Golf club head with audible vibration attenuation
DCFirst Claim
1. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole defining a bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face, and comprisinga) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall,b) and said body also having metallic extent defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall and extending outwardly from said main recess toward at least one of the following:
- i) said top wallii) said bottom walliii) said toeiv) said heel,c) and means on said front wall and located forwardly of said main recess for attenuating audible vibration created when a golf ball is struck by said front face,d) said front wall having a rear side and said means being attached to said rear side and everywhere spaced from said undercut recess, said undercut recess openly exposed to said main recess.
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Abstract
A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole defining a bottom wall, and a front wall defining an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front face, and comprising the body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of the front wall; and the body also defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of the front wall and extending outwardly from the main recess toward one or more of the following:
i) the top wall
ii) the bottom wall
iii) the toe
iv) the heel;
and structure on said front wall and located forwardly of the main recess for attenuating audible vibration created when a golf ball is struck by the front face. The front wall has a rear side, and the referenced structure on the front wall is attached to the front wall rear side and is everywhere spaced from the undercut recess, the undercut recess openly exposed to the main recess.
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28 Claims
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1. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole defining a bottom wall, 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 having metallic extent defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall and extending outwardly from said main recess toward at least one of the following: -
i) said top wall ii) said bottom wall iii) said toe iv) said heel, c) and means on said front wall and located forwardly of said main recess for attenuating audible vibration created when a golf ball is struck by said front face, d) said front wall having a rear side and said means being attached to said rear side and everywhere spaced from said undercut recess, said undercut recess openly exposed to said main recess. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 14)
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5. The golf club head of 1 wherein said means has an enlarged central portion and two wings projecting oppositely generally toward the toe and heel respectively of the head.
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6. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole defining a bottom wall, 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 having metallic extent defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall, c) and means on said front wall and located forwardly of said main recess for attenuating audible vibration created when a golf ball is struck by said front face, said means exposed to said main recess, d) said means including a thin plate and adhesive material securing said plate to said front wall, e) and wherein said undercut recess extends outwardly from said main recess and adjacent said front wall in spaced relation to said thin plate toward at least three of the following: -
i) said top wall ii) said bottom wall iii) said toe iv) said heel, f) said undercut recess openly exposed to said main recess.
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7. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole defining a bottom wall, 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 having metallic extent defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall, c) and means on said front wall and located forwardly of said main recess for attenuating audible vibration created when a golf ball is struck by said front face, said means exposed to said main recess, d) said means including a thin plate and adhesive material securing said plate to said front wall, e) and wherein said undercut recess extends outwardly from said main recess and in spaced relation to said thin plate toward all four of the following: -
i) said top wall ii) said bottom wall iii) said toe iv) said heel, f) said undercut recess openly exposed to said main recess.
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10. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole defining a bottom wall, 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 having metallic extent defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall and extending outwardly from said main recess toward at least one of the following: -
i) said top wall ii) said bottom wall iii) said toe iv) said heel, c) and means on said front wall and located forwardly of said main recess for attenuating audible vibration created when a golf ball is struck by said front face, d) said means including a thin plate and adhesive material securing said plate to said front wall at the rear side thereof, e) and wherein said means includes a tape, to adhere to said rear side of the front wall, f) said undercut recess openly exposed to said main recess. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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15. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, sole defining a bottom wall, 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 having metallic extent defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall and extending outwardly from said main recess toward at least one of the following: -
i) said top wall ii) said bottom wall iii) said toe iv) said heel, c) a thin plate at the rear side of said front wall and located forwardly of the main extent of said main recess, and adhesive material securing said plate to said rear side of said front wall, d) said undercut recess openly exposed to said main recess, rearwardly of said plate. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A golf club head having a body defining a heel, toe, top wall, bottom wall, and curved corners between said top wall and toe, between said bottom wall and toe, and between said bottom wall and heel, and a front wall defining a front face, and comprising
a) said body defining a forwardly extending main recess located rearwardly of said front wall, b) and said body also having metallic extent defining an undercut recess located directly rearwardly of said front wall and extending outwardly from said main recess toward at least two of the following: -
i) said top wall ii) said bottom wall iii) said toe iv) said heel v) said curved corner between said top wall and toe vi) said curved corner between said bottom wall and toe vii) said curved corner between said bottom wall and heel, c) part of said undercut recess extending toward one of v) through vii), and said undercut recess openly exposed to said main recess. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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