Golf club head
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1. A golf club head comprising:
- a hollow metal body defined by a metallic wall having an interior surface that faces an interior of said hollow metal body and an exterior surface that faces an exterior of said hollow metal body, said metallic wall defining;
a front strike face having a top portion and a bottom portion;
a backside located opposite from said front strike face;
a sole adjoining said bottom portion of said front striking face and extending rearward until it adjoins said backside; and
a portion at which said interior surface and said exterior surface are curvilinearly contoured to define a conical indentation in said sole and in said back side as viewed from the exterior of said hollow metal body, said conical indentation including an apex located rearward of said front strike face and pointing toward said front strike face, a remainder of said sole surrounding said conical indentation and located rearward of said apex sloping away from said conical indentation to define a V-shaped rail directly adjacent said conical-shaped indentation.
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Abstract
A golf club head having a hollow metal body with a conical indentation in a sole of the metal body.
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1. A golf club head comprising:
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a hollow metal body defined by a metallic wall having an interior surface that faces an interior of said hollow metal body and an exterior surface that faces an exterior of said hollow metal body, said metallic wall defining;
a front strike face having a top portion and a bottom portion;
a backside located opposite from said front strike face;
a sole adjoining said bottom portion of said front striking face and extending rearward until it adjoins said backside; and
a portion at which said interior surface and said exterior surface are curvilinearly contoured to define a conical indentation in said sole and in said back side as viewed from the exterior of said hollow metal body, said conical indentation including an apex located rearward of said front strike face and pointing toward said front strike face, a remainder of said sole surrounding said conical indentation and located rearward of said apex sloping away from said conical indentation to define a V-shaped rail directly adjacent said conical-shaped indentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow body having a periphery defined by a metallic wall, said metallic wall defining a heel, a toe located opposite from said heel, a front strike face having a top portion and a bottom portion, a backside located opposite from said front striking face, a sole adjoining said bottom portion of said front strike face and extending rearward until it adjoins said backside, and an indentation in said sole, said indentation having a conical surface therein and a V-shaped perimeter that points toward said strike face, said conical surface intersecting said backside to define an elliptical edge. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A golf club head comprising:
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a hollow metal body defined by a metallic wall having an interior surface that faces an interior of said enclosed body and an exterior surface that faces an exterior of said enclosed body, said metallic wall defining;
a strike face having a top portion and a bottom portion;
a backside located opposite from said strike face;
a sole adjoining said bottom portion of said strike face and extending rearward to said backside, a crown located opposite from said sole;
a heel;
a toe located opposite from said heel; and
a portion at which said interior surface and said exterior surface are curvilinearly contoured to define a cone-shaped protrusion from said sole as viewed from the interior of said hollow metal body, said cone-shaped protrusion including an apex located rearward of said strike face and pointing toward said strike face.
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27. A golf club head comprising:
a hollow metal body having a conical indentation in a sole of said hollow metal body, said sole sloping away from a periphery of said conical indentation such that two opposing edges of said conical indentation define a lowermost portion of said golf club head when said golf club head is oriented such that a vertical plane that contains an axis of a hosel of said golf club head is located approximately perpendicular to an ideal driving line. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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