Golf club having removeable weight
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsRichard L. Cleghorn, Stephanie Luttrell, Darryl C. Galvan, Gery M. Zimmerman
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Abstract
A golf club head including a hosel, a ball striking face, a sole extending aftward from a lower edge of the ball striking face, a crown extending aftward from an upper edge of the ball striking face, a skirt extending between the sole and the crown, a weight mount disposed on at least one of the sole, the crown, and the skirt, a weight member configured to reside in the weight mount, a fastener, a retainer configured to rotatably couple the fastener to the weight member, wherein the fastener goes from an unlocked position to a locked position in less than one full turn of the fastener relative to the weight mount, wherein rotation of the fastener compresses the retainer.
Claims17
A golf club head, comprising:
- a hosel;
- a ball striking face;
- a sole extending aftward from a lower edge of said ball striking face;
- a crown extending aftward from an upper edge of said ball striking face;
- a skirt extending between said sole and said crown;
- a weight mount disposed on at least one of said sole, said crown, and said skirt;
- a weight member configured to reside in said weight mount;
- a fastener;
- a retainer configured to rotatably couple said fastener to said weight member;
- wherein rotation of said fastener compresses said retainer;
- wherein said weight member comprises a bore, and wherein said fastener resides in said bore;
- wherein said fastener comprises a circumferential channel, said bore of said weight member comprises a circumferential channel, and said retainer resides in both said circumferential channel of said fastener and said circumferential channel of said weight member.
A golf club head, comprising:
- a hosel;
- a ball striking face;
- a sole extending aftward from a lower edge of said ball striking face;
- a crown extending aftward from an upper edge of said ball striking face;
- a skirt extending between said sole and said crown;
- a weight mount disposed on at least one of said sole, said crown, and said skirt;
- a weight member configured to reside in said weight mount;
- a fastener;
- a retainer configured to rotatably couple said fastener to said weight member;
- wherein said fastener goes from an unlocked position to a locked position in less than one full turn of said fastener relative to said weight mount;
- wherein said weight member comprises a bore, and wherein said fastener resides in said bore;
- wherein said fastener comprises a circumferential channel, said bore of said weight member comprises a circumferential channel, and said retainer resides in both said circumferential channel of said fastener and said circumferential channel of said weight member.
A golf club head, comprising:
- a hosel;
- a ball striking face;
- a sole extending aftward from a lower edge of said ball striking face;
- a crown extending aftward from an upper edge of said ball striking face;
- a skirt extending between said sole and said crown;
- a weight mount disposed on at least one of said sole, said crown, and said skirt;
- a weight member configured to reside in said weight mount;
- a fastening nut;
- a retainer configured to rotatably couple said fastening nut to said weight member;
- wherein rotation of said fastening nut compresses said retainer;
- wherein said fastening nut comprises a circumferential channel, said bore of said weight member comprises a circumferential channel, and said retainer resides in both said circumferential channel of said fastening nut and said circumferential channel of said weight member.
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