Iron type golf club head

• US 9,227,114 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2014
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co Limited (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Inventors: Takechi, Takaharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US14/246,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20140335973A1
• Time in Patent Office: 638 Days
• Field of Search: 473/350, 473/344, 473/346, 473/338
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0475 with one or more enclosed cavities

Abstract

An iron type golf club head includes: a main body portion having a face surface and a sole surface; a backward bulging section provided at a lower back section of the main body portion, the bulging section including: an upper surface side recess formed to extend downward from the upper surface of the backward bulging section; and a lower surface side recess formed to extend upward from the lower surface of the backward bulging section; and a hosel portion connected to the main body portion, wherein the upper surface side recess and the lower surface side recess are overlapped at least in part with each other in the perspective side view of the head when viewed from the toe side of the iron type golf club head.

Claims

1. An iron type golf club head comprising:

a main body portion having a face surface and a sole surface;

a backward bulging section provided at a lower back section of the main body portion, the bulging section including;

an upper surface side recess formed to extend downward from the upper surface of the backward bulging section; and

a lower surface side recess formed to extend upward from the lower surface of the backward bulging section; and

a hosel portion connected to the main body portion, wherein

the upper surface side recess and the lower surface side recess are overlapped at least in part with each other in the perspective side view of the head when viewed from the toe side of the iron type golf club head.

2. The iron type golf club head according to claim 1, wherein:

the upper surface side recess includes a toe-side upper surface side recess and a heel-side upper surface side recess; and

the lower surface side recess is interposed between the toe-side and heel-side upper surface side recesses.

3. The iron type golf club head according to claim 2, wherein

the longitudinal direction width of the lower surface side recess is smaller than the longitudinal direction width of the upper surface side recess.

4. The iron type golf club head according to claim 2, wherein the toe-side upper surface side recess is separated from the heel-side upper surface side recess.

5. The iron type golf club head according to claim 1, wherein:

the upper surface side recess includes a toe side recess;

a heel side recess and a center recess connecting the toe side and heel side recesses to each other; and

the lower surface side recess is disposed behind the center recess.

6. The iron type golf club head according to claim 1, wherein:

the upper surface side recess extends from the toe side of the bulging section to the heel side thereof; and

the lower surface side recess is situated behind the upper surface side recess.

7. The iron type golf club head according to claim 1, wherein

the ceiling portion of the lower surface side recess is situated higher than the deepest portion of the upper surface side recess.

8. The iron type golf club head according to claim 1, wherein a part of the lower surface side recess is located at an area between a back surface of the upper surface side recess and the face surface in the perspective side view of the head when viewed from the toe side of the iron type golf club head.

9. The iron type golf club head according to claim 1, wherein:

the upper surface side recess includes a toe-side upper surface side recess, a heel-side upper surface side recess and a center recess; and

an uppermost part of the lower surface side recess is located at a position higher than a lowermost part of the toe-side upper surface side recess and a lowermost part of the heel-side upper surface side recess and lower than the center recess.

10. The iron type golf club head according to claim 9, wherein

the center recess connects the toe-side upper surface side recess with the heel-side upper surface side recess.