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Golf clubs and methods of manufacture

Golf clubs and methods of manufacture description/claims

This disclosure relates generally to golf, and relates more particularly to golf clubs and methods of manufacturing a golf clubs.

Golf clubs and specifically golf club heads of various designs have typically been developed to improve the functionality of a golfer's swing and resulting golf shot. In particular, many golfers are unable or lack consistency to hit “down” on a ball, that is, to regularly hit the ball squarely. Golf club design and, particularly, golf club head design may optimize a golf club head's weighting scheme, for example, center of gravity position and moments of inertia. Such designs may mitigate a golfer's inconsistency problems. Back weighting and/or an additional lower toe weighting may strategically position the center of gravity and may induce the golfer during his swing, to hit “down” on the ball, thus, hitting the ball squarely.

FIG. 1 illustrates an exploded view of an exemplary golf club head according to an embodiment of the golf clubs and methods of manufacture described herein;

FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of the exemplary golf club head of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 illustrates an exploded, cross-sectional view of the exemplary golf club head, taken from a section line 3-3 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 illustrates an exploded, cross-sectional view of the exemplary golf club head, taken from a section line 4-4 in FIG. 1;

FIG, 5 Illustrates a perspective view of the exemplary golf club head of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 depicts a flow diagram representation of one manner in which a golf club head may be manufactured; and

FIG. 7 depicts a flow diagram representation of one manner in which a golf club may be manufactured.

For simplicity and clarity of illustration, the drawing figures illustrate the general manner of construction, and descriptions and details of well-known features and techniques may be omitted to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the golf clubs and their methods of manufacture. Additionally, elements in the drawing figures are not necessarily drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help improve understanding of embodiments of the golf clubs and their methods of manufacture. The same reference numerals in different figures denote the same elements.

The terms “first,” “second/” “third,” “fourth,” and the like in the description and in the claims, if any, are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of golf clubs and methods of manufacture described herein are, for example, capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. Furthermore, the terms “contain,” “include,” and “have,” and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion., such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to those elements, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

The terms “left,” “right,” “front,” “back,” “top,” “bottom,” “side,” “under,” “over,” and the like in the description and in the claims, if any, are used for descriptive purposes and not necessarily for describing permanent relative positions. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of golf clubs and methods of manufacture described herein are, for example, capable of operation in other orientations than those illustrated or otherwise described herein. The term “coupled” as used herein, is defined as directly or indirectly connected in an electrical, physical, mechanical, or other manner.

In one embodiment of the golf clubs and methods of manufacture described herein, a golf club head comprises a body having a toe region, a heel region opposite the toe region, a sole region, and a top region opposite the sole region. The golf club head further comprises a front face, a first back opposite the front face, a second back opposite the front face and extending farther from the front face than the first back. The second back extends from the heel region to the toe region, and extends from the sole region to about a midpoint between the sole region and the top region. The golf cub head further comprises a first cavity between the first back and the second back, and a second cavity integral with the second back at the toe region. This embodiment may further comprise a first weight that is inserted in the first cavity and a second weight inserted in the second cavity.

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