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US 10,881,927 B2Granted
Golf club head with repositionable weight
AssigneeTaylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
InventorsTodd P. Beach, Joseph Henry Hoffman
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Abstract
A golf club head comprises a body, a track formed in or attached to the body and having a length and a weight and weight retainer. The weight is continuously repositionable such that it can be positioned at any selected point along the track between its ends. The weight has a major dimension, and the weight retainer comprises a fastening member having a diameter not greater than about one half of the major dimension of the weight.
Claims20
A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
- a thin walled body including a crown portion, a sole portion, and a skirt portion extending between the crown and the sole portion, a face portion extending between the sole portion and the crown portion at a fore end of the body opposite an aft end of the body;
- a channel in the body having a first sidewall, a second sidewall parallel to the first sidewall and spaced apart from the first sidewall by a channel width, and a base recessed from an adjacent exterior surface of the body, wherein a portion of each sidewall is flush with the adjacent exterior surface of the body and extends toward an interior of the club head to join the base, wherein (a) each sidewall includes a channel member extending from the sidewall toward the opposite sidewall thereby creating an opening between the channel members and having an opening dimension that is less than the channel width, and (b) a shortest distance from the base to the first sidewall channel member is less than the opening dimension, and a shortest distance from the base to the second sidewall channel member is less than the opening dimension;
- a sliding weight system at least partially within the channel and adjustable to a plurality of points along the channel, the sliding weight system including a retainer portion and a weight portion wherein at least a portion of one of the retainer portion and the weight portion (a) is located between the channel members and the base, and (b) has a shape and at least one dimension that prevents substantial rotation within the channel and is larger than the opening dimension;
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- a fastening member engaging the sliding weight system and extending through the opening between the channel members, the fastening member having an exposed end portion configured to be driven by a tool;
- wherein the sliding weight system is secured by placing the fastening member in tension thereby resulting in the engagement of the sliding weight system with the channel members;
- wherein the face portion has a thickness that varies;
- wherein the channel members are recessed from the adjacent surface of the body.
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A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
- a thin walled body including a crown portion, a sole portion, and a skirt portion extending between the crown and the sole portion, a face portion extending between the sole portion and the crown portion at a fore end of the body opposite an aft end of the body;
- a channel in the body having a first sidewall, a second sidewall parallel to the first sidewall and spaced apart from the first sidewall by a channel width, and a base recessed from an adjacent exterior surface of the body, wherein a portion of each sidewall is flush with the adjacent exterior surface of the body and extends toward an interior of the club head to join the base, wherein (a) each sidewall includes a channel member extending from the sidewall toward the opposite sidewall thereby creating an opening between the channel members and having an opening dimension that is less than the channel width, and (b) a shortest distance from the base to the first sidewall channel member is less than the opening dimension, and a shortest distance from the base to the second sidewall channel member is less than the opening dimension;
- a sliding weight system at least partially within the channel and adjustable to a plurality of points along the channel, the sliding weight system including a retainer portion and a weight portion wherein at least a portion of one of the retainer portion and the weight portion (a) is located between the channel members and the base, and (b) has a shape and at least one dimension that prevents substantial rotation within the channel and is larger than the opening dimension;
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- a fastening member engaging the sliding weight system and extending through the opening between the channel members, the fastening member having an exposed end portion configured to be driven by a tool;
- wherein the sliding weight system is secured by placing the fastening member in tension thereby resulting in the engagement of the sliding weight system with the channel members;
- wherein at least two of:
- (a) the retainer portion, (b) the weight portion, and (c) the fastening member, are formed of different material.
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A wood-type golf club head, comprising:
- a thin walled body including a crown portion, a sole portion, and a skirt portion extending between the crown and the sole portion, a face portion extending between the sole portion and the crown portion at a fore end of the body opposite an aft end of the body;
- a channel in the body having a first sidewall, a second sidewall parallel to the first sidewall and spaced apart from the first sidewall by a channel width, and a base recessed from an adjacent exterior surface of the body, wherein a portion of each sidewall is flush with the adjacent exterior surface of the body and extends toward an interior of the club head to join the base, wherein (a) each sidewall includes a channel member extending from the sidewall toward the opposite sidewall thereby creating an opening between the channel members and having an opening dimension that is less than the channel width, and (b) a shortest distance from the base to the first sidewall channel member is less than the opening dimension, and a shortest distance from the base to the second sidewall channel member is less than the opening dimension;
- a sliding weight system at least partially within the channel and adjustable to a plurality of points along the channel, the sliding weight system including a retainer portion and a weight portion wherein at least a portion of one of the retainer portion and the weight portion (a) is located between the channel members and the base, and (b) has a shape and at least one dimension that prevents substantial rotation within the channel and is larger than the opening dimension;
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- a fastening member engaging the sliding weight system and extending through the opening between the channel members, the fastening member having an exposed end portion configured to be driven by a tool;
- wherein the sliding weight system is secured by placing the fastening member in tension thereby resulting in the engagement of the sliding weight system with the channel members;
- wherein at least a portion of the retainer portion or the weight portion extends into the opening between the channel members.
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