Iron golf club head with dual intersecting recesses
First Claim
1. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face and rear face, and comprisinga) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall,b) said body also defining an undercut recess located rearwardly of said front wall rear face and extending outwardly from said main recess toward said top wall and toward said bottom wall, proximate said rear face,c) said head having rearward projection with downward thickening between said top wall and said main recess, and rearwardly of said undercut recess that extends toward said top wall, said undercut recess that extends toward said top wall having forward and rearward sides that extend generally parallel to one another,d) said rearward projection having a lower surface facing said main recess, said lower surface intersecting said rearward side of the undercut recess at an acute angle,e) there being a reduced thickness web extending generally parallel to said undercut recess, and located adjacent to said undercut recess between said main recess and said top wall.
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Abstract
A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face and rear face, comprising a body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of the front wall; the body also defining an undercut recess located rearwardly of the front wall rear face and extending outwardly from the main recess toward the top wall and toward the bottom wall, proximate the rear face; the head having rearward projection with downward thickening between the top wall and the main recess, and rearwardly of the undercut recess that extends toward the top wall, the undercut recess that extends toward the top wall having forward and rearward sides that extend generally parallel to one another; the rearward projection having a lower surface facing the main recess, the lower surface intersecting the rearward side of the undercut recess at an acute angle.
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73 Claims
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1. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face and rear face, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) said body also defining an undercut recess located rearwardly of said front wall rear face and extending outwardly from said main recess toward said top wall and toward said bottom wall, proximate said rear face, c) said head having rearward projection with downward thickening between said top wall and said main recess, and rearwardly of said undercut recess that extends toward said top wall, said undercut recess that extends toward said top wall having forward and rearward sides that extend generally parallel to one another, d) said rearward projection having a lower surface facing said main recess, said lower surface intersecting said rearward side of the undercut recess at an acute angle, e) there being a reduced thickness web extending generally parallel to said undercut recess, and located adjacent to said undercut recess between said main recess and said top wall.
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3. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face and rear face, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) said body also defining an undercut recess located rearwardly of said front wall rear face and extending outwardly from said main recess toward said top wall and toward said bottom wall, proximate said rear face, c) said head having rearward projection with upward thickening between said bottom wall and said main recess, and rearwardly of said undercut recess that extends toward said bottom wall, said undercut recess that extends toward said bottom wall having forward and rearward sides that extend generally parallel to one another, d) said rearward projection having an upper surface facing said main recess, said upper surface intersecting said rearward side of the undercut recess at an obtuse angle; e) there being a reduced thickness web extending generally parallel to said undercut recess, and located adjacent to said undercut recess between said main recess and said top wall. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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4. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face and rear face, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) said body also defining an undercut recess located rearwardly of said front wall rear face and extending outwardly from said main recess toward said top wall and toward said bottom wall, proximate said rear face, c) said head having rearward projection with upward thickening between said bottom wall and said main recess, and rearwardly of said undercut recess that extends toward said bottom wall, d) said head also having rearward projection with downward thickening between said top wall and said main recess, and rearwardly of said undercut recess that extends toward said top wall, e) said upward thickening substantially exceeding said downward thickening, f) there being a reduced thickness web extending generally parallel to said undercut recess, and located adjacent to said undercut recess between said main recess and said top wall.
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7. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face and rear face, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) said body also defining an undercut recess located rearwardly of said front wall rear face and extending outwardly from said main recess toward said top wall and toward said bottom wall, proximate said rear face, c) said head having first rearward projection with upward thickening between said bottom wall and said main recess, and rearwardly of said undercut recess that extends toward said bottom wall, d) said head also having second rearward projection with downward thickening between said top wall and said main recess, and rearwardly of said undercut recess that extends toward said top wall, e) said undercut recess extending toward said top wall having slant height S1 above said main recess, said undercut recess extending toward said bottom wall having slant height S2 below said main recess, and wherein S2 substantially exceeds S1, f) there being a reduced thickness web extending generally parallel to said undercut recess, and located adjacent to said undercut recess between said main recess and said top wall.
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19. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face in ball-addressing position of the head, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) and said body having upper and lower projections extending rearwardly from said front wall above and below said main recess, said projections being rearwardly elongated, c) said body defining a first auxiliary recess located rearwardly of said front face and forwardly of the main extent of one of said projections, said auxiliary recess intersecting outer surface extent of the head, d) there being a reduced thickness web extending generally parallel to said auxiliary recess, and located adjacent to said auxiliary recess between said main recess and said top wall.
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21. (first amendment) A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face in ball-addressing position of the head, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) and said body having upper and lower projections extending rearwardly from said front wall above and below said main recess, said projections being rearwardly elongated, c) said body defining a first auxiliary recess located rearwardly of said front face and forwardly of the main extent of one of said projections, said auxiliary recess intersecting outer surface extent of the head, d) said first auxiliary recess intersecting lowermost surface extent of the head along a path extending generally between the heel and toe.
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25. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face in ball-addressing position of the head, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) and said body having upper and lower projections extending rearwardly from said front wall above and below said main recess, c) said body defining a first auxiliary recess located rearwardly of said front face and forwardly of the main extent of one of said projections, said auxiliary recess intersecting outer surface extent of the head, d) said first auxiliary recess intersecting uppermost surface extent of the head along a path extending generally between the heel and toe, e) and wherein there is a second auxiliary recess located rearwardly of said front face and forwardly of main extent of the lower projection, said second auxiliary recess intersecting lowermost extent of the head along a path extending generally between the heel and toe.
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39. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face and rear face, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) and said body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall rear face and extending outwardly from said main recess toward said top wall and toward said bottom wall, adjacent said rear face, said undercut recess having a slant height dimension D1 between uppermost and lowermost extents of said undercut recess in a vertical plane normal to said front wall, and said front wall having a slant height dimension D2 between uppermost and lowermost extents thereof in said plane, where:
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58. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) and said body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall and extending outwardly from said main recess toward the following: -
i) said top wall ii) said bottom wall, said undercut recess proximate said top wall having lesser depth than said undercut recess proximate said bottom wall, c) said undercut recess having uppermost and lowermost extents defining a separation distance D1, the front face having uppermost and lowermost extents defining a separation distance D2, where
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0.95d) said undercut recess openly exposed to said main recess. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60)
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61. Multiple golf club heads in a set, each head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) and said body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall and extending outwardly from said main recess toward at least three of the following: -
i) said top wall ii) said bottom wall iii) said toe iv) said heel, c) the undercut recesses in said bodies of the set having increasing rearward angularity in correspondence to increasing rearward angularity of the inclined front faces of the bodies of the set, d) the undercut recesses in each body of the set having parallel forward and rearward walls. e) said front wall having front and rear faces, said rear face having a slant height dimension D1 between uppermost and lowermost extents of said undercut recess in a vertical plane, and said front face having a slant height dimension D2 between uppermost and lowermost extents thereof in said plane, where; - View Dependent Claims (63, 65)
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66. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, bottom wall, a sole, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) and said body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall and extending outwardly from said main recess toward at least said top wall and said bottom wall, c) each of said top and bottom walls having a maximum vertical thickness region rearwardly of and adjacent said undercut recess, said top wall tapering rearwardly and being rearwardly elongated rearwardly of said undercut recess to overlie said main recess, and said bottom wall tapering rearwardly and being rearwardly elongated rearwardly of said undercut recess to underlie said main recess, said top wall defining a reduced thickness web adjacent to and above said undercut recess, said web located rearwardly of the uppermost level of said front face, and said undercut recess nearest said web extending upwardly to a level proximate said uppermost level of said front face, g) said rear face having a slant height dimension of D1 between uppermost and lowermost extents of said undercut recess in a vertical plane, and said front wall having a slant height dimension D2 between uppermost and lowermost extents thereof in said plane, where: -
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0.95.h) said undercut recess openly exposed to said main recess. - View Dependent Claims (68)
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69. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face in ball-addressing position of the head, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) and said body having upper and lower projections extending rearwardly from said front wall above and below said main recess, c) said body defining a first auxiliary recess located rearwardly of said front face and forwardly of the main extent of one of said projections, d) said first auxiliary recess intersecting uppermost surface extent of the head along a path extending generally between the heel and toe, e) there being a web extending parallel to said path, and located adjacent said first auxiliary recess between and in communication with said main recess.
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70. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face in ball-addressing position of the head, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) and said body having upper and lower portions extending rearwardly from said front wall above and below said main recess, c) said body defining a first auxiliary recess located rearwardly of said front face and forwardly of the main extent of one of said portions, d) said first auxiliary recess extending proximate uppermost surface extent of the head along a path extending generally between the heel and toe, said upper portion extending rearwardly of said first auxiliary recess, e) there being a web extending parallel to said path, and located adjacent said first auxiliary recess between and in communication with said main recess.
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71. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, bottom wall, a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) said body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall to intersect said main recess, and extending outwardly from said main recess toward and into said top wall, c) said top wall extending rearwardly of said undercut recess, said top wall having reduced vertical thickness in relation to said front wall outwardly of said undercut recess, thereby to define a web, d) said web located rearwardly of the top level of said front face, and said undercut recess nearest said web extending to a level proximate the top level of said front face.
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72. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, a bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face, said front wall having a rear side, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) said body also defining upper and lower body portions respectively located above and below said main recess and respectively associated with said top and bottom walls, c) there being an undercut recess extending upwardly in said body upper portion proximate said front wall rear side and to an uppermost level proximate the top level of said front face, said undercut recess downwardly intersecting said main recess.
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