Multi-color Golf Ball Discontinuous Coating Method
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for creating golf balls with multiple color regions for aesthetic purposes are limited, typically involving localized markings or incorporating colors into ball components, rather than achieving a comprehensive multi-color appearance across the ball's surface.
Innovation Solution
A method of painting or coating a golf ball with multiple visually distinct color regions by applying a colorant to the ball's surface, allowing for the formation of discontinuous color areas that provide an overall aesthetic appearance, using techniques such as partial coating and overlapping coatings to achieve desired color effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If localized markings or discrete color indicia are applied to the golf ball surface, then identifying information can be provided, but the overall aesthetic color appearance is compromised by distracting discrete locations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different colors to different regions of the golf ball surface using multiple colorants (first colorant, second colorant, third colorant) to create distinct color zones. This allows localized aesthetic customization while maintaining overall color coherence through the use of a clear coat that unifies the appearance across all regions.
Solution Approach 2:
The golf ball surface is divided into multiple discrete regions, each receiving different color treatments. The clear coat is applied as a separate layer that segments and unifies these colored regions, creating an overall aesthetic appearance while preserving individual color zone identities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple colorants are applied to different regions of the golf ball, then aesthetic customization is improved, but the manufacturing process complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Colorants are incorporated into the golf ball components (core, intermediate layers, cover) during the manufacturing process before final assembly. This preliminary incorporation of colors eliminates the need for complex post-manufacturing painting operations, simplifying the overall manufacturing process while achieving aesthetic customization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite construction with multiple layers (core, intermediate layers, cover) where different colorants are incorporated into different layers. This composite approach allows multiple colors to be integrated into the ball structure itself, providing aesthetic versatility without requiring complex external painting equipment or processes.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the creation of golf balls with a wide range of aesthetic visual appearances, offering increased customization options by allowing for various color combinations and patterns across the entire surface, enhancing the ball's visual appeal.
Implementation Method 1
applying a colorant to a portion of the surface area of the golf ball outer surface
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to making a golf ball having an overall purely aesthetic color appearance of two or more visually distinct color regions by partially painting/coating a portion the golf ball outer surface one or more times with a colorant. The invention also relates to the resulting golf ball.