Golf club with multi-component construction
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
- a crown body including a heel portion and a toe portion;
a heel body extending downward from the heel portion of the crown;
a toe body extending downward from the toe portion of the crown;
a face body including a ball striking surface;
a hinge that couples the face body to a second body member; and
a hinge locking mechanism,wherein the hinge locking mechanism is configured to retain the face body in a plurality of different angular orientations relative to the second body member via a tab extending from the face body that is slidably received in a tab cavity in at least one of the heel body and the toe body, andwherein the second body member is one of the crown body, the heel body, and the toe body.
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Abstract
A golf club head with multi-component construction. The golf club head includes heel and toe portions that generally provide ground contacting surfaces and a raised central region. A center of gravity of the club is located outside of an envelope defined by the outer surface of the club head below the raised central region.
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31 Claims
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1. A golf club head, comprising:
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a crown body including a heel portion and a toe portion; a heel body extending downward from the heel portion of the crown; a toe body extending downward from the toe portion of the crown; a face body including a ball striking surface; a hinge that couples the face body to a second body member; and a hinge locking mechanism, wherein the hinge locking mechanism is configured to retain the face body in a plurality of different angular orientations relative to the second body member via a tab extending from the face body that is slidably received in a tab cavity in at least one of the heel body and the toe body, and wherein the second body member is one of the crown body, the heel body, and the toe body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A golf club head, comprising:
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a main club head body comprising; a crown body including a heel portion and a toe portion; and a second body including a heel portion and a toe portion; a face including a ball striking surface; a hinge that couples the face to the main body; and a hinge locking mechanism configured to retain the face in a plurality of different orientations relative to the main body, the different orientations provide a plurality of different face angle settings separated by an amount of incremental change, wherein the amount is between about 0.1° and
about 1°
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16. A golf club head, comprising:
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a main body comprising a crown body including a heel portion and a toe portion and a second body including a heel portion and a toe portion; a hosel extending upwards from the main body; a face including a ball striking surface; and a hinge that couples the face to the main body wherein the hinge rotates about a crown-sole axis to provide a face angle change. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A golf club head, comprising:
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a main body comprising a crown body including a heel portion and a toe portion and a second body including a heel portion and a toe portion, the heel portion of the second body comprising a heel body extending downward from the heel portion of the crown body and the toe portion of the second body comprising a toe body extending downward from the toe portion of the crown body; a hosel body extending upwards from the main body; a face body including a ball striking surface; a hinge that couples one of the crown body, the second body, the main body, the hosel body, and the face body to a remainder of the club head; and a hinge locking mechanism configured to lock the club head in a plurality of different configurations. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A golf club head, comprising:
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a main body comprising a crown body including a heel portion and a toe portion and a second body including a heel portion and a toe portion, the heel portion of the second body comprising a heel body extending downward from the heel portion of the crown body and the toe portion of the second body comprising a toe body extending downward from the toe portion of the crown body; a hosel body extending upwards from the main body; a face body including a ball striking surface; a hinge that couples the face body to a remainder of the club head, the hinge couples the face body to one of the heel body and the toe body and defines a vertical axis of rotation that extends in a crown to sole direction so that it is configured to provide a face angle change; and a hinge locking mechanism configured to retain the club head in a plurality of different configurations. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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