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Golf club head or other ball striking device having impact-influencing body features

  • US 9,101,808 B2
  • Filed: 01/27/2011
  • Issued: 08/11/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wood-type golf club head comprising:

  • a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball;

    a body connected to the face and defining an enclosed volume between the face and the body, the body having a sole configured to confront a playing surface in use;

    an inwardly recessed channel located on the sole of the body, wherein the channel is elongated and oriented generally parallel to a bottom edge of the face; and

    an insert mounted within the channel, the insert comprising a resiliently deflectable base member and a rigid outer member connected to the base member and forming at least a portion of an outer surface of the insert,wherein the body further comprises a keel positioned along a center of the sole and extending rearward from the channel across at least a portion of the sole, wherein the keel is configured to be a lowest surface of the body in use, and at least a portion of the keel is raised with respect to adjacent surfaces of the sole.

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