Golf club head with alignment guide
AssigneeKarsten Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsLeslie J. Braynt, David D. Jones, Xiaojian Chen
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Abstract
A golf club head has a cavity for receiving an alignment guide or insert having parallel grooves separated by parallel ridges. The club head includes a face member with a front surface arranged for impacting a golf ball. The insert is oriented such that the parallel grooves and ridges are perpendicular to the front surface of the face member. The insert provides a visual guide for aligning the club head to the intended target that is highly visible under a variety of ambient lighting conditions. The insert may be selected from a plurality of inserts having different weights.
Claims10
A golf club head comprising:
- a body having a face member and a flange member extending rearwardly from the face member, the face member including a front surface arranged for impacting a golf ball, the flange member having an upper surface with a cavity formed therein, said cavity having a generally semicircular shape adjacent said face member;
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- an insert disposed in the cavity in said flange member, said insert having a plurality of substantially parallel grooves separated by a ridge, the insert being oriented in the cavity so that the grooves and the ridge are perpendicular to the face member front surface, the insert having a generally semicircular shape adjacent said face member corresponding to said generally semicircular shape of said cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.