Iron type golf club head
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1. An iron type golf club head including a hosel, heel, toe, bottom sole, top ridge surface, ball striking face having a centrally located ball impact zone and a primary peripheral weight formed rearwardly on said club head creating a back cavity having a rear face and upper, side and lower shelf surfaces wherein the improvement comprises:
- a secondary weight and reinforcing system including a dominant secondary weight member and at least two smaller auxiliary, reinforcing and stabilizing weight members, in combination therewith;
said secondary weight and reinforcing system located on said rear face;
said dominant secondary weight member located adjacent to a portion of said primary peripheral weight and said auxiliary, reinforcing and stabilizing weight members extending from said dominant secondary weight member onto said rear face within said back cavity toward and spaced from portions of said primary peripheral weight opposite said dominant secondary weight member;
said auxiliary, reinforcing and stabilizing weight members formed with an elongated shape, extending away from said dominant secondary weight member into said back cavity of said rear face;
and, at least one of said plurality of auxiliary, reinforcing and stabilizing weight members being centrally located adjacent a center area of said rear cavity behind said centrally located impact zone of said ball striking face, and at least one additional of said auxiliary, reinforcing and stabilizing weight members extending onto said rear cavity in a direction away from said center area of said rear cavity.
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An iron type golf club head having a unique weighting, stabilizing and reinforcing configuration for the rear face of a cavity back, peripheral weight club head. At least one dominant secondary weight member is combined with at least one auxiliary reinforcing and stabilizing weight member extending from an innermost secondary weight member surface across the rear face of the rear cavity.
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1. An iron type golf club head including a hosel, heel, toe, bottom sole, top ridge surface, ball striking face having a centrally located ball impact zone and a primary peripheral weight formed rearwardly on said club head creating a back cavity having a rear face and upper, side and lower shelf surfaces wherein the improvement comprises:
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a secondary weight and reinforcing system including a dominant secondary weight member and at least two smaller auxiliary, reinforcing and stabilizing weight members, in combination therewith;
said secondary weight and reinforcing system located on said rear face;
said dominant secondary weight member located adjacent to a portion of said primary peripheral weight and said auxiliary, reinforcing and stabilizing weight members extending from said dominant secondary weight member onto said rear face within said back cavity toward and spaced from portions of said primary peripheral weight opposite said dominant secondary weight member;
said auxiliary, reinforcing and stabilizing weight members formed with an elongated shape, extending away from said dominant secondary weight member into said back cavity of said rear face;
and, at least one of said plurality of auxiliary, reinforcing and stabilizing weight members being centrally located adjacent a center area of said rear cavity behind said centrally located impact zone of said ball striking face, and at least one additional of said auxiliary, reinforcing and stabilizing weight members extending onto said rear cavity in a direction away from said center area of said rear cavity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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