Golf clubs and golf club heads
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsJohn T. Stites, Gary G. Tavares
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Abstract
Golf clubs and/or golf club heads include a club head body defining an interior chamber, structure for engaging a shaft with the body, and/or a shaft engaged with the body. The club head body may have an overall length of at least 4.5 inches and an overall breadth of at least 4.2 inches. In other examples, the club head body may have an overall length of at least 4.6 inches and a ratio of the overall breadth dimension to the overall length dimension of 1 or less. If desired, the ratio of the head breadth to head length dimensions may be in a range from at least 0.94 to 1 or less.
Claims17
A golf club head, comprising
- a face member,
- a club head body having an overall club head length dimension of at least 4.6 inches and an overall club head breadth dimension of more than 4.5 inches, wherein:
- a ratio of the overall club head breadth dimension to the overall club head length dimension is at least 0.94 and is less than 1;
- wherein the club head body, comprises at least a crown portion and a sole portion;
- wherein the golf club head further has a center of gravity, a hosel center axis, an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis;
- wherein the club head body further comprises a Dimension B of at least 0.4 inches, wherein the Dimension B is a forward distance between the hosel center axis and the face member of the golf club head, and;
- the sole portion has a higher density than a density of the crown portion.
A golf club head, comprising:
- a face member;
- a club head body comprising a crown portion, a sole portion, and a hosel;
- wherein:
- the golf club head has an overall club head length dimension of at least 4.6 inches and an overall club head breadth dimension of more than 4.5 inches;
- a ratio of the overall club head breadth dimension to the overall club head length dimension is at least 0.94 and is less than 1;
- the golf club head has a loft angle in a range of 7 to 25 degrees;
- the golf club head has a lie angle in a range of 52 to 68 degrees;
- and
- the golf club head has a face angle in a range of 2 deg open to 2 deg closed.
A golf club head, comprising:
- a face member;
- a club head body comprising a crown portion, a sole portion, and a hosel;
- wherein:
- the golf club head has an overall club head length dimension of at least 4.6 inches and an overall club head breadth dimension of more than 4.5 inches;
- a ratio of the overall club head breadth dimension to the overall club head length dimension is at least 0.94 and is less than 1;
- the crown portion of the golf club head has a thickness of 0.2 to 1.2 mm;
- the sole portion of the golf club head has a thickness of 0.5 to 1.2 mm;
- and
- the sole portion of the golf club head has a density that is higher than a density of the crown portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.