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Iron-style golf club

US5707302A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 29, 1996
Grant dateJan 13, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63B53/0458
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An improved, iron-style golf club, which comprises a substantially perimeter weighted clubhead, including an exceptionally hard coating, which is metallurgically bonded to the front face of the clubhead. The rear face of the club comprises concentric recesses substantially co-located at the center of gravity of the clubhead. The recesses are sequentially filled with a variable amount of elastomer material, which is chemically bonded within the recesses. The elastomer acts as both a shock absorber to minimize the shock experienced when the superhard clubface impacts a golf ball and simultaneously acts as a swingweighting medium to variably adjust the swingweight of the club.

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