Golf club head and method of manufacture
US10467608B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B2225/20
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A customer directed golf club head manufacturing system including a self-service kiosk configured to transform a club head blank into a finished club head based upon input of a user. The self-service kiosk including a plurality of club head blanks, a kiosk control system, a user input system, and a machining system. The kiosk control system configured to prompt the user to select a plurality of predefined options that influence the configuration of the finished club head. The kiosk control system receives the user selected predefined options, identifies at least one user specific club head blank from the plurality of club head blanks that meets the requirements of the user selected predefined options, creates machining instructions, and transmits the machining instructions to the machining system to machine at least a portion of the user specific club head blank in accordance with the machining instructions to create the finished club head.
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