Golf club head with removable rails

• US 20060094526A1
• Filed: 10/28/2005
• Published: 05/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adams Golf Incorporated (Taylor Made Golf Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Adams Golf Incorporated (Taylor Made Golf Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Reed, Tim
• Application Number:
  US11/260,488
• Publication Number:
  US 20060094526A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/328
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/06 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/065 for putters
• 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 golf club head includes a club head body having a striking face, a sole, a crown, a toe and a heel. The club head also includes an adjustable soleplate system having at least one rail member adapted for selective attachment to the sole of the club head body.

Claims

1. A golf club head, comprising:

a club head body including a striking face, a sole, a crown, a toe and a heel; and

an adjustable soleplate system including at least one rail member adapted for selective attachment to the sole of the club head body.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the soleplate system includes a recess formed in the sole of the club head body and the at least one rail member is shaped and dimensioned for selective attachment within the recess.

3. The golf club head according to claim 2, wherein the recess is a slot formed along the sole of club head body which is shaped and dimensioned for receiving the at least one rail member.

4. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the club head body is formed of a titanium alloy.

5. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the at least one rail member includes an elongated body having a longitudinal axis extending substantially from a rear of the club head body toward the striking face of the club head body.

6. The golf club head according to claim 1, further including a plurality of rail members.

7. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein the at least one rail member includes a facing first surface and a connecting second surface, the facing first surface being shaped and dimensioned to ride along a striking surface and the connecting second surface being shaped and dimensioned for attachment to the sole of the club head body.

8. The golf club head according to claim 7, wherein the soleplate system includes a facing slot formed along the sole of the club head body which is shaped and dimensioned for receiving the connecting second surface of the at least one rail member.

9. The golf club head according to claim 7, wherein the facing first surface includes a rectangular profile.

10. The golf club head according to claim 7, wherein the facing first surface includes a trapezoidal profile.

11. The golf club head according to claim 7, wherein the facing first surface includes a circular profile.

12. The golf club head according to claim 7, wherein the facing first surface includes a uniform profile as it extends from a first end of the at least one rail member toward a second end of the rail member.

13. The golf club head according to claim 7, wherein the facing first surface includes a non-uniform profile as it extends from a first end of the at least one rail member toward a second end of the at least one rail member.

14. The golf club head according to claim 7, wherein the at least one rail member includes uniform weight distribution as it extends from a first end of the at least one rail member toward a second end of the at least one rail member.

15. The golf club head according to claim 7, wherein the at least one rail member includes a non-uniform weight distribution as it extends from a first end of the at least one rail member toward a second end of the at least one rail member.