Golf ball surface patterns comprising a channel system
View Patent ↗A golf ball having an improved surface pattern is disclosed. The golf ball has one or more channels on its surface. The channels form spherical polygonal tiles that may include a plurality of dimples. These dimples may be circular or polygonal in shape.
1. A golf ball comprising an outer surface comprising a channel surface pattern system comprising at least one channel defined on the outer surface, wherein the channel surface pattern system covers from about 5% to about 40% of the outer surface and wherein the edge angle of the at least one channel ranges from about 16° to about 90°, wherein the at least one channel surrounds a plurality of spherical polygonal tiles, and wherein the outer surface further comprises a plurality of dimples disposed within the spherical polygonal tiles and the dimples cover about 40% to about 90% of the outer surface.
2. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the at least one channel and the dimples together cover about 60% to about 100% of the outer surface.
3. The golf ball of claim 2 , wherein the at least one channel and the dimples together cover about 70% to about 90% of the outer surface.
4. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the at least one channel covers from about 5% to about 20% of the outer surface.
5. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the dimples comprise circular dimples.
6. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the dimples comprise polygonal dimples.
7. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the edge angle of the at least one channel is greater than the edge angle of the dimples.
8. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the edge angle of the channel ranges from about 18° to about 40°.
9. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the edge angle of the channel ranges from about 20° to about 30°.
10. A golf ball comprising an outer surface comprising a channel surface pattern system comprising at least one channel defined on the outer surface, wherein the channel surface pattern system covers from about 5% to about 40% of the outer surface and wherein the edge angle of the at least one channel ranges from about 16° to about 90°, wherein the at least one channel surrounds a plurality of spherical polygonal tiles, and wherein each of the spherical polygonal tiles includes at least one dimple formed therein.
11. The golf ball of claim 10 , wherein each of the spherical polygonal tiles includes a plurality of at least two dimples formed therein.
12. The golf ball of claim 11 , wherein a plurality of the spherical polygonal tiles are hexagons that further include six triangular dimples, three diamond shaped dimples or two trapezoidal dimples therein.
13. A golf ball comprising an outer surface comprising a channel surface pattern system comprising at least one channel defined on the outer surface, wherein the channel surface pattern system covers from about 5% to about 40% of the outer surface and wherein the edge angle of the at least one channel ranges from about 16° to about 90°, wherein the at least one channel surrounds a plurality of spherical polygonal tiles, wherein the channel surface pattern system comprises a plurality of channels that do not intersect each other and form a plurality of spherical polygonal tiles on the outer surface, and wherein the plurality of channels form hexagonal tiles.
14. The golf ball of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of channels further form pentagonal tiles.
15. The golf ball of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of channels have edge angles that range from about 18° to about 40°.
16. The golf ball of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of channels have edge angles that range from about 20° to about 30°.