Golf club head with variable energy absorption
First Claim
1. A putterhead comprising a working section which absorbs energy in a variable manner, the working section containing a centrally located intended strikepoint on a striking face, and comprising a plurality of adjacent viscoelastic elements of predetermined and varying energy absorption, energy absorption being greatest at the intended strikepoint, the plurality of adjacent viscoelastic elements cooperating to equalize the distance a golf ball travels when struck at the intended strikepoint, or points on the striking face remote from the intended strikepoint, with an otherwise identical stroke.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a golf club head, preferably a putterhead, comprising a striking face with an intended strikepoint, and a variable energy absorbing means incorporated such that maximum energy is absorbed when a golf ball is struck on the intended strikepoint and progressively less energy is absorbed as the ball is struck on the striking face at distances incrementally remote from the intended strikepoint along a horizontal axis. In preferred embodiments, the energy absorbing elements are comprised of a plurality of adjacent viscoelastic elements of predetermined and varying energy absorption. The adjacent viscoelastic elements are arranged such that energy absorption is greatest at the intended strikepoint, the plurality of adjacent viscoelastic elements cooperating to reduce the variance of, and optimally to equalize, the distance a golf ball travels when struck at the intended strikepoint, or points on the striking face remote from the intended strikepoint, with an otherwise identical stroke.
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- 1. A putterhead comprising a working section which absorbs energy in a variable manner, the working section containing a centrally located intended strikepoint on a striking face, and comprising a plurality of adjacent viscoelastic elements of predetermined and varying energy absorption, energy absorption being greatest at the intended strikepoint, the plurality of adjacent viscoelastic elements cooperating to equalize the distance a golf ball travels when struck at the intended strikepoint, or points on the striking face remote from the intended strikepoint, with an otherwise identical stroke.
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11. A putterhead comprising a striking face with an intended strikepoint, and a variable energy absorbing means incorporated such that maximum energy is absorbed when a golf ball is struck on the intended strikepoint and progressively less energy is absorbed as the ball is struck on the striking face at distances incrementally remote from the intended strikepoint along a horizontal axis, the variable energy absorbing means comprising a plurality of vertically oriented striking elements, the major plane of the vertically oriented striking elements being oriented perpendicular to the striking face of the putterhead, the vertically oriented striking elements being insulated from communication with adjacent vertically oriented striking elements by one or more viscoelastic energy absorbing materials.
- 12. An golf club comprising a working section which absorbs energy in a variable manner, the working section containing a centrally located intended strikepoint on a striking face, and comprising a plurality of adjacent viscoelastic elements of predetermined energy absorption varying from a maximum at the intended strikepoint to a minimum at a point in spaced apart relation to the intended strikepoint, the plurality of adjacent viscoelastic elements cooperating to equalize the distance a golf ball travels when struck at the intended strikepoint, or points on the striking face remote from the intended strikepoint, with an otherwise identical stroke.
- 21. A putterhead comprising a working section which absorbs energy in a variable manner, the working section containing a centrally located intended strikepoint on a striking face, and comprising a plurality of adjacent viscoelastic elements of predetermined and varying energy absorption, energy absorption being greatest at the intended strikepoint, the plurality of adjacent viscoelastic elements cooperating to reduce the variance of the distance a golf ball travels when struck at the intended strikepoint, or points on the striking face remote from the intended strikepoint, with an otherwise identical stroke.
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