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Golf club with a reinforcing structure

  • US 8,506,423 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/2009
  • Issued: 08/13/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A golf club head, comprising:

  • a striking face providing a front surface for engaging a golf ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface, wherein at least 50% of an overall surface of the striking face has a thickness from the front surface to the rear surface of no greater than 0.1 inches;

    a perimeter weighting member extending rearward from the striking face and around at least a majority of a circumference of the striking face, wherein the perimeter weighting member at least partially defines a rear cavity in the golf club head; and

    a reinforcing structure at least partially located in the rear cavity, wherein the reinforcing structure includes a first truss member, a second truss member and a connecting member that connects the first truss member and the second truss member, wherein the first and second truss members extend from an upper portion of the perimeter weighting member to the connecting member that is located closer to a sole edge of the striking face than to a top edge of the striking face, and further wherein the first truss member includes a first pair of beams connected by a first cross-beam, wherein the first pair of beams extend from the connection member to the upper portion of the perimeter weighting member and the second truss member includes a second pair of beams connected by a second cross-beam, wherein the second pair of beams extend from the connection member to the upper portion of the perimeter weighting member.

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