Golf club assembly and golf club with aerodynamic features
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorAndrew G. V. Oldknow
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Abstract
A golf club includes a shaft and a club head. The club head includes a body member having a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a back, a crown, a sole, and a hosel region located at the intersection of the ball striking face, the heel and the crown. The sole includes a channel extending from the hosel region toward the toe. An insert is received within the channel. The club head further includes means for detachably securing the insert to the channel. A second insert configured for being received within the channel may be provided.
Claims30
A golf club head for a metal wood type club, the club head comprising:
- a body member having a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a back, a crown, a sole, and a hosel region located at the intersection of the ball striking face, the heel and the crown;
- the sole including a channel extending from the hosel region toward the toe;
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- an insert received within the channel, the insert defining a recess in its exposed surface;
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- means for detachably securing the insert to the channel.
A golf club head for a metal wood type club, the club head comprising:
- a metal body member having a generally pear shape having a first round end and a second round end when viewed from above, the first rounded end being more narrow than the second rounded end, the body member defining a ball striking face, a heel, a toe forming at least a portion of the second rounded end, a back forming at least a portion of the second rounded end, a crown having a generally smooth convex surface, a sole, and a hosel region forming at least a portion of the first rounded end and located at the intersection of the ball striking face, the heel and the crown;
- the sole including a channel extending from proximate the hosel region toward the toe, the channel defining a surface having one of a protrusion and a notch;
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- a plastic injection-molded insert defining the other of the protrusion and the notch, the insert having a textured surface thereon and the insert being received within the channel, wherein the notch receives the protrusion to secure the insert to the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.