CA2004916A1 - Multi-piece golf balls and methods of manufacture - Google Patents

Multi-piece golf balls and methods of manufacture

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CA2004916A1
CA2004916A1 CA2004916A CA2004916A CA2004916A1 CA 2004916 A1 CA2004916 A1 CA 2004916A1 CA 2004916 A CA2004916 A CA 2004916A CA 2004916 A CA2004916 A CA 2004916A CA 2004916 A1 CA2004916 A1 CA 2004916A1
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Robert P. Molitor
Terence Melvin
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Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp
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Spalding and Evenflo Companies Inc
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Abstract

An improved golf ball comprising a hollow, spherical shell of a polymeric material having a thickness of between about 0.060 and 0.410 inches and a unitary, non-cellular core of a material which, at the time of introduction into the shell, is a liquid.
CA 2004916 1989-03-10 1989-12-07 Multi-piece golf balls and methods of manufacture Expired - Lifetime CA2004916C (en)

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