Perimeter weighted golf club head

• US 5,584,770 A
• Filed: 05/26/1995
• Issued: 12/17/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Morten A. Jensen
• Original Assignee: Morten A. Jensen
• Inventors: Jensen, Morten A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pierce, William M.
• Application Number:
  US08/452,333
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• Field of Search: 273/77 R, 273/77 A, 273/167 R, 273/167 F, 273/169, 273/171, 273/173, 273/164.1, 273/193 R, 273/194 D, 273/194 A, 273/167 H, 473/324, 473/334, 473/338, 473/345, 473/350, 473/349
• US Class Current: 473/350
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/04 Heads
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0433 with special sole configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0466 wood-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/047 iron-type
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like

Abstract

A perimeter weighted golf club head which has a body (40) defining a hosel (42), a heel (44), a ridge (46) of top (74), a sole (48) and toe (50). The combination forming a front face (52) and rear wall (54). The rear wall contains an integral mating surface (56) around which a weighted skirt (60) is attached. The skirt completely surrounds the periphery of the front face of the body and is of a metal heavier in equivalent mass weight than the body base material. The skirt material includes but is not limited to tungsten, depleted uranium, lead and their alloys in the base state or sintered together. The skirt is attached to its mating surface by brazing, swaging or using structural adhesives. A second embodiment includes a hollow (66) around the perimeter in which molten lead is poured. A third embodiment utilizes a segmented weighted skirt in a number of pieces to customize the head to the golfer. Both iron-type and wood type golf club heads are included in this invention.

Claims

1. A perimeter weighted iron type golf club head comprising:

a) a metallic body characterized by, a hosel for attaching to a shaft, a heel angularly contiguous with the hosel, an upper top ridge and juxtapositioned sole, both interfacing with the heel, a toe connected to the top ridge and sole, this combination defining a front striking face and a rear wall,

b) said body rear wall having an integral mating surface around an outside edge of the heel, top ridge, toe and sole, said body mating surface formed of a recessed channel having a pair of outwardly extending legs.

c) a mating peripheral weighted skirt of a dissimilar metal heavier in equivalent mass weight than the body base metal and of a peripheral shape conforming to the mating surface of the rear wall, and

d) fastening means for joining the weighted skirt to the mating surface of the body rear wall, thereby locating the heads center of gravity rearward from the front striking face and said fastening means having each leg of the recessed channel bent inwardly forming a swaging rim captivating the skirt with parent metal of the mating surface channel.

2. A perimeter weighted iron type golf club head comprising:

a) a metallic body characterized by, a hosel for attaching to a shaft, a heel angularly contiguous with the hosel, an upper top ridge and juxtapositioned sole, both interfacing with the heel, a toe connected to the top ridge and sole, this combination defining a front striking face and a rear wall,

b) said body rear wall having an integral mating surface around an out side edge of the heel, top ridge, toe and sole, said body mating surface formed into a protective raised peripheral lip,

c) a mating peripheral weighted skirt of a dissimilar metal heavier in equivalent mass weight than the body base metal and of a shape in the form of a ring within the lip, and

d) fastening means for joining the weighted skirt to the mating surface of the body rear wall thereby locating the heads center of gravity rearward from the front striking face and said fastening means further comprises an adhesive disposed between the skirt and the body raised peripheral lip.

3. A perimeter weighted metallic wood type golf club head comprising:

a) a body characterized by a hosel for attaching to a shaft, a heel angularly contiguous with the hosel, a sole and a juxtapositioned top both interfacing the heel, a toe connected to the top, this combination defining a front striking face and a rear wall, said body further having a hollow between the front striking face and the rear wall, top and sole said sole further having a removable sole plate within the sole of the head,

b) an integral perimeter mating surface within the golf club head on an opposite side to the striking face, having a plurality of inwardly extending tabs integral with the mating surface,

c) a mating weighted skirt of a dissimilar metal heavier in equivalent mass weight than the body base metal and of a shape conforming to said perimeter integral mating surface, and

d) fastening means for joining the weighted skirt to the integral mating surface, thereby locating the heads center of gravity rearward of the striking face, said fastening means further comprises said tabs bent over the skirt swaging the tabs into the skirt, captivating the skirt with the tabs which are formed integrally with parent metal of the mating surface.