GOLF CLUB HEAD AND ORNAMENT

• US 20130150176A1
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Published: 06/13/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Inventors: TAKECHI, Takaharu
• Application Number:
  US13/705,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20130150176A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/324
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0694 Visual indication, e.g. Indicia
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• 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 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/52 with slits

Abstract

This invention provides a golf club head to which an ornament is fixed. The ornament includes a cup-shaped metal shell member, a solid elastic body which has a mounting surface fitted in the golf club head, and fills the interior of the shell member, and an adhesive layer which bonds the inner surface of the shell member to the elastic body.

Claims

1. A golf club head to which an ornament is fixed,

the ornament comprising

a cup-shaped metal shell member,

a solid elastic body which has a mounting surface fitted in the golf club head, and fills an interior of said shell member, and

an adhesive layer which bonds an inner surface of said shell member to said elastic body.

2. The head according to claim 1, wherein said shell member is made by electroforming.

3. The head according to claim 1, wherein said elastic body is made of a resin mixed with a metal material.

4. The head according to claim 1, wherein

said shell member and said elastic body include holes, respectively, into which a bolt is to be inserted, and

the ornament is fixed to the golf club head by the bolt.

5. The head according to claim 1, wherein said elastic body includes a gap portion separated from the inner surface of said shell member, and said adhesive layer includes a portion formed by an adhesive which fills said gap portion.

6. An ornament fixed to a golf club head, the ornament comprising:

a cup-shaped metal shell member;

a solid elastic body which has a mounting surface fitted in the golf club head, and fills an interior of said shell member; and

an adhesive layer which bonds an inner surface of said shell member to said elastic body.