Golf club head and golf club
AssigneeMizuno USA, Inc.
InventorsMasao Nagai, David Llewellyn, Tetsuya Kanayama
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Abstract
A golf club head of the wood-type, including: a body defining an interior cavity and including a ball-striking face, a sole, a crown, and a ribbon extending rearwardly from the face; an elongated groove that extends along a portion of the ribbon; a weight slidably disposed in the elongated grove; and a fastener affixed to the weight capable of selectively fixing a location of the weight.
Claims20
A golf club head of the wood-type, comprising:
- a body defining an interior cavity and including a ball-striking face, a sole, a crown, and a ribbon extending rearwardly from the face;
- an elongated groove that extends along a portion of the ribbon, the elongated groove defining an aperture opening to receive a stop;
- one or more weights slidably disposed in the elongated groove, the one or more weights being sized and shaped to slide in the groove to enable the one or more weights to slide in the groove around the ribbon and wherein the stop is positioned in the groove to prevent the one or more weights from leaving the groove;
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- a fastener affixed to the one or more weights capable of selectively fixing a location of the one or more weights, wherein the elongated groove includes a plurality of recesses disposed on an inner surface operable to receive the fastener.
A golf club head of the wood-type, comprising:
- a body defining an interior cavity and including a ball-striking face, a sole, a crown, and a ribbon extending rearwardly from the face;
- an elongated groove that extends along a lower portion of the ribbon including a plurality of recesses disposed on an inner surface of the elongated groove, wherein the groove is uninterrupted and defines an aperture to receive a stop;
- a plurality of weights slidably disposed in the elongated grove, the weights being sized and shaped to slide in the groove and wherein the stop is positioned in the groove to prevent the weights from exiting the groove;
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- a fastener affixed to each of the plurality of weights capable of selectively fixing a location of the weights corresponding to one of the recesses.
In a golf club head having a body defining a ball-striking face, a sole, a crown, and a ribbon portion, an adjustable weight golf club system configured to enable a user to adjust the position of one or more weights disposed proximate the ribbon portion to adjust mass properties of the golf club, the adjustable weight golf club system comprising:
- a groove generally positioned proximate a ribbon portion of a golf club and extending along at least a portion of the ribbon;
- the groove comprising opposed groove walls and a groove inner surface, the groove walls configured to extend from the groove inner surface to define a groove opening;
- a plurality of recesses disposed in the groove and located on the groove inner surface, each of the recesses comprising opposing sloped walls being shaped to extend rearwardly away from each other;
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- at least one weight configured for placement within the groove and configured to be slidably disposed within the groove, the at least one weight further configured to be releasably lockable with the plurality of recesses so that the at least one weight can be moved along the groove and selectively affixed at a predetermined one of the recesses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.