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Golf club

US5190289A · kind A · utility

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24References
13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 14, 1991
Grant dateMar 2, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 14, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B2225/01
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A golf club is composed of a head, a shaft, a grip and the like, and includes a roughened surface portion capable of reducing the value of air resistance by forming a turbulent boundary layer around the head when a golfer swings. The golf club, the roughened surface portion is annularly formed in a peripheral portion of the face portion of the head a neck portion and a socket portion of the head and/or at least a portion of the shaft adjacent to the head.

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