Games using tangible projectile – Golf – Club or club support
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-24
2007-07-24
Passaniti, Sebastiano (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Golf
Club or club support
C473S346000, C473S345000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11447684
ABSTRACT:
An golf club head is provided, having enhanced sound and feel characteristics. The club head has a hollow main body including a ball-striking face, a sole, a crown, a hosel, and a side portion extending rearwardly from the face. The body further includes a heel region adjacent to the hosel and a toe region opposing the heel region, and it defines a volume of at least 100 cc. The club head further includes a stiffening member disposed within the body and attached to both the sole and the crown. The member is spaced apart from the striking face and disposed within the body in a region having a first zone extending less than half the distance from the heel region to the toe region and a second zone extending less than half the distance from a rearmost point, thereby forming a local stiffness zone in the body to influence vibration modes and acoustic properties of the club head in a prescribed manner.
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Beach Todd P.
Golden Charles E.
Willett Kraig A.
Passaniti Sebastiano
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Taylor Made Golf Company Inc.
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