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US 2020/0269100 A1Published application
Golf club with polymeric insert and removeable weight
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorJoshua Boggs
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Abstract
A golf club head includes a face, a crown, a sole, and defines a bore that is configured to receive and to selectively retain an elongate weight. The bore is aligned on a longitudinal axis that intersects the face. An elongate weight is insertable into the bore. The elongate weight is rotatable between a first angular position and a second angular position. The golf club head can further include a compliant stop positioned to contact a protrusion of the elongate weight, such that a torque threshold must be overcome to rotate the elongate weight.
Claims20
A golf club comprising:
- a golf club head including a metal portion adhered to a polymeric portion to define a closed internal volume therebetween, the golf club head having a sole, a crown, and a face, wherein the polymeric portion includes an internal wall that defines a bore having both an open end and a closed end;
- an elongate member including a body portion and a protrusion extending radially outward from the body portion, wherein:
- the elongate member is insertable within the open end of the bore and rotatable within the bore between a first angular position and a second angular position that are between about 90 degrees and about 180 degrees apart;
- the elongate member is freely removable from the bore when in the first angular position and is restrained from being withdrawn from the bore when in the second angular position;
- wherein the elongate member is visible at the open end of the bore when the elongate member is inserted into the bore, the elongate member comprising a plurality of indicia disposed on an outer surface of the elongate member;
- and
- wherein the plurality of indicia comprises a first indicia visible when the elongate member is in the first angular position, and a second indicia different from the first indicia, the second indicia visible when the elongate member is in the second angular position.
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A golf club comprising:
- a golf club head including a metal portion adhered to a polymeric portion to define a closed internal volume therebetween, the golf club head having a sole, a crown, and a face, wherein the polymeric portion includes an internal wall that defines a bore having both an open end and a closed end;
- an elongate member including a body portion and a protrusion extending radially outward from the body portion, wherein:
- the elongate member is insertable within the open end of the bore and rotatable within the bore between a first angular position and a second angular position that are between about 90 degrees and about 180 degrees apart;
- the elongate member is freely removable from the bore when in the first angular position and is restrained from being withdrawn from the bore when in the second angular position;
- wherein the elongate member comprises a plurality of indicia disposed on an outer surface of the elongate member;
- wherein the polymeric portion defines a viewing window for displaying the plurality of indicia of the elongate member;
- and
- wherein the plurality of indicia comprises a first indicia visible through the viewing window when the elongate member is in the first angular position, and a second indicia visible through the viewing window when the elongate member is in the second angular position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.