Extreme Weighted Hybrid and Other Wood-Type Golf Clubs and Golf Club Heads
First Claim
1. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
- a club head body member defining an interior chamber, the club head body member including a ball striking face portion, a crown portion, and a sole portion;
a weight system engaged with the club head body member and provided at a perimeter portion of the club head body member at a location rearward of the ball striking face portion; and
a connection system extending from or through the weight system in a direction toward and at least partially through the interior chamber and toward the ball striking face portion of the club head body member.
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Abstract
Wood-type golf club heads include: (a) a club head body member defining an interior chamber; (b) a weight system engaged with a rear perimeter portion of the club head body member; and (c) a connection system connecting the weight system with the club head body (e.g., with the rear of the ball striking face portion). The club heads further may include one or more damping members in the interior chamber to alter the sound and/or otherwise attenuate a vibrational response of the club head. The damping members may extend between the ball striking face and the weight system, and optionally may engage the connection system. The damping member(s) may constitute a foam material compressed within the interior chamber of the club head. Methods of making such golf club head structures also are described.
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102 Claims
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1. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
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a club head body member defining an interior chamber, the club head body member including a ball striking face portion, a crown portion, and a sole portion; a weight system engaged with the club head body member and provided at a perimeter portion of the club head body member at a location rearward of the ball striking face portion; and a connection system extending from or through the weight system in a direction toward and at least partially through the interior chamber and toward the ball striking face portion of the club head body member. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
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a face member including a ball striking face, wherein an interior portion of the face member includes at least a portion of a fastener system; a body member engaged with the face member, wherein the body member includes at least a crown portion; a weight system provided along at least some part of a rear perimeter portion of the golf club head; and a connection system extending from or through the weight system to the face member, the connection system engaging the fastener system. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A wood-type golf club, comprising:
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a wood-type golf club head including; a club head body member defining an interior chamber, the club head body member including a ball striking face portion, a crown portion, and a sole portion, a weight system engaged with the club head body member and provided at a perimeter portion of the club head body member at a location rearward of the ball striking face portion, and a connection system extending from or through the weight system in a direction toward and at least partially through the interior chamber and toward the ball striking face portion of the club head body member; and a shaft member engaged with the golf club head.
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72. A wood-type golf club, comprising:
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a golf club head including; a face member including a ball striking face, wherein an interior portion of the face member includes at least a portion of a fastener system, a body member engaged with the face member, wherein the body member includes at least a crown portion, a weight system provided along at least some part of a rear perimeter portion of the golf club head, and a connection system extending from or through the weight system to the face member, the connection system engaging the fastener system; and a shaft member engaged with the golf club head.
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86. A method of assembling a wood-type golf club head, comprising:
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providing a wood-type golf club head body member including a ball striking face portion, a crown portion, and a sole portion, wherein the club head body member, at least in part, defines an interior chamber; and engaging a weight system with a perimeter portion of the club head body member at a location rearward of the ball striking face portion, wherein the weight system is engaged with the club head body member via a connection system that extends from or through the weight system in a direction toward and at least partially through the interior chamber and toward the ball striking face portion.
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101. A method of assembling a wood-type golf club, comprising:
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providing a wood-type golf club head body member including a ball striking face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a weight system, wherein the club head body member, at least in part, defines an interior chamber, wherein the weight system is engaged with a perimeter portion of the club head body member at a location rearward of the ball striking face portion, and wherein the weight system is engaged with the club head body member via a connection system that extends from or through the weight system in a direction toward and at least partially through the interior chamber and toward the ball striking face portion; and engaging a shaft member with the golf club head body member.
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