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Golf club head having decorated hosel and golf club using the same

Golf club head having decorated hosel and golf club using the same description/claims

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a golf club head having a decorated hosel and a golf club using the golf club head, and particularly, to a golf club head having a hosel characterized by a brilliant, three-dimensional decorative member fixed to a surface of the hosel and a golf club using the golf club head.

2. Description of the Related Art

A portion of a golf club head connected to a shaft is called a hosel or a neck. A hole for use in connection with the tip end of a shaft is usually formed inside of a cylindrical shape.

As mentioned above, the hosel is a portion used for adhesively fixing a face for use in hitting a ball to the tip end of the shaft and usually formed from the same material as that of a head integrally with the head. The appearance of the hosel has hitherto been provided with no decoration and is devoid of a design or ornamental characteristic.

A decorated hosel is disclosed in which calibration marks are formed in a face surface of the hosel at an arbitrary angle with respect to the axial direction of a shaft and at intervals along a circumferential direction of the shaft in order to allow a golfer to determine the state of an address; and in which the calibration marks are made in the hosel in the form of a groove; provided on the hosel in the form of protruding streaks; drawn with paint; or made by means of coating interior surfaces of grooves formed in the hosel with paint, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3006951.

In relation to a ferrule (also called a “socket”), there has already been proposed a decorated socket in which a decorated ring is fixed to an appropriate point in the axial cross section of a socket pipe in order to enhance a decorative characteristic of the ferrule or the golf club and in which the decorated ring is formed integrally by means of sandwiching a metallic-colored intermediate layer, such as metal foil, between a small-diameter tube section made of a synthetic resin and a large-diameter tube section made of a synthetic resin, as disclosed in JP-UM-B-55-21710. There has also been proposed a socket in which metal decoration rings are interposed among split cylindrical elements of a socket main body formed so as to become split in an axial direction thereof, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3103748.

However, the hosel described in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3006951 is merely machined in consideration of practical utility; namely, the ease of determination of an address state, and cannot be said to be decorated. The hosel does not have any gorgeousness or sumptuousness and is devoid of a design or ornamental characteristic.

Likewise, the related-art ferrule and the related-art golf club described in JP-UM-B-55-21710 and Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3103748 are provided with a simple design such as a chain of ring-shaped patterns. They are devoid of a design or ornamental characteristic, either; do not show gorgeousness or sumptuousness; are inconspicuous; and exhibit an indistinctive design characteristic and yield a low ornamental effect.

Further, the related-art ferrule is split, and decoration rings are interposed among the split pieces of the ferrule. Hence, the related-art ferrule has low strength, and there has been a drawback of a ferrule of a golf club being easily broken. Moreover, the ferrule is formed through a plurality of processes and suffers a drawback of complicated manufacturing processes and an increase in cost.

In particular, in association with a recent increase in the number of female golfers, fashionable golf products, such as wear or accessories, have been offered, and the golfers enjoy fashionableness, too. In contrast, a golf club has been developed to pursue only functionality and lacks an ornamental characteristic. Hence, the golf club cannot be used with an ornamental pleasure.

Therefore, the present invention aims at solving the drawbacks in the related art and providing a golf club with decoration without involvement of a decrease in strength, thereby offering a golf club which exhibits a high ornamental effect; which can be manufactured readily, inexpensively; which radiates brilliance, to thus attracts attention; and which enables usage of the club with an ornamental pleasure, and offering a golf club head having a hosel for use with the golf club.

In order to serve as means for solving the drawback, according to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a golf club head including a hosel in which a brilliant three-dimensional decoration member is fixed to a surface of the hosel.

Further, according to a second aspect of the invention according the first aspect of the invention, a concave portion is formed on a part of the surface of the hosel; and the brilliant three-dimensional decoration member is fixed in the concave portion.

Further, according to a third aspect of the invention according the second aspect of the invention, the concave portion is formed over a circumference of the hosel.

Further, according to a fourth aspect of the invention according the second or third aspect of the invention, the concave portion has a width of from 2 to 5 mm in a shorter side direction and has a depth of from 0.2 to 2 mm.

Further, according to a fifth aspect of the invention according any one of the first to fourth aspect of the invention, the brilliant three-dimensional decoration member has a width of from 0.5 to 3 mm.

Further, according to a sixth aspect of the invention according any one of the first to fifth aspect of the invention, the brilliant three-dimensional decoration member includes at least one of a transparent resinous granular article and a metal granular article.

Further, according to a seventh aspect of the invention according the sixth aspect of the invention, the transparent resinous granular article is faintly colored.

Further, according to a eighth aspect of the invention according the sixth or seventh aspect of the invention, a resin constituting the transparent resinous granular article is an acryl resin.

Further, according to a ninth aspect of the invention, there is provided a golf club including any one of the golf club head according to any one of the first to eighth aspect of the invention.

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