Golf club assembly and golf club head with tension member
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorBrian Kammerer
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Abstract
A golf club head includes a body, a first arm and a second arm. The body has a ball striking face for striking a golf ball and extends from a heel-side to a toe-side. The first arm projects rearwardly from the body. The second arm also projects rearwardly from the body. The second arm is spaced from the first arm in a heel-to-toe direction to thereby define a gap. The club head further includes a tension member spanning the gap between the first and second arms. The tension member has a first end attached to the first arm and a second end attached to the second arm. The tension member may be pre-tensioned, thereby imparting increased rigidity to the club head. A golf club, particularly a putter, may be provided with this club head.
Claims20
A golf club head comprising:
- a body having a ball striking face for striking a golf ball, the body extending from a heel-side to a toe-side;
- a first arm projecting in a rearward direction from the body;
- a second arm projecting in the rearward direction from the body;
- the second arm spaced from the first arm in a heel-to-toe direction to thereby define a gap;
- and
- a tension member spanning the gap and having a first end attached to a first point partway along the first arm and a second end attached to a second point partway along the second arm,
- wherein a portion of the first arm projects in the rearward direction beyond the tension member to a first end and a portion of the second arm projects in the rearward direction beyond the tension member to a second end,
- wherein the first end is not connected to the second end such that the first arm is connected to the second arm only by the body and the tension member,
- wherein the tension member is pre-tensioned such that the tension member is held in tension between the first arm and the second arm.
A golf club assembly comprising:
- a shaft;
- and
- a club head secured to a first end of the shaft and comprising:
- a body having a striking face for engaging a golf ball, the body extending from a heel-side to a toe-side;
- a hosel, proximate a front plane at the heel-side of the body;
- a first arm projecting rearwardly from the body;
- a second arm projecting rearwardly from the body;
- the second arm spaced from the first arm in a heel-to-toe direction to thereby define a gap;
- and
- a tension member spanning the gap and having a first end attached to a first point partway along the first arm and a second end attached to a second point partway along the second arm;
- and
- wherein the first arm projects rearwardly beyond the tension member to a first end and the second arm projects rearwardly beyond the tension member to a second end,
- wherein the first end is not connected to the second end such that the first arm is connected to the second arm only by the body and the tension member, and
- wherein the tension member is pre-tensioned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.