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US 10,376,756 B2Granted
Golf club having removable weight
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsNoah de la Cruz, Andrew McCarthy, Scott A. Knutson
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Abstract
A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile.
Claims20
A golf club head including a weight member, comprising:
- club head body comprising a plurality of body members that combine to define a hollow body, wherein the body members include a face defining a ball-striking surface, a sole, a crown, and a skirt, wherein the sole extends aftward from a lower edge of the face, wherein the crown extends aftward from an upper edge of the face, and wherein the skirt extends between the sole and the crown around a perimeter of the body;
- a weight mount disposed on at least one of the body members, wherein the weight mount defines a perimeter wall;
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- a weight member that includes a weight body defining a side wall and at least two spring features disposed on perpendicular portions of the side wall, wherein each spring feature is defined by an elongate aperture extending through a thickness of the weight body that intersects the side wall and the aperture is parallel to a portion of the side wall,
- wherein the weight mount is sized so that the spring features abut the perimeter wall of the weight mount, and wherein the spring features are at least partially flexed laterally by the abutment of the spring feature with the perimeter wall when the weight member is disposed in the weight mount.
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A golf club head including a weight member, comprising:
- club head body comprising a plurality of body members that combine to define a hollow body, wherein the body members include a face defining a ball-striking surface, a sole, a crown, and a skirt, wherein the sole extends aftward from a lower edge of the face, wherein the crown extends aftward from an upper edge of the face, and wherein the skirt extends between the sole and the crown around a perimeter of the body;
- a plurality of weight mounts disposed on at least one of the body members, wherein each of the weight mounts defines a perimeter wall;
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- a plurality of weight members, wherein each weight member includes a weight body defining a side wall and at least two spring features disposed on perpendicular portions of the side wall, wherein each spring feature is defined by an elongate aperture extending through a thickness of the weight body that intersects the side wall and the aperture is parallel to a portion of the side wall,
- wherein each weight mount is sized so that the spring features abut the perimeter wall of the weight mount, and wherein the spring features are at least partially flexed laterally by the abutment of the spring feature with the perimeter wall when the weight member is disposed in the weight mount.
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