Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Club or club support
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-12
2001-06-19
Nguyen, Kien T. (Department: 3712)
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Club or club support
C473S344000, C473S328000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06248026
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a golf club, and more particularly to a golf club which combines advantageous features wedge clubs and woods.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Golf clubs are generally categorized as either woods or irons. Woods, including metal woods, are typically used to hit a golf ball long distances. Irons are typically used to hit a golf ball both long and short distances, and for purposes for which metal woods are not typically used, including hitting out of deep rough, fairway bunkers and chipping around the green. A subcategory of woods has become popular in recent years. These woods, known as “utility metal woods,” are typically used in place of mid range and short range irons to hit a golf ball shorter distances.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A golf head comprising a striking surface, a toe region, a heel region, a sole plate, a mass region and a hosel, the golf club further comprising a shaft attached to the club head by hosel of the club head. The sole plate extends from a bottom edge of the striking surface to a rear edge of the mass region and under the toe region to the heel region. The sole plate comprises the sole which contacts the ground as the club head lies at rest and preferably has a width of between about ½ inch and about 1½ inches. The mass region extends from the top side of the striking surface to the rear edge of the sole plate. The club head includes a vertical center of gravity which is preferably below a median between the top edge of the striking surface and the bottom edge of the striking surface.
The golf club of the invention provides a low vertical center of gravity. It is believed that this feature makes it generally easier to hit accurately than other golf clubs. The golf club of the present invention is also especially useful in certain situations, including, for example, hitting a golf ball out of a difficult lie (such as from the rough or from a fairway bunker), hitting a golf ball over tall obstacles and hitting a golf ball with a high trajectory so as to have it land with minimal roll. It is also useful for less accomplished golfers generally, by allowing them get the golf ball air- borne more easily than with other clubs.
The above summary of the present invention is not intended to describe each illustrated embodiment or every implementation or the present invention. The figures and detailed description which follow particularly exemplify these embodiments.
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Merchant & Gould P.C.
Nguyen Kien T.
Wedgewood Golf, Inc.
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