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US 5,246,227 AGranted
Golf putter with shell molded about weight distributed core
OwnerDonald J. C. Sun, Kent M. Andersoninventors
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Abstract
A golf putter head having a toe and heel and a ball striking face comprising a metallic core generally in the shape of the head but contained within the head, the core having toe and heel portions; weight structure located within the core proximate the toe and heel portions; and a relatively thin, non-metallic shell molded about the core and the weight structure.
Claims13
In a golf putter head having a toe and heel and a ball striking face, the combination comprising:
- a) a metallic core generally in the shape of said head but contained within said head, the core having toe and heel portions,
- b) weight means located within said core proximate said toe and heel portions,
- c) and a relatively thin, non-metallic shell molded about the entirety of said core and said weight means,
- d) said weight means comprising inserts received in recesses formed in said core toe and heel portions and concealed by said shell,
- e) the head having a front wall and a depression between said recesses, and including a carrier on the head in said depression, there being selected additional weights in said carrier, said shell also molded about said carrier and said additional weights,
- f) said shell having a thickness between about 1 and 2 millimeters, and said shell embedding the inserts and weights in the core and carrier.
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