Golf club head

• US 5,419,556 A
• Filed: 10/07/1993
• Issued: 05/30/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daiwa Seiko Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Daiwa Resort Company Limited (Daiwa House Industry Company Limited)
• Inventors: Take, Shigeki
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US08/132,895
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• Field of Search: 273/167 R, 273/164.1, 273/167 A, 273/167 E, 273/167 H, 273/167 F, 273/169, 273/175, 273/174, 273/193 R, 273/194 R, 273/167 D, D21/220
• US Class Current: 473/349
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• 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

In A golf club head, a central portion of a sole surface existing substantially centrally between the toe and heel sides is left as it is, two recesses are formed on the toe and heel sides, and the wall surfaces of the recesses are formed so as to be inclined gently from the sole surface central portion. The golf club head can cut into the ground properly when hitting a ball and also allows a golfer to hook or slice the ball freely.

Claims

1. A golf club head having a sole portion defining a sole surface extending longitudinally between a toe portion and a heel portion, comprising an improvement wherein said sole portion defines a central portion flush with said sole surface, and one of a pair of longitudinally elongated recesses extends from said central portion toward each of said toe portion and said heel portion, and each of said recesses includes a wall surface which is inclined toward said central portion.

2. The golf club head according to claim 1, wherein said central portion and each of said recesses defines a curved boundary.

3. A golf club head having a sole portion defining a sole surface located between a toe portion and a heel portion, comprising an improvement wherein said sole portion defines a central portion flush with said sole surface, and a pair of recesses extending from said central portion toward a respective one of said toe portion and said heel portion, and each of said recesses includes a wall surface which is inclined toward said central portion, said recesses being elongated from said central portion toward said respective one of said toe portion and said heel portion, wherein said central portion is located just below a sweet spot.

4. A golf club head having a sole portion defining a sole surface located between a toe portion and a heel portion, comprising an improvement wherein said sole portion defines a central portion flush with said sole surface, and a pair of recesses extending from said central portion toward a respective one of said toe portion and said heel portion, and each of said recesses includes a wall surface which is inclined toward said central portion, said recesses being elongated from said central portion toward said respective one of said toe portion and said heel portion, wherein each of said recesses smoothly merges into a respective one of said toe portion and heel portion.

5. A golf club head having a sole portion defining a sole surface located between a toe portion and a heel portion, comprising an improvement wherein said sole portion defines a central portion flush with said sole surface, and a pair of recesses extending from said central portion toward a respective one of said toe portion and said heel portion, and each of said recesses includes a wall surface which is inclined toward said central portion, said recesses being elongated from said central portion toward said respective one of said toe portion and said heel portion, wherein each of said recesses has a bottom having a portion located near said central portion, said portion being larger in depth than other portions of said bottom.

6. A golf club head having a sole portion defining a sole surface located between a toe portion and a heel portion, comprising an improvement wherein said sole portion defines a central portion flush with said sole surface, and a pair of recesses extending from said central portion toward a respective one of said toe portion and said heel portion, and each of said recesses includes a wall surface which is inclined toward said central portion, said recesses being elongated from said central portion toward said respective one of said toe portion and said heel portion, wherein each of said recesses has wall surfaces circumscribing a bottom of said recess, all wall surfaces merging smoothly into said sole surface.

7. The golf club head according to claim 6, wherein said bottom is convex.

8. A golf club head having a sole portion defining a convex sole surface located between a toe portion and a heel portion, comprising an improvement wherein said sole portion defines a central portion flush with said sole surface, and a pair of recesses extending from said central portion toward a respective one of said toe portion and said heel portion, and said central portion and each of said recesses has a common curved boundary therebetween, each of said recesses defining a convex bottom surface extending in a direction from said central portion toward said respective one of said toe and heel portions.

9. The golf club head according to claim 8, wherein said curved boundary is located on a plane substantially flush with said central portion.