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Metal wood club

  • US 9,750,992 B2
  • Filed: 12/11/2015
  • Issued: 09/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A golf club head comprising:

  • a body having a face, a sole, a crown, and a skirt joining said face, sole and crown, said body having a center of gravity;

    said body having a coordinate system with an x-axis located horizontal to the club face, a y-axis located vertical to the club face, and a z-axis located through the club face, andwherein said body comprises a cavity;

    wherein said cavity comprises an open end and a terminal end, said terminal end opposite said open end;

    a weighted insert, said weighted insert comprising a heavy end and a lighter end, said lighter end opposite said heavy end;

    wherein said weighted insert comprises a longitudinal insert axis along a center of said weighted insert and passing through said heavy end and said lighter end;

    wherein said cavity comprises a longitudinal cavity axis along a center of said cavity and passing through said open end and said terminal end;

    wherein said cavity is configured to receive said weighted insert through said open end in both a first configuration and a second configuration;

    wherein said first configuration comprises said heavy end of said weighted insert adjacent said terminal end of said cavity;

    wherein said second configuration comprises said lighter end of said weighted insert adjacent said terminal end of said cavity;

    wherein said cavity comprises a head locking feature;

    wherein an insert locking feature is configured to engage said head locking feature as said insert locking feature is rotated relative to said head locking feature;

    wherein said insert locking feature is configured to lock said weighted insert in said cavity with less than 180 degrees of rotation of said insert locking feature relative to said head locking feature from a starting position of said insert locking feature being completely decoupled from said head locking feature;

    wherein said head locking feature comprises a slot, wherein said slot is arranged at an oblique angle relative to said longitudinal axis of said cavity; and

    wherein said insert locking feature comprises a protrusion configured to engage said slot, said protrusion and said slot configured such that rotation of said insert locking feature relative to said head locking feature forces said insert locking feature to slide along said longitudinal axis of said cavity towards said terminal end of said cavity.

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