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Golf club with improved anchor-back hosel

  • US 5,447,307 A
  • Filed: 01/28/1994
  • Issued: 09/05/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An iron type golf club head for hitting a golf ball comprising:

  • a golf club head body having a heel, a toe, a bottom sole, a planar, lofted ball striking face having a loft greater than 12 degrees, the ball striking face intersecting with a forwardmost progression of said bottom sole to define a leading edge of the ball striking face of said golf club, a club head longitudinal axis through said club head body in a heel to toe direction, a rear surface, and an outer periphery of said club head defined by an most outward exterior, front surfaces of said heel, toe and ball striking face;

    and a hosel permanently and non-rotatably fixed to said club head body, said hosel having an upper shaft-socket section for connection to a golf club shaft, said upper shaft-socket section being generally cylindrical in shape and extending upwardly at an angle relative to said longitudinal axis of the golf club head body, and a lower section connected to said upper section and formed at an angle with said upper shaft-socket section, said lower section originating from the rear surface of said club head body and extending in the same general direction as said club head longitudinal axis;

    said upper shaft-socket section of said hosel having a hosel longitudinal axis therethrough, an extension of which is offset from and located in a toe to heel direction outside of the outer periphery of said club head body;

    said lower section of said hosel being elongated in a heel to toe direction, extending within the outer periphery of the club head body, and being connected to and overlaying at least a portion of said rear surface.

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