US 8,986,131 B2 · Golf club head and golf club with aerodynamic features

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 rear and a crown. The crown may include a forward crown region, a rearward crown region, and a crown transition region therebetween. The rearward crown region may have a lower height than the forward crown region. The crown transition region may extend generally in a heel-to-toe direction. The vertical slope of the crown transition region may decrease as the crown transition region extends from the heel toward the toe. The crown transition region may lie at an angle from a front plane of the club head. Optionally, a club head may include a forward sole region, a rearward sole region, and a sole transition region therebetween.

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Dependent claims

A golf club head for a metal wood type club, the club head comprising:

a body member including a ball striking face, a heel, a toe, a rear, and a crown,
the crown including:
a substantially horizontally-oriented forward crown region extending rearwardly from the ball striking face;
a substantially horizontally-oriented rearward crown region extending forwardly from the rear, the rearward crown region having a smaller height dimension than the forward crown region;
and
a substantially vertically-oriented crown transition region extending generally in a heel-to-toe direction between the forward crown region and the rearward crown region,
wherein the slope of the crown transition region decreases monotonically as the crown transition region extends from the heel toward the toe.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Golf club head and golf club with aerodynamic features

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Golf club head and golf club with aerodynamic features

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Abstract

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