Claims
- 1. A golf ball comprising a core and a cover, wherein the core comprises at least three layers having a thickness and radius, at least one of the core layers being a water vapor barrier layer, and wherein the radius and the thickness (T) of the core layers follow the equation TA≧2TB≧4TC, wherein TA is the radius of the inner most core, TB is the thickness of the adjacent outer core layer and TC is the thickness of the next adjacent outer core layer and wherein the water vapor barrier layer has a thickness of about 0.001 to about 0. 010 inches.
- 2. The golf ball of claim 1 further comprising a fourth core layer and wherein the radius and the thickness (T) of the core layers follow the equation TA≧2TB≧4TC≧8TD, wherein TD is the thickness of the next adjacent outer core layer.
- 3. The golf ball of claim 2 further comprising a fifth core layer and wherein the radius and the thickness (T) of the core layers follow the equation TA≧2TB≧4TC≧8TD≧16TE, wherein TE is the thickness of the next adjacent outer core layer.
- 4. The golf ball of claim 3 further comprising a sixth core layer and wherein the radius and the thickness (T) of the core layers follow the equation TA≧2TB≧4TC≧8TD≧16TE≧32TF, wherein TF is the thickness of the next adjacent outer core layer.
- 5. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the water vapor barrier layer is a compressed exfoliated graphite layer.
- 6. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein one of the core layers is a thin dense layer.
- 7. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein one of the core layers is a perforated spherical shell.
- 8. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein one of the core layers is capable of absorbing shock.
- 9. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein one of the core layers comprises substantially no fillers.
- 10. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein one of the core layers is foamed.
- 11. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein at least one core layer comprises polybutadiene, a crosslinking agent, a co-crosslinking agent, and a cis-to-trans catalyst.
- 12. The golf ball of claim 11, wherein the cis-to-trans catalyst is a halogenated organo-sulfur compound.
- 13. A golf ball comprising a core and a cover, wherein the core comprises at least four layers having a thickness and wherein the thickness (T) of the core layers follow the equation TA≧2TB≧4TC≧8TD, wherein TA is the radius of the innermost core, TB is the thickness of the adjacent outer core layer, TC is the thickness of the next adjacent outer core layer, and TD is the thickness of the next adjacent outer core layer, wherein the outer core layers are formed as a laminate and at least one is a water vapor barrier and wherein the core layers have progressively decreasing hardness from the innermost core layer toward the outermost layer, and wherein the hardness of the innermost core layer is at least 15 points on the Shore D scale higher than the hardness of one of the outer core layers.
- 14. A golf ball comprising a core and a cover, wherein the core comprises at least four layers having a thickness and wherein the thickness (T) of the core layers follow the equation TA≧2TB≧4TC≧8TD, wherein TA is the radius of the innermost core, TB is the thickness of the adjacent outer core layer and TC is the thickness of the next adjacent outer core layer, and TD is the thickness of the next adjacent outer core layer, wherein the outercore layers are formed as a laminate and at least one is a water vapor barrier and wherein the core layers have progressively increasing hardness from the innermost core layer toward the outermost layer, and wherein the hardness of the innermost core layer is at least 15 points on the Shore D scale lower than the hardness of one of the outer core layers.
- 15. A golf ball comprising a core and a cover, wherein the core comprises at least four layers having a thickness and wherein the thickness (T) of the core layers follow the equation TA≧2TB≧4TC≧8TD, wherein TA is the radius of the innermost core, TB is the thickness of the adjacent outer core layer and TC is the thickness of the next adjacent outer core layer, and TD is the thickness of the next adjacent outer core layer, wherein the outercore layers are formed as a laminate and at least one is a water vapor barrier and wherein the thickness of the layers that are not the innermost core is about 0.001 inches to about 0.010 inches.
- 16. A golf ball comprising a core and a cover, the core comprising at least three layers having a thickness and a radius, at least one of the core layers being a thin dense layer of a foamed layer, wherein the radius and thickness (T) of the core layers follow the equation TA≧2TB≧4TC, wherein TA is the radius of the innermost core, TB is the thickness of the adjacent outer core layer and TC is the thickness of the next adjacent outer core layer and wherein the thin dense layer or foamed layer has a thickness of about 0.001 to about 0.010 inches.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of parent U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/002,641, entitled “Multi-layered Core Golf Ball,” filed on Nov. 28, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,547,677 the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The parent application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/948,692, filed Sep. 10, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,547,677, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/172,608, filed Oct. 18, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,302,808, which is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/943,932, filed Oct. 3, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,056,842, also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08,996,718, filed Dec. 23, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,124,389, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/746,362, filed Nov. 8, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No 5,810,678, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/706,008, filed Aug. 30, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,813,923, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/603,057, filed Feb. 16, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,759,676, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/482,522, filed Jun. 7, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,688,191 also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/630,387, filed Aug. 1, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/603,057, filed Feb. 16, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,759,676; also the application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/815,753, filed Mar. 23, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,494,795 the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
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Continuation in Parts (11)
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