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US 2014/0194220 A1Published application
Putter face insert
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsAlan Hocknell, Craig E. Abbott, Augustin W. Rollinson
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Abstract
A putter-type golf club head having a face insert comprising a metal sheet and a urethane backing is disclosed herein. The metal sheet, which makes contact with a golf ball during use, includes a plurality of oval-shaped holes extending through the entire thickness of the sheet and having a specific size and spacing, and the urethane backing has a hardness that optimizes performance of the face insert, and thus the putter.
Claims20
A golf club face insert comprising:
- a sheet composed of a non-metal material, the sheet comprising a front surface, a back surface, and a plurality of oval-shaped holes;
- and
- a backing;
- wherein the sheet is permanently attached to the backing and,
- wherein each of the plurality of oval-shaped holes has a width of 0.150 inch to 0.200 inch and a height of 0.020 to 0.060 inch.
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A golf club head comprising:
- a body comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a heel side, a toe side, and a face recess;
- and
- a face insert comprising a sheet and a backing,
- wherein the sheet comprises a plurality of oval-shaped holes,
- wherein each of the plurality of oval-shaped holes has a width of 0.150 inch to 0.200 inch and a height of 0.020 to 0.060 inch,
- wherein the face insert is sized to fit within the face recess, and
- wherein the face insert is secured within the face recess with an adhesive material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.