Golf club head
OwnerGeorge T. Straza, George C. P. Strazainventors
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Abstract
A golf club head for impacting a golf ball is disclosed. A wooden club body has a phenolic insert embedded in the center of the body ball striking face. The insert is secured in place in a vertical channel in the body striking face by solidified epoxy which interlocks communicating passages formed in the sides of the body channel and cavities in the insert. A metal honeycomb structure is supported in a central slot in the insert. A resin compound fills and covers the honeycomb structure. The exterior surface of the resin covering the honeycomb structure provides the intended golf ball impact surface of the golf club head.
Claims11
A golf club head having a front, ball striking face for hitting a golf ball, the head comprising:
- a head member of wooden material having a channel in its front face, and means for securing the head member to a golf club shaft;
- an insert member for mounting in the channel in the front face of the head member, the insert member being shaped to fit the channel with its front face substantially flush with the front face of the head member;
- securing means for securing the insert member in the channel;
- the insert member having a cut-out in its front face;
- a resilient material filling the cut-out having an outer face flush with the front face of the insert member;
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- a cellular honeycomb structure embedded within the resilient material in the cut-out, the structure comprising a plurality of adjoining elongated, open ended cells extending perpendicular to the front face of the insert member.
An insert for a golf club head, comprising:
- an insert member shaped to fit in a channel in the front face of a golf club head, the member having a front, ball striking face for lying flush with the front face of a golf club head, and interlocking means for securing the member to a golf club head;
- the insert member having a cut out in its front face;
- a cellular, honeycomb structure secured within the cut out;
- the honeycomb structure comprising a plurality of adjoining, elongated, open cells orientated perpendicular to the front face of the insert member;
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- resilient material filling the cut-out around the cells to form a front face flush with the front face of the insert member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.