Golf club head

• US 5,971,867 A
• Filed: 02/23/1998
• Issued: 10/26/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Co., Inc.
• Original Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Co., Inc.
• Inventors: Galy, Philippe
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiu, Raleigh W.
• Application Number:
  US09/027,565
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 473/345, 473/334, 473/335, 473/338, 473/339, 473/349
• US Class Current: 473/345
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0412 Volume
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

A golf club head (1) whose volume is delimited by a crown (3), a sole-plate (11), a belt (4), and a hitting surface (2), junctions between the belt (4) and the hitting surface (2) delimiting a heel (9) and a toe (10). The belt (4) comprises at least one arc-shaped portion (8, 32, 33, 34, 35) which forms a visible layer of the belt (4), while extending along the belt (4) between the heel (9) and the tip (10), the arc-shaped portion (8, 32, 33, 34, 35) being a peripheral weight made of a high-density material.

Claims

1. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:

a main body comprised of a first material, the main body comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, a strike surface for striking a golf ball, and a curved peripheral belt extending between the upper and lower surfaces, said main body defining a hollow volume;

a weight extending along an outer surface of said peripheral belt, said weight comprised of a second material;

wherein the first material has a lower density than the second material.

2. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said club head has a total weight of between 185 and 205 grams, said peripheral belt has a weight between 16 and 60 grams, and said club head has a volume between 250 and 270 cubic centimeters.

3. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said main body comprises at least two pieces including a first piece comprising said upper surface, said strike surface, and an upper portion of said belt, and a second piece comprising said lower surface and a lower portion of said belt.

4. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said weight is between 16 and 60 grams.

5. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said weight is arcuate and is between 16 and 34 grams.

6. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein said peripheral belt defines an elongate arcuate recess and wherein said weight is positioned in said recess.