Adjustable weighted golf club head

• US 10,617,921 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2018
• Issued: 04/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arcline Research, LLC
• Original Assignee: Arcline Research, LLC
• Inventors: Busch, Maximilian K., Baranson, David M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Simms, Jr., John E
• Application Number:
  US16/224,082
• Publication Number:
  US 20190118051A1
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/08 magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/007 Putters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/065 for putters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/04 Movable ballast means A63B15/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/52 with slits

Abstract

A golf club head includes a weight and a head body defining a channel configured to receive the weight. A position of the weight within the channel is magnetically adjustable using an adjuster that is separate from the head body during use of the golf club head.

Claims

1. A golf club head for a golf club, the golf club head comprising:

a head body defining an interior chamber having a channel;

a weight (i) enclosed within or selectively enclosable within the interior chamber and (ii) selectively repositionable along the channel;

a retaining element disposed within the interior chamber and positioned to selectively engage with the weight to secure the weight in a selected position;

a removable cover positioned to selectively enclose the interior chamber; and

a fastener extending through the the removable cover into the interior chamber and interfacing with the retaining element, wherein adjusting the fastener facilitates (i) selectively engaging the retaining element with the weight and (ii) selectively disengaging the retaining element from the weight.

2. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the weight is a first weight, further comprising a second weight that is selectively interchangeable with and has a different mass than the first weight.

3. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the weight is manufactured from a magnetically attractive material.

4. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the weight is manufactured from a non-magnetically attractive material, and wherein the weight includes a magnetically attractive element coupled thereto.

5. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the weight is manufactured from a magnetic material or the weight includes a magnetic element coupled thereto.

6. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the channel at least partially extends between a heel and a toe of the head body.

7. The golf club head of claim 6, wherein the channel is defined along a ball striking face of the head body.

8. The golf club head of claim 6, wherein the channel is defined along a rear face of the head body.

9. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the channel at least partially extends between a rear face and a ball striking face of the head body.

10. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the golf club head is a putter head, a wedge head, an iron head, a hybrid head, a wood head, or a driver head.

11. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the weight is selectively repositionable while the retaining element is disengaged from the weight and without direct physical manipulation of or contact with the weight by a user.

12. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the selected position of the weight within the channel is magnetically adjustable.

13. The golf club head of claim 1, further comprising an adjuster that facilitates adjusting the selected position of the weight.

14. The golf club head of claim 13, wherein the adjuster includes a worm gear.

15. The golf club head of claim 13, wherein the adjuster includes a magnetically attractive material or a magnetic material and the weight includes a magnetically attractive material or a magnetic material.