GOLF DRIVER HEAD WITH EXCHANGEABLE REAR SECTIONS

• US 20100041495A1
• Filed: 08/12/2008
• Published: 02/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dick's Sporting Goods Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Dick's Sporting Goods Incorporated
• Inventors: NORTH, Richard Ray III, Lavallee, Ben S.
• Granted Patent: US 7,959,522 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/346
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/045 Strengthening ribs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/06 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

A golf driver kit includes a front portion and a plurality of rear portions exchangeably connectable to the front portion and being of different respective shapes for imparting different flight characteristics to a struck golf ball. The front portion includes a front face plate and a hosel for receiving a shaft, plus a rearwardly projecting base on which the rear portion is seated. The rear portion is removably attached to the front portion by screws.

Claims

1. A golf driver head kit comprising:

a front portion including a hollow frame section having a front face plate and a hosel projecting upwardly from the frame section; and

a plurality of exchangeable rear portions selectively connectible to the front portion, each rear portion including a forwardly facing edge arranged to mate with the frame portion, the rear portions having different respective external shapes for imparting different effects to golf shots; and

a releasable fastening structure for selectively securing a selected rear portion to the front portion.

2. The kit according to claim 1 wherein the rearwardly facing opening is encompassed by a rearward projecting ridge received in the front end of the rear portion.

3. The kit according to claim 1 wherein the fastening structure comprises screws.

4. The kit according to claim 3 wherein each rear portion includes holes through which the screws can extend, and the front portion includes rearwardly open threaded holes for receiving respective ones of the screws.

5. The golf driver head kit according to claim 1 wherein the front portion includes a rearwardly extending base having an upstanding tab at its rear end;

the rear portion including a back wall;

the fastening structure including a screw connecting the back wall to the tab.

6. The golf driver head according to claim 5 wherein the fastening structure comprises screws.

7. The golf driver head according to claim 5 wherein the rear portion includes a notch formed therein for receiving the base.

8. A golf driver head comprising:

a front portion including a generally rectangular frame section defining a hollow interior, a front plate disposed on the frame section, a generally rectangular ridge extending rearwardly from the frame section, a hosel extending upwardly from the frame, a base extending rearwardly from a lower portion of the frame, and a tab extending upwardly from a rear end of the base;

a rear portion including a front end mating with the ridge, a lower wall having a notch formed therein for receiving the base, and a back wall adjacent the tab;

the front and rear portions being releasably interconnected by a pair of front screws extending through holes in the rear portion and into threaded holes in the hollow of the front portion, and by a rear screw extending through the back wall and into a threaded screw formed in the tab.

9. The golf driver head according to claim 8 wherein the rear portion is of generally rectangular shape.

10. The golf driver head according to claim 8 wherein the rear portion is of generally triangular shape.

11. The golf driver head according to claim 8 wherein the rear portion is of generally pulled-back type.

12. A golf driver head kit comprising:

a shaft;

a front portion including a hollow frame section having a front face plate, a rearwardly facing opening, and a hosel projecting upwardly from the frame section and receiving the shaft; and

a plurality of exchangeable rear portions selectively connectible to the front portion, each rear portion including a forwardly facing edge arranged to mate with the frame portion, the rear portions having different respective external shapes for imparting different effects to golf shots; and

a releasable fastening structure for selectively securing a selected rear portion to the front portion.