Claims
- 1. A golf ball comprising:a core having a Riehle compression of at least about 75; and an outer layer disposed around said core, said outer layer including at least one discrete region of weighting material that serves to increase the moment of inertia of said golf ball, wherein said at least one region of weighting material is visible along the exterior of said golf ball, said outer layer having a Shore D hardness of at least about 65, wherein said at least one discrete region of weighting material is in the form of a perimeter weighting pattern selected from the group consisting of a visible star-shaped perimeter weighting pattern, a visible contour-shaped perimeter weighting pattern, a visible pentagon-shaped perimeter weighting pattern, a visible radiused pentagon-shaped perimeter weighting pattern, a visible single stripe-shaped perimeter weighting pattern, a double stripe-shaped perimeter weighting pattern, a multi-stripe-shaped perimeter weighting pattern, a stripe and dimple-shaped perimeter weighting pattern, a ring-shaped perimeter weighting pattern, and a spiral-shaped perimeter weighting pattern.
- 2. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein said at least one discrete region of weighting material is in the form of a visible contoured-shaped perimeter weighting pattern.
- 3. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein said at least one discrete region of weighting material is in the form of a visible pentagon-shaped perimeter weighting pattern.
- 4. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein said at least one discrete region of weighting material is in the form of a visible radiused pentagon-shaped perimeter weighting pattern.
- 5. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein said at least one discrete region of weighting material is in the form of a visible single stripe-shaped perimeter weighting pattern.
- 6. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein said at least one discrete region of weighting material is in the form of a double stripe-shaped perimeter weighting pattern.
- 7. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein said at least one discrete region of weighting material is in the form of a multi-stripe-shaped perimeter weighting pattern.
- 8. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein said at least one discrete region of weighting material is in the form of a stripe and dimple-shaped perimeter weighting pattern.
- 9. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein said at least one discrete region of weighting material is in the form of a ring-shaped perimeter weighting pattern.
- 10. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein said at least one discrete region of weighting material is in the form of a spiral-shaped perimeter weighting pattern.
- 11. The golf ball of claim 1 wherein said layer disposed about said core is comprised of at least one high acid ionomer resin comprising a copolymer of about 17% to about 25% by weight of an alpha, beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid, and an alpha olefin of which about 10 to about 90% of the carboxyl groups of the copolymer are neutralized with a metal cation.
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/248,627, filed Feb. 11, 1999 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,261,193); which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/716,016, filed Sep. 19, 1996 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,820,489) which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/255,442, filed Jun. 8, 1994, now abandoned, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/054,406, filed Apr. 28, 1993 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,368,304). Application Ser. No. 09/248,627 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/049,868, filed Mar. 27, 1998 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,984,806), which is a continuation-in-pan of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/782,221, filed Jan. 13, 1997 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,015,356), and which claims priority from provisional application Serial No. 60/042,428, filed Mar. 28, 1997.
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08/782221 |
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08/255442 |
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