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Golf irons with sealed undercut

  • US 10,561,910 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2018
  • Issued: 02/18/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cavity-back golf club head for an iron-type golf club, the golf club head comprising:

  • a club head body including a face, a sole adjoining the face, and a rear wall adjoining the sole, wherein the face, the sole, and the rear wall define an undercut volume, the rear wall including at an upper edge thereof a threshold surface defining an upper threshold of the undercut volume, and a sloped ledge adj oining the threshold surface and projecting at an oblique angle from the threshold surface into the undercut volume;

    a first insert between a rear surface of the face and the sloped ledge of the rear wall within the undercut volume to thereby define a fluidly sealed empty cavity within the undercut volume; and

    a second insert secured to the club head body and including a concave recess defining an open cavity extending from the rear wall toward the face,wherein the first insert includes a top surface and a sloped surface projecting at an oblique angle from the top surface, the top surface of the first insert being seated against a bottom surface of the second insert, and the sloped surface being seated against the sloped ledge of the rear wall,wherein the second insert includes a reinforcing feature extending across the open cavity.

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