Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Ball
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-12
2011-07-12
Trimiew, Raeann (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Ball
Reexamination Certificate
active
07976407
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a smart golf ball comprised of one or more mantle layers juxtaposed between an inner core and outer cover, where the core, the mantle layer(s), and/or the cover are further comprised of a ferrofluid, a magnetorheological fluid, an inverse magnetorheological fluid, and/or a magnetorheological elastomer, in any of its construction. These nano-engineered materials make possible a golf ball with heretofore-unprecedented levels of adaptive play.
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