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US 8,262,496 B1Granted
Wood-type golf club head with adjustable sole contour
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsMatthew T. Cackett, D. Clayton Evans, Alan Hocknell
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Abstract
A wood-type golf club head with an adjustable keel zone member is disclosed herein. The golf club head includes a body and an adjustable keel zone member. The body has a front portion, a crown portion and a sole portion. The body also having a heel end, a toe end and an aft end. The sole portion has only a single keel point. The adjustable keel zone member is disposed within a keel zone of the sole and located preferentially with respect to the center of gravity. The keel zone member is capable of adjusting the face angle of the wood-type golf club head.
Claims12
A golf club comprising:
- a golf club head comprising:
- a body having a face portion, a hosel, and a sole portion,
- an adjustable keel member disposed on the sole portion of the body, wherein rotation of the adjustable keel member adjusts a face angle of the golf club head, and wherein the adjustable keel member allows the golf club to have an open face angle at address, a closed face angle at address or a neutral face angle at address;
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- at least one weight member,
- wherein the adjustable keel member has a non-circular shape and at least three edges, each of the edges having a length ranging from 0.5 inch to 1.5 inches,
- wherein the sole portion has a shallow recessed portion,
- wherein the adjustable keel member fits within the shallow recessed portion, and
- wherein the at least one weight member comprises a metal material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.