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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7156817 | Massage ball A multi-layered massage ball which substantially mirrors the hardness and deformation characteristics of the human thumb and is particularly effective in relieving tender and painful muscle conditions, including but not limited to trigger points. The massage ball ty... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6893361 | Multilayer golf ball with hoop-stress layer The invention includes a golf ball having a center, a hoop-stress layer of high tensile elastic modulus material wrapped or wound about the core, at least one layer of a resilient elastomeric material, and a cover of at least one layer. The center in the golf ball c... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6712716 | Multilayer golf ball with wound intermediate layer The present invention describes a golf ball with a center, at least one wound layer, optionally, at least one intermediate layer, and at least one cover layer. The center is at least about 1 inch in diameter and includes polybutadiene, natural rubber, polyisoprene, ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6695717 | All rubber golf ball with hoop-stress layer The invention includes a golf ball having a core, a hoop-stress layer of high tensile elastic modulus material wrapped or wound about the core, at least one outermost layer of a thermoset material having a thickness of greater than about 0.065 inches. A b... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6565454 | Variable stress wound golf balls and a method for forming such golf balls The present invention is directed to an improved golf ball and a method of winding that includes measuring and controlling thread stress directly, rather than maintaining and controlling the level of tension on the threads. The golf ball includes a center... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6497630 | Wound golf ball A wound golf ball comprising a center, a cover, and at least one wound layer disposed between the center and the cover, wherein the at least one wound layer is formed of a tensioned elastomeric thread having at least one ply, wound about the center with a... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6361452 | Thread-wound golf ball In a thread-wound golf ball including a center ball, a thread layer, and a cover, the thread layer is formed of rubber thread and resin thread mixedly wound around the center ball. The resin thread wound around the center ball together with the rubber thr... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6227987 | Thread wound golf ball The present invention provides a thread wound golf ball having long flight distance, and high spin amount and excellent controllability when hitting by a short iron club, while keeping the characteristics inherent to the conventional thread wound golf bal... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6193619 | Golf balls having inner layers formed with cationic ionomers This invention relates to methods of using cationic ionomers in the composition of inner layers of golf balls. Further, this invention relates to golf balls comprising one or more inner layers and which incorporate polyurethane or polyurea ionomers. The g... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6149535 | Golf ball with spun elastic threads The present invention is directed towards a golf ball which comprises a center, at least one cover layer, and at least one layer of windings between the center and the cover. Preferably, the thread of the present invention is comprises of at least about 1... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5713801 | Golf ball with wound hoop-stress layer The invention relates to a golf ball having a substantially spherical inner core, a layer of high tensile elastic modulus fibers wound about the inner core, and a molded layer of a polymeric material surrounding the wound layer. The high tensile elastic m... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5685785 | Wound golf ball In a wound golf ball comprising a wound core (3) having thread rubber wound on a center (1) to form a thread rubber layer (2) thereon and a cover (4) around the wound core, the thread rubber layer (2) consists of an inner lamina (2a) of lightly wound thre... | 11/11/1997 |
| 4783078 | Wound golf balls The present invention relates to golf balls and in particular to an improvement in wound golf balls, especially those which have a liquid center. By using a two-storage winding process, breakage of threads about the center is reduced. The two-stage proces... | 11/08/1988 |
