Set of golf clubs

• US 20030092499A1
• Filed: 11/12/2002
• Published: 05/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Gilbert, Peter J.
• Granted Patent: US 6,860,819 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/291
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/005 Club sets
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0458 with non-uniform thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence

Abstract

A set of golf club heads having peripheral weights that change from club head to club head so that the center of gravity rises from the long irons to the short irons resulting in a consistent peak trajectory height along a line for each club head.

Claims

1. A set of golf club heads comprising:

a first golf club head comprising a heel, a toe, an upper surface, a lower surface, a front face, and a back face opposite the front face, wherein the first golf club head has a first peripheral weight defining a first cavity, and wherein the first peripheral weight has a first thickness; and

a second golf club head comprising a heel, a toe, an upper surface, a lower surface, a front face, and a back face opposite the front face, wherein the second golf club head a second peripheral weight defining a first cavity, and wherein the second peripheral weight has a second thickness greater than the first thickness.