Golf club wedge

• US 7,297,071 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2005
• Issued: 11/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Herbert B. Hyman
• Original Assignee: Herbert B. Hyman
• Inventors: Hyman, Herbert B.
• Primary Examiner(s): PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO
• Application Number:
  US11/149,890
• Publication Number:
  US 20050277486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: 473/293, 473/328, 473340-341, 473/350, 473/251, 473/325, 473330-331, 473313-323, 473/294, 473/295, 473305-315, D21/746, D21/750
• US Class Current: 473/305
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0479 Wedge-type clubs, details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/021 the shaft axis being forwardly offset relative to the striking face of the head
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0445 Details of grooves or the like on the impact surface
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/045 Strengthening ribs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/12 Metallic shafts

Abstract

A golf club may have a head that is symmetric about a mid plane. The head may include a generally planar face and a sole, with the face inclined at an angle of at least 10 degrees with respect to the plane of the sole. A shaft having a first bend and a second bend may be inserted into a hosel opening disposed on the head behind the plane of the face.

Claims

1. A golf club comprising:

a head including;

a generally planar face;

a sole; and

a hosel having an opening to receive the lower end of a shaft;

wherein the face is inclined at an angle of at least 10 degrees with respect to the plane of the sole,

the head is symmetric about a vertical mid plane between and heel and a toe of said head, and the hosel opening is disposed on the head behind the plane of the face;

a shaft including a first curve and a second curve, the lower end of the shaft inserted into the hosel whereby the first and second curves are structured to enable a golfer'"'"'s hands to remain slightly forward of a leading edge of the head when the golf club is held with the sole in a resting position.

2. The golf club of claim 1, wherein the hosel opening is disposed asymmetrically relative to the mid plane.

3. The golf club of claim 1, wherein the first curve lies in a first plane and the second curve lies in a second plane different from the first plane.

4. The golf club of claim 3, wherein the hosel opening is disposed on the head directly behind the face.

5. The golf club of claim 1, wherein the hosel opening is disposed on the head directly behind the face.

6. A golf club comprising:

a head comprising;

a sole extending along an undersurface of the head from a leading edge to a trailing edge;

a generally planar face inclined at an angle of at least 10 degrees with respect to a plane of the sole; and

a hosel having an opening to receive the lower end of a shaft, the hosel opening disposed on the head behind the plane of the face,

wherein the head is symmetric about a mid vertical plane between and heel and a toe of said head except for the hosel;

a shaft including a first curve and a second curve, the lower end of the shaft inserted into the hosel.

7. The golf club of claim 6, wherein the first curve lies in a first plane and the second curve lies in second plane different from the first plane.

8. The golf club of claim 7, wherein the hosel opening is disposed on the head directly behind the face.

9. The golf club of claim 6, wherein the face is inclined at an angle between 10 degrees and approximately 70 degrees to the plane of the sole.

10. The golf club of claim 9, wherein the golf club is a wedge and the face is inclined at an angle of approximately 54 degrees to the plane of the sole.

11. The golf club of claim 6, wherein the sole further comprises:

a central generally flat ground contact surface;

a forward portion rising at an approximately 8-degree angle from the ground contact surface to the leading edge; and

a trailing portion rising at angle of approximately 2 degrees to 3 degrees from the ground contact surface to the trailing edge.

12. The golf club of claim 6, wherein the hosel opening is disposed on the head directly behind the face.