| abstract |
The present invention relates to a golf ball. n The peripheral surface of the ball has dimples defining, at their intersections with this peripheral surface, circles of intersection distributed for the most part over the interior of twenty-four first elementary surfaces in the form of an irregular spherical quadrilateral, identical or constituting mutual mirror images, of eight second identical elementary surfaces in the form of spherical equilateral triangle and of twenty-four third elementary surfaces in the form of a spherical rectangular triangle, which are identical or constituting mutual mirror images, these elementary surfaces being defined by nine equatorial circles of the sphere defining the general shape of the peripheral surface of the ball. By a careful selection of the relative position of the equatorial circles, the distribution and diameters of the circles of intersection, one can render the orientation of the ball relatively indifferent with respect to the impact on the ball. |