Golf club

• US 4,754,977 A
• Filed: 06/16/1986
• Issued: 07/05/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Christopher A. Sahm
• Original Assignee: Players Golf, Inc.
• Inventors: Sahm, Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Application Number:
  US06/874,682
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• Field of Search: 273/171, 273/169, 273/170, 273/172, 273/167 F, 273/167 H
• US Class Current: 473/337
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• 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 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

A golf club head is provided with sockets generally opposite the club face. The sockets receive removable and interchangeable weights fabricated from materials of varying density. Weighting changes can easily be effected by removing an existing set of weights and replacing them with a set made of greater or lesser density material. Preferably, the weights are screw-threaded into the sockets. A back side of the club head is hollowed in order to concentrate weight at the lowest possible point.

Claims

1. A golf club head for attachment to a shaft comprising an integrally formed hosel, heel, toe, ball striking face and a lower flange extending rearward from said face a distance substantially greater than the thickness of the upper portion of said head,

three internally threaded sockets extending rearwardly and horizontally along parallel axes along the lower portion of the club head adjacent said flange, and

at least one set of removable and interchangeable threaded weights receivable in said three threaded sockets, the back of the club head opposite said face and above said flange being hollowed, and portions of said head between said sockets being hollowed, so that the center of gravity of the club head is lowered.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the weights comprise plural sets of weights, each set being made of a material having a density different from the material of the others sets.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the material used in fabricating each set of weights is selected from a group consisting of brass, plastic, steel, stainless steel, lead, wood and copper.