Packaging incorporating color golf balls in a color progression

Abstract

A set of golf balls and package assembly, comprising: a package defining at least one cavity for housing a golf ball set; the golf ball set comprising a series comprising n golf balls, each having an overall color appearance of one of n different colors expressed in the CIE CIECAM color system wherein n>1; the series being ordered in a color progression such that at least one of the a b, h, J and C values, as defined in the CIE CIECAM color system, is different. The invention is also directed to a method of making the set of golf balls and package assembly.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 972,709, filed Dec. 10, 2010, now U.S. Publ. No. 20110086728, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention relates generally to golf ball packaging incorporating a plurality of differently colored golf balls in a color progression.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Golf balls, whether of solid or wound construction, generally include a core and a cover. It is known in the art to modify the properties of a conventional solid ball by altering the typical single layer core and single cover layer construction to provide a ball having at least one mantle layer disposed between the cover and the core. The core may be solid or liquid-filled, and may be formed of a single layer or one or more layers. Covers, in addition to cores, may also be formed of one or more layers. These multi-layer cores and covers are somet...

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Benefits of technology

[0082]A golf ball of the invention incorporates color using the CIE CIECAM color appearance model which was developed based on human perception and permits the golf ball manufacturer to accurately predict how the average golfer will perceive a specific overall golf ball color shade under different viewing conditions. In this way, it becomes possible for a golf ball manufacturer to identify and incorporate into a golf ball only those color shades which are most likely to produce the least variance in a golfer's perception of color in response to the expected changes to stimuli on the golf course and therefore be most appealing to the golfer's eye under a variety of viewing circumstances.

Problems solved by technology

Such single lighting condition models present a significant drawback for choosing golf ball color, however, in that they fail to consider, address or account for how changing stimuli on the green will affect a golfer's visual perception of color and are therefore not practical or reliable systems for choosing appropriate golf ball color shades.

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