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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177663 | Golf club with interchangeable faces and weights In accordance with the present invention, a golf putter and method of adjustment of the golf putter are provided. The golf putter includes two threaded connections, one between a weighting element and a putter head, and one between a screw fastener and a replaceable... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162776 | Golf club head and system A golf club head system and a golf club head for inclusion into a golf club are provided. The golf club head includes a main body member and a secondary body member. The main body member has a striking surface, a sole portion, a crown portion, and a rear face substa... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8118689 | Golf club A golf club head includes a body defining an interior cavity. The body includes a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion, and a skirt positioned around a periphery between the sole and crown. The body has a for... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8075419 | Golf club head with improved mass distribution A golf club head having a striking wall having a front surface, and a rear surface, a top surface, and a sole portion extending rearwardly from the rear surface, the sole portion having a forward end, a rearward end, an upper surface and a lower surface. The interse... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8062151 | Golf club head and system A golf club head system and a golf club head for inclusion into a golf club are provided. The golf club head includes a main body member and a secondary body member. The main body member has a striking surface, a sole portion, a crown portion, and a rear face substa... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057323 | Weight adjusting structure of golf club head A weight adjusting structure of a golf club head comprises a 360-degree rotatable rotary table installed in a body of a golf club head, wherein the rotary table is combined with an incomplete annular weight block at a peripheral portion on an arbitrary side thereof,... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8043167 | Golf clubs and golf club heads having interchangeable rear body members Golf club heads (e.g., drivers, fairway woods, wood-type hybrid clubs, or the like) according to at least some example aspects of this invention include: (a) a heel; (b) a toe; (c) a crown; (d) a sole; (e) a striking face; (f) a cavity, wherein the cavity is at leas... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8016694 | Golf club head and golf clubs A golf club head of the wood-type, including: a body defining an interior cavity and including a ball-striking face, a sole, a crown, and a ribbon extending rearwardly from the face; an elongated groove that extends along a portion of the ribbon; a weight slidably d... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7993216 | Golf club head or other ball striking device having multi-piece construction A ball striking device has a head that includes a metal face configured for striking a ball, a rearwardly extending metal band, a top piece, and a bottom piece. The metal band has a first end extending from one side of the face, a second end extending from the oppos... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993215 | Producing golf clubs A golf club head can, for example, include a striking component with a forward surface to strike golf balls and an arrow-like component, such as a stylus, behind the forward surface; a user can see the arrow-like component pointing approximately in an optimal direct... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988568 | Golf clubs and golf club heads with adjustable center of gravity and moment of inertia characteristics Golf clubs, club heads, and club weighting systems may include: (a) a club head body member; and (b) one or more weight members movably engaged with the club head body member so as to move between a first position and a second position to change an overall exterior ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7980964 | Golf club head with concave insert A hollow golf club head with a concave portion is disclosed and claimed. The club head includes a metallic portion and a light weight portion, which may be formed of plastic, composite, or the like. The concave portion allows the club designer to make a club head ha... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7967699 | Golf club having removable sole weight A golf club head is presented comprising a sole including a removable weight member secured to the sole via a non-threaded attachment assembly. Further, the removable weight member has a large surface area relative to its thickness, resulting in a chip-like or wafer... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7938740 | Golf club head A hollow golf club head with a concave portion is disclosed and claimed. The club head includes a metallic portion and a light-weight portion, which may be formed of plastic, composite, or the like. The concave portion allows the club designer to make a club head ha... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938741 | Golf club head with adjustable weighting, customizable face-angle, and variable bulge and roll face A customizable golf club head is disclosed herein. The customizable golf club head includes a face component having a face and a flange, a crown-plate attached to the flange, a sole-plate attached to the flange, a skid-plate attached to the sole-plate, a swing-weigh... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7927231 | Golf club head A golf club head according to this invention includes a hollow head body, cylindrical body, weight member, and fixing member. The hollow head body has a projection formed along the periphery of the sole, a recess formed inside the projection, and an opening formed i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922603 | Golf club assembly and golf club head with bar and weighted member A golf club head includes a body having a first arm and a second arm extending outwardly therefrom. A bar has a first end connected to a free end of the first arm and a second end connected to a free end of the second arm. A weighted member is positioned along the b... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7901298 | Golf club head with improved mass distribution A golf club head having a striking wall, a front surface, a sole portion extending rearwardly from the rear surface, the sole portion having a forward end, a rearward end, an upper surface and a lower surface. The intersection of the upper surface and the rear surfa... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7887434 | Golf club A golf club head includes a body defining an interior cavity. The body includes a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion, and a skirt positioned around a periphery between the sole and crown. The body has a for... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7862451 | Golf club head with integrally attached weight members A golf club head having integrally attached weight members is disclosed and claimed. The club head body defines at least a toe chamber and a heel chamber. Weights of variable mass are positioned within the chambers, moving the club head center of gravity back and do... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854667 | Method of golf club performance enhancement and articles resultant therefrom The performance of a golf club is enhanced through the provision of a void space behind a face plate and above a sole portion, to decrease club weight and provide single, or combinations, of selectable weighting elements within volumetric coordinates of an orthonorm... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7846041 | Movable weights for a golf club head Embodiments of movable weights, such as weight assemblies and weight screws, for a golf club head are disclosed herein. One embodiment for a weight assembly, for example, comprises a mass element having a first end, a second end and a sidewall extending between the ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7828673 | Golf club head with adjustable weighting, customizable face-angle, and variable bulge and roll face A customizable golf club head is disclosed herein. The customizable golf club head includes a face component having a face and a flange, a crown-plate attached to the flange, a sole-plate attached to the flange, a skid-plate attached to the sole-plate, a swing-weigh... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824280 | Golf club head A head includes a head body, an additional member in which a contour shape obtained by a projection onto a plane has a rotational symmetric axis, and a holding mechanism for holding the additional member. The head body has a recess portion in which at least a part o... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7811178 | Golf head having a ported construction A golf club head has a face, a hosel, and a hollow body. The body includes an outer peripheral region, when viewed from above, and center portions on the upper surface and sole, respectively. The outer peripheral region has a weight-per-unit of surface area which is... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806782 | Golf clubs and golf club heads having adjustable weight members Wood-type golf club heads include: (a) a ball striking face; (b) a club head body engaged or integrally formed with the ball striking face, wherein the club head body includes a sole portion, wherein the sole portion includes a slot or rail defined therein; and (c) ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7803065 | Golf club head A hollow golf club head with a concave portion is disclosed and claimed. The club head includes a metallic portion and a light-weight portion, which may be formed of plastic, composite, or the like. The concave portion allows the club designer to make a club head ha... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7789772 | Golf club head with improved mass distribution A golf club head having a striking wall, a front surface, a sole portion extending rearwardly from the rear surface, the sole portion having a forward end, a rearward end, an upper surface and a lower surface. The intersection of the upper surface and the rear surfa... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7775905 | Golf club head with repositionable weight A golf club head comprises a body, a track formed in or attached to the body and having a length and a weight and weight retainer. The weight is continuously repositionable such that it can be positioned at any selected point along the track between its ends. The we... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7758451 | Weight adjusting structure of golf club head A weight adjusting structure of a golf club head comprises a 360-degree rotatable rotary table installed in a body of a golf club head, wherein the rotary table is combined with an incomplete annular weight block at a peripheral portion on an arbitrary side thereof,... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758452 | Golf club having removable sole weight A golf club head is presented comprising a sole including a removable weight member secured to the sole via a non-threaded attachment assembly. Further, the removable weight member has a large surface area relative to its thickness, resulting in a chip-like or wafer... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753806 | Golf club A golf club head includes a body defining an interior cavity. The body includes a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion, and a skirt positioned around a periphery between the sole and crown. The body has a for... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7717803 | C-shaped golf club head A C-shaped golf club head is disclosed herein. The body has a striking plate wall, a crown section, a sole section and a rear wall. The golf club head also has a plurality of weight members positioned on the rear wall of the body. Each of the plurality of weight mem... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7713143 | Golf club head with adjustable weighting, customizable face-angle, and variable bulge and roll face A customizable golf club head is disclosed herein. The customizable golf club head includes a face component having a face and a flange, a crown-plate attached to the flange, a sole-plate attached to the flange, a skid-plate attached to the sole-plate, a swing-weigh... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7713142 | Golf club head weight reinforcement A wood-type golf club head is described that includes a body including one or more walls defining an interior cavity and multiple weight ports formed in the body. At least one weight is configured to be retained at least partially within at least one of the weight p... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7704163 | Golf club head having a bridge member and a weight positioning system A golf club head is disclosed that includes a weight integral to a bridge member extending across a cavity back golf club head. The weight modifies a position of a center of gravity of the golf club head. The weight is independently movable in multiple directions to... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7648425 | Golf putter head A high inertia golf putter head is generally wedge-shaped, with the leading face being less wide than the trailing face. Cavities and weights are provided to optimize the moment of inertia. ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7632193 | Golf club A golf club is described having a club head which is fastened to a club shaft end and whose striking plate is connected at an edge side to a main body, with the main body made as a hollow body having a receiver and fixing for a central weight disposed opposite and c... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7632194 | Movable weights for a golf club head Embodiments of movable weights, such as weight assemblies and weight screws, for a golf club head are disclosed herein. One embodiment for a weight assembly, for example, comprises a mass element having a first end, a second end and a sidewall extending between the ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7625298 | Dynamic golf club heads with momentum This invention, in contrast to other golf club head inventions, presents an entirely new concept in the formulation of golf club heads. Wherein this invention utilizes the scientific properties of the spherical weight, resulting in substantial improvements in the fu... | 12/01/2009 |