Metal wood club

• US 8,430,764 B2
• Filed: 06/01/2011
• Issued: 04/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Acushnet Company (FILA Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Bennett, Thomas Orrin, Harvell, Christopher D., Murphy, Stephen S., Perez, Eddie G., Burnett, Michael Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): BLAU, STEPHEN LUTHER
• Application Number:
  US13/150,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20110230278A1
• Time in Patent Office: 699 Days
• Field of Search: 473/345, 473/324, 473/409, 473245-246
• US Class Current: 473/324
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/02 Joint structures between the head and the shaft
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/022 allowing adjustable positioning of the head with respect to the shaft
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0408 characterised by specific dimensions, e.g. thickness
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0412 Volume
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0416 Heads having an impact surface provided by a face insert
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0458 with non-uniform thickness of the impact face plate
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/06 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/02 Ballast means for adjusting the centre of mass A63B60/24, A63B60/54 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/42 Devices for measuring, verifying, correcting or customising the inherent characteristics of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like, e.g. measuring the maximum torque a batting shaft can withstand
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 5/0023 Measuring of sport goods, e.g. bowling accessories, golfclubs, game balls
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 5/24 for measuring angles or tapers; for testing the alignment of axes

Abstract

In one embodiment, a golf club head is presented having a sole with three recessed cavities for attachment to a hosel-bending tool. In another embodiment, a golf club head is presented having a sole that includes one predetermined contact area proximal to the toe edge of the sole. In another embodiment, a golf club head is presented having a sole in which pads of material are incorporated that may be milled to vary the relief of the sole and to modify mass characteristics of the club head. Yet another embodiment presents a golf club head having a body with a cavity to receive a cartridge that has a constant density and weight.

Claims

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body having a face, a sole, a crown and a skirt joining the face, sole and crown, wherein said sole includes at least three recessed cavities and at least one cutaway portion, wherein the at least three recessed cavities are sized and dimensioned to match with corresponding supports on a hosel bending tool, and the cutaway portion is adapted to receive a locking mechanism located on the hosel bending tool, such that said club head is able to be fixably attached to the hosel bending tool.

2. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the cutaway portion has a narrow aperture.

3. The golf club head of claim 2, wherein the narrow aperture has a rounded edge and a constant width portion and a distal end portion of the cutaway portion becomes wider than the narrow aperture.

4. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the three recessed cavities are configured to optimize stability of the club head on the hosel bending tool.

5. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the sole further comprises a negative relief portion.

6. The golf club head of claim 5, wherein the negative relief portion includes a leading section, a first relief section and the cutaway portion.

7. The golf club head of claim 1, wherein the first relief section is higher off the ground than the leading section at address.