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US 2003/0190975 A1Published application
Golf club head of iron or wood type
AssigneeSkis Rossignol S.A.
InventorJacques Fagot
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AssigneeSkis Rossignol S.A.
InventorJacques Fagot
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Head (1) of a golf club of the “wood” or “iron” type, having a wall forming the striking face (2), at least one wall adjacent the wall forming the striking face (2), namely in particular the wall of the sole (3), and which also comprises an elastic leaf (12) one end (13) of which is fixed to one of the walls (6) adjacent the wall forming the striking face (2), and the free other end (14) of which presses the preload against the back face (11) of the wall of the striking face (2).
A head of a golf club of the “wood” or “iron” type, having a wall forming the striking face fixed to the rest of the head, at least one wall adjacent the wall forming the striking face, namely in particular the wall of the sole, and which also comprises an elastic leaf one end of which is fixed to one of the walls adjacent the wall forming the striking face, and the free other end presses the preload against the back face of the wall of the striking face.
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Golf clubs: heads
Heads: wood-type
Heads: iron-type
Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
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The invention relates to the field of golf. It is aimed more specifically at a novel structure of the head of a golf club of the “wood” or “iron” type. The invention makes it possible to optimize the trampolining effects of the striking face.
In general, golf clubs the heads of which are initially made of solid wood before they were made even of hollow metal or of composite are known as “woods”.
The invention protects the type of clubs known as woods the interior of which is hollow. The striking face of these woods is relatively weakly inclined with respect to the vertical, which means that such clubs are dedicated to the taking of long shots.
The way of achieving the invention and the advantages that stem therefrom will become clearly apparent from the description of the embodiments which follow, with support from the attached figures in which:
FIG. 1 is a brief perspective view of a head of a golf club of the “wood” type.
FIG. 2 is a view in section of the head of FIG. 1, on the roughly vertical plane II-II′.
As already mentioned, the invention relates to a golf club head (1). FIG. 1 depicts a head of the “wood” type. Such a head comprises a striking face (2), a sole (3), lateral faces (4, 5), a crown face (6) and a back wall (7) defined in the continuity of the lateral faces (4, 5), of the crown face (6) and of the sole (3). The striking face is fixed rigidly to the rest of the head, for example by welding around its periphery. This head (1) also comprises a hosel (8) intended to accommodate, inside a housing (9), the shaft of the club.
Traditionally, the striking face (2) has a horizontally scored surface. The point (10) situated on the striking face and corresponding to the optimum point of impact is generally known as the sweet spot.
In the form illustrated in FIG. 2, it can be seen that the sole (3) has a metal leaf (12) fixed by one of its ends (13), for example by screwing. This screwing may be done as in the embodiment illustrated through the sole by at least one screw visible on the external face of the sole (3).