Golf club

• US 6,007,434 A
• Filed: 04/06/1998
• Issued: 12/28/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hustler Golf Company
• Original Assignee: Hustler Golf Company
• Inventors: Baker, Bruce E., Monett, Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Passaniti, Sebastiano
• Application Number:
  US09/056,123
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 473/330, 473/331, 473/342, 473/340
• US Class Current: 473/330
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0445 Details of grooves or the like on the impact surface
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/004 Striking surfaces coated with high-friction abrasive materials

Abstract

A club head for a golf club a front surface and a rear surface and defines a front surface recess having a bounding interior wall of arcuate configuration. A member is resident at least in part in the club head recess and defines a front surface for hitting engagement with a golf ball and a rear surface secured to the interior wall of the club head and having the same arcuate configuration as the interior wall of the club head. The member front surface defines pyramid-like projections thereon and has the same arcuate configuration as the member rear surface.

Claims

1. In combination:

(a) a club head for a golf club, the club head having a front surface and a rear surface and defining a front surface recess having a bounding interior wall of arcuate configuration; and

(b) a member resident at least in part in said club head recess and defining an arcuate front surface for hitting engagement with a golf ball and a rear surface secured to the interior wall of the club head and having the same arcuate configuration as the member front surface and the interior wall of the club head, the member comprising a plurality of pyramids each of which is truncated to have a flattened free end, the member arcuate front surface being defined by the flattened free ends of the pyramids.

2. A golf club comprising a club head having a rear surface and an arcuate front surface for hitting engagement with a golf ball, the club head comprising a plurality of pyramids each of which is truncated to have a flattened free end, the club head arcuate front surface being defined by the flattened free ends of the pyramids.

3. The golf club claimed in claim 2 wherein said club head defines first and second side margins bounding said pyramids and includes a shaft-receiving recess opening into a top surface of said club head centrally of said first and second side margins.