Golf club head with shankless hosel
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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 portion, a toe portion, a bottom sole, a top ridge, and 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 head, the most outward exterior surfaces of said heel portion, toe portion and ball striking face defining an outer periphery of the club head;
a hosel permanently and nonrotatably fixed to said body adjacent said heel portion, the entire hosel being located beyond the outer periphery of the club head, said hosel including a top, a bottom, a front surface, a rear surface, and an inward, toe-facing surface;
no portion of said hosel extending beyond, in a rear to front direction, the leading edge of the club face; and
said hosel including a tubular shaft socket for accepting a golf club shaft, said tubular shaft socket having interior walls and an extended longitudinal axis, said walls and axis being spaced from and not intersecting any portion of the club head body.
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A iron-type golf club head for hitting a golf ball. A club head including a hosel permanently and nonrotatably fixed to the body of the club head adjacent the heel portion, the entire hosel being located beyond the outer periphery of the club head with no portion of the hosel extending beyond, in a rear to front direction, the leading edge of the club face. The hosel further includes a tubular shaft socket for accepting a golf club shaft, a socket having interior walls which are spaced from and do not intersect with any portion of the main body of the club head.
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44 Claims
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1. An iron type golf club head for hitting a golf ball comprising:
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a golf club head body having a heel portion, a toe portion, a bottom sole, a top ridge, and 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 head, the most outward exterior surfaces of said heel portion, toe portion and ball striking face defining an outer periphery of the club head; a hosel permanently and nonrotatably fixed to said body adjacent said heel portion, the entire hosel being located beyond the outer periphery of the club head, said hosel including a top, a bottom, a front surface, a rear surface, and an inward, toe-facing surface; no portion of said hosel extending beyond, in a rear to front direction, the leading edge of the club face; and said hosel including a tubular shaft socket for accepting a golf club shaft, said tubular shaft socket having interior walls and an extended longitudinal axis, said walls and axis being spaced from and not intersecting any portion of the club head body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An iron type golf club head for hitting a golf ball comprising:
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a golf club head body having a heel portion, a toe portion, a bottom sole, a top ridge, and 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 head, the most outward exterior surfaces of said heel portion, toe portion and ball striking face defining an outer periphery of the club head; a substantially straight hosel permanently and nonrotatably fixed to said body adjacent said heel portion, the entire hosel being located beyond the outer periphery of the club head, said hosel including a top, a bottom, a front surface, a rear surface, an toe-facing surface; no portion of said hosel extending beyond, in a rear to front direction, the leading edge of the club face; said hosel including a tubular shaft socket for accepting a golf club shaft, said tubular shaft socket being substantially concentric with said hosel and having interior walls and an extended longitudinal axis, said walls and axis being spaced from and not intersecting any portion of the club head body, said tubular shaft socket extending to a point at or below a line defined by an extension of the top ridge; and an elbow positioned between the heel portion of the golf club body and said hosel and connecting said hosel to said heel portion, no portion of said elbow extending beyond, in a rear to front direction, the leading edge of the club face, wherein the hosel is spaced behind said heel portion, in a toe to heel direction, by means of said elbow. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An iron type golf club head for hitting a golf ball comprising:
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a golf club head body having a heel portion, a toe portion, a bottom sole, a top ridge, and 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 head, the most outward exterior surfaces of said heel portion, toe portion and ball striking face defining an outer periphery of the club head; a hosel permanently and nonrotatably fixed to said body adjacent said heel portion, the entire hosel being located beyond the outer periphery of the club head, said hosel including a top, a bottom, a front surface, a rear surface, and an inward, toe-facing surface; no portion of said hosel extending beyond, in a rear to front direction, the leading edge of the club face; said hosel including a tubular shaft socket for accepting a golf club shaft, said tubular shaft socket having interior walls which are spaced from and do not intersect any portion of the club head body; and an elbow having a bottom portion, a top, and a front surface, the elbow positioned between the heel portion of the golf club body and said hosel and connecting said hosel to said heel portion, no portion of said elbow extending beyond, in a rear to front direction, the leading edge of the club face, wherein the hosel is spaced from the outer periphery of said heel by means of said elbow, the bottom portion of said elbow is positioned above a line defined by an extension of the leading edge of the club face. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. An iron type golf club head for hitting a golf ball comprising:
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a golf club head body having a heel portion, a toe portion, a bottom sole, a top ridge, and 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 head, the most outward exterior surfaces of said heel portion, toe portion and ball striking face defining an outer periphery of the club head; a hosel permanently and nonrotatably fixed to said body adjacent said heel portion, the entire hosel being located beyond the outer periphery of the club head, said hosel including a top, a bottom, a front surface, a rear surface, and an inward, toe-facing surface; no portion of said hosel extending beyond, in a rear to front direction, the leading edge of the club face; said hosel including a tubular shaft socket for accepting a golf club shaft, said tubular shaft socket having interior walls which are spaced from and do not intersect any portion of the club head body; and an elbow having a bottom portion, a top, and a front surface, the elbow positioned between the heel portion of the golf club body and said hosel and connecting said hosel to said heel portion, no portion of said elbow extending beyond, in a rear to front direction, the leading edge of the club face, wherein the hosel is spaced from the outer periphery of said heel by means of said elbow, the elbow including an integral buffer portion that extends outwardly from the remaining portion of the elbow, providing a more concentrated mass where the buffer portion is located. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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