Golf clubs and golf club heads having adjustable weight members
First Claim
1. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
- a ball striking face;
a wood-type club head body engaged or integrally formed with the ball striking face, wherein the club head body includes a sole portion, wherein the sole portion includes a first rail defined therein, the first rail including an aperture formed in a sidewall of the first rail; and
a weight member at least partially located within the first rail and engaged with the aperture formed in the sidewall of the first rail, wherein the weight member is mountable at plural positions along the first rail and the first weight member includes;
a first end element,a second end element, andan intermediate element extending between the first end element and the second end element, wherein the intermediate element extends through the aperture formed in the sidewall of the first rail and the first and second end elements are located at least partially outside the first rail.
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Abstract
Wood-type golf club heads include: (a) a ball striking face; (b) a club head body engaged or integrally formed with the ball striking face, wherein the club head body includes a sole portion, wherein the sole portion includes a slot or rail defined therein; and (c) a weight member at least partially located within the slot or rail. The weight member may be mounted at plural positions along the slot or rail (optionally at least partially within a weight cartridge member provided with the club head body). The weight member also may be movably engaged with the weight cartridge member, slot, rail, and/or other portion of the club head body. Golf clubs including these club heads and methods of making and using such golf clubs and golf club heads also are described.
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37 Claims
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1. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
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a ball striking face; a wood-type club head body engaged or integrally formed with the ball striking face, wherein the club head body includes a sole portion, wherein the sole portion includes a first rail defined therein, the first rail including an aperture formed in a sidewall of the first rail; and a weight member at least partially located within the first rail and engaged with the aperture formed in the sidewall of the first rail, wherein the weight member is mountable at plural positions along the first rail and the first weight member includes; a first end element, a second end element, and an intermediate element extending between the first end element and the second end element, wherein the intermediate element extends through the aperture formed in the sidewall of the first rail and the first and second end elements are located at least partially outside the first rail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
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a ball striking face; a wood-type club head body engaged or integrally formed with the e ball striking face, wherein the club head body includes a sole portion, wherein the sole portion includes a first rail defined therein, the first rail including an aperture formed in a sidewall of the first rail; and a weight member at least partially located within the first rail and engaged with the aperture formed in the sidewall of the first rail, wherein the weight member is mountable at plural positions along the first rail and wherein the weight member includes a first end element and an extending element extending from the first end element, wherein the extending element extends into or through the aperture formed in the first rail and the first end element is located at least partially outside the first rail.
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27. A wood-type golf club, comprising:
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a club head including a ball striking face and a wood-type club head body engaged or integrally formed with the ball striking face, wherein the club head body includes a sole portion, wherein the sole portion includes a first rail defined therein, the first rail having an aperture formed in a sidewall of the first rail, the aperture extending entirely through the first rail, from a first sidewall to a second sidewall; a weight member at least partially located within the first rail and engaged with the aperture, wherein the weight member is mountable at plural positions along the first rail; and a shaft member engaged with the club head. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
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a ball striking face; a wood-type club head body engaged or integrally formed with the ball striking face, wherein the club head body includes a sole portion, wherein the sole portion includes a first rail defined therein, the first rail including an aperture formed in a sidewall of the first rail; and a weight member at least partially located within the first rail and engaged with the aperture formed in the sidewall of the first rail, wherein the weight member is mountable at plural positions along the first rail, and wherein the aperture extends entirely through the first rail, from a first sidewall to a second sidewall.
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30. A wood-type golf club, comprising:
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a club head including a ball striking face and a wood-type club head body engaged or integrally formed with the ball striking face, wherein the club head includes a sole portion, wherein the sole portion includes a first rail defined therein, the first rail having an aperture formed in a sidewall of the first rail; a weight member at least partially located within the first rail and engaged with the aperture, wherein the weight member is mountable at plural positions along the first rail and the weight member includes a first end element, a second end element, and an intermediate element extending between the first end element and the second end element, wherein the first end element is connected to the intermediate element at a first end of the intermediate element and the second end element is connected to the intermediate element at an opposite end of the intermediate element; and a shaft member engaged with the club head. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A method of producing a wood-type golf club head, comprising:
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providing a club head including a ball striking face and a wood-type club head body engaged of integrally formed with the ball striking face, wherein the club head body includes a sole portion, wherein the sole portion includes a first rail defined therein; forming an aperture in a sidewall of the first rail; and providing a weight member, wherein the weight member fits at least partially within the first rail and is engaged with the aperture, the weight member is mountable at plural positions along the first rail, wherein providing the weight member includes providing a weight member having a first end element, a second end element and an intermediate element extending between the first end element and the second end element and wherein the step of providing the weight member further includes providing the intermediate element extending through the aperture and connecting the first end element to a first end of the intermediate element and connecting the second end element to an opposite end of the intermediate member. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. A method of producing a wood-type golf club, Comprising:
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providing a club head including a ball striking face and a wood-type club head body engaged or integrally formed with the ball striking face, wherein the club head body includes a sole portion, wherein the sole portion includes a first rail defined therein and an aperture formed in a sidewall of the first rail, and wherein the club head further includes a weight member at least partially within the first rail and engaged with the aperture, wherein the weight member is mountable at plural positions along the first rail and the weight member further includes a first end element, a second end element and an intermediate element extending between the first end element and the second end element, and wherein the intermediate element of the weight member extends through the aperture and the first end element is connected to a first end of the intermediate element and the second end element is connected to an opposite end of the intermediate member; and engaging a shaft member with the club head body. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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