Iron type golf club head with improved perimeter weight configuration
OwnerAnthony J. Antoniousinventor
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Abstract
An iron type golf club head having a first outer peripheral mass projecting rearwardly from the rear surface and forming a cavity thereon. The club head includes a second inner peripheral mass adjacent the outer peripheral mass and between the center of gravity of the club head and the outer peripheral mass, formed in a heel to toe direction and extending rearwardly beyond the first outer peripheral mass.
Claims32
An iron type golf club head including a hossel, a heal, a toe, a ball striking face to hit a ball along an intended line of flight, a rear wall opposite said ball striking face, an upper surface including a top ridge, a lower surface including a sole, a longitudinal axis bisecting said ball striking face between said top ridge and said sole, a center of gravity centrally located with respect to said ball striking face and an outer peripheral mass located on said club heat at an outer peripheral edge thereof and having a top rear surface projecting rearwardly from said rear wall of said club head;
- said outer peripheral mass and said rear wall defining a centrally located cavity formed within said outer perhipheral mass wherein the improvement comprises:
- a secondary, inner peripheral mass formed to lie on said outer peripheral mass and inwardly spaced from and parallel to at least a portion of said outer peripheral edge;
- said secondary inner peripheral mass being adjacent said cavity and extending rearwardly beyond a plane defined by said top rear surface of said outer peripheral mass and in a direction between said heel and said toe;
- said secondary inner peripheral mass being further defined as being located between said center of gravity and said outer peripheral edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.