Weight distribution of the head of a golf club
First Claim
1. A golf club head comprising a tip of weight M3, a central part of weight M4, a heel of weight M5, and a hosel of weight M2, said tip including a tip weight (30) and said hosel including a hosel weight (20) which weights (30 and 20) cooperate to define a center of gravity of the club head G that is provided generally between the tip weight (30) and the hosel weight (20), said tip and said hosel weights, (30 and 20), respectively, being located below and above, respectively, a horizontal axis X--X'"'"' through said center of gravity, and the magnitude of said weights (30 and 20) being inversely proportional, respectively, to the horizontal spacing between said weights (30 and 20) and said center of gravity of the club head.
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Abstract
Golf clubs are disclosed having weighted tips and weighted hosels so as to achieve a predetermined weight distribution in both the horizontal and vertical direction. The distance between the hosel and tip weights is maximized as a result of their respective geometries relative to the center of gravity of the club head, and the stability of the club head is increased both about a horizontal axis and about a vertical axis through the center of gravity. In one version the tip weight is at least twice the weight at the hosel and in another version these weights are substantially indentical.
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- 1. A golf club head comprising a tip of weight M3, a central part of weight M4, a heel of weight M5, and a hosel of weight M2, said tip including a tip weight (30) and said hosel including a hosel weight (20) which weights (30 and 20) cooperate to define a center of gravity of the club head G that is provided generally between the tip weight (30) and the hosel weight (20), said tip and said hosel weights, (30 and 20), respectively, being located below and above, respectively, a horizontal axis X--X'"'"' through said center of gravity, and the magnitude of said weights (30 and 20) being inversely proportional, respectively, to the horizontal spacing between said weights (30 and 20) and said center of gravity of the club head.
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