Soft golf club head
AssigneeIndustrial Cooperation Foundation Chonbuk National University
InventorsNam-Gyun Kim, Dong-Wook Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a soft golf club head that forms a striking surface with a plurality of strings fixed to a body of the head and a tension adjusting screw to enable adjusting of string tension, so that shock transferred to a golfer is reduced, flight distance of the golf ball can be adjusted, and a broader demography can enjoy golfing with less restrictions.
Claims3
A golf head for a soft golf club having a shaft forming a gripping portion at a top thereof, and a head coupled at a lower end of the shaft and forming a striking surface for striking a golf ball, the golf head comprising:
- a body with an outer circumference of a predetermined thickness forming a striking space in a center thereof, and a plurality of insert holes formed in the outer circumference;
- a shaft housing formed on a side of the body, and including a receiving hole in which a lower end of the shaft is inserted and fixed;
- at least one string for forming the striking surface over the striking space on the body, wherein one end of the string is inserted in one of the insert holes, and the other end is inserted in another of the insert holes corresponding to the one insert hole;
- at least one bumper respectively formed on each of the insert holes, for minimizing a transferal of striking shock from the striking surface formed by the string to edges of the insert holes;
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- a tension adjusting screw to which the one end of the string is fixed, the tension adjusting screw tightening or loosening the one end of the string and controlling the tension of the striking surface,
- wherein:
- the outer circumference of the body includes a recessed region recessed a predetermined depth inward from an outer surface thereof;
- the insert holes and the bumper are formed in the recessed region of the body, and the tension adjusting screw is provided on an inner region of the body other than the recessed region of the body and is spaced apart from the bumper;
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- the bumper includes a through hole through which the string is slidably movable when the one end of the string is tightened or loosened by the tension adjusting screw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.