the outer surface; and

a plurality of images located on the outer surface, the plurality of images being provided with a first non-White color, a second non-white color and a third non-white color, the first non-white color and the second non-white color have a ΔE*ab value relative to the base color of the ball that is between 40 and 100, and the third non-white color having a ΔE*ab value of between 50 and 90, and wherein each image is at least partially tessellated.

12. The golf ball of claim 11 , wherein the ΔE*ab value of the second non-white color is between 80 and 110.

13. The golf ball of claim 11 , further comprising at least one mantle layer.

14. The golf ball of claim 11 , wherein each image includes at least one non-linear shape.

15. The golf ball of claim 11 , wherein each image comprises at least two individual design elements, wherein at least one of the design elements has a shape of a pentagon, a hexagon, a heptagon, an octagon, a nonagon, a decagon, or a star polygon.

16. The golf ball of claim 11 , wherein the tessellation comprises an area of a plurality of design elements, wherein the design elements have a shape of a pentagon, a hexagon, a heptagon, an octagon, a nonagon, a decagon, or a star polygon.

Assignments (3)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Jan 16, 2025
From: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069986/0349 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Jan 14, 2025
From: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069895/0523 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2021
From: FOX, MICHAEL; PEAVY, ERIN; DURHAM, TIM; LOPER, ERIC M.; KENNEDY, DENNIS
To: TAYLOR MADE GOLF COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 055758/0035 →
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