Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Golf club and weight member for golf club
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Application No.: US16845598Application Date: 2020-04-10
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Publication No.: US11192006B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Takeuchi
- Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Hyogo
- Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hyogo
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JPJP2019-085019 20190426
- Main IPC: A63B53/14
- IPC: A63B53/14 ; A63B53/08 ; A63B60/14 ; A63B60/16 ; A63B53/04 ; A63B60/54

Abstract:
A golf club includes a tubular club shaft having first and second ends, a weight member, and a grip attached to the club shaft. The weight member includes a weight main body made of metal and a cover formed by rubbery elastomer. The weight main body includes a first end face, a second end face, and an outer side face extending between the first and second end faces. The cover includes a side cover portion covering an entire region of the outer side face of the weight main body, a first end cover portion covering the first end face, and a flange. The weight member is installed to the club shaft in such a manner that the side cover portion is located in a space of the club shaft and that the flange engages with the first end of the club shaft outwardly of the club shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200338408A1 GOLF CLUB AND WEIGHT MEMBER FOR GOLF CLUB Public/Granted day:2020-10-29
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