US 11,684,829 B2
Golf club heads with ribs and related methods
Eric V. Cole, Phoenix, AZ (US); Martin R. Jertson, Phoenix, AZ (US); Ryan M. Stokke, Anthem, AZ (US); and Sina Ghods, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/127,706.
Application 17/127,706 is a continuation of application No. 16/592,224, filed on Oct. 3, 2019, granted, now 10,874,917.
Application 16/592,224 is a continuation of application No. 15/660,705, filed on Jul. 26, 2017, granted, now 10,449,424, issued on Oct. 22, 2019.
Application 15/660,705 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/631,483, filed on Jun. 23, 2017, granted, now 10,118,075, issued on Nov. 6, 2018.
Application 15/631,483 is a continuation of application No. 15/076,511, filed on Mar. 21, 2016, granted, now 9,700,768, issued on Jul. 11, 2017.
Application 15/076,511 is a continuation of application No. 14/044,459, filed on Oct. 2, 2013, granted, now 9,314,676, issued on Apr. 19, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/366,710, filed on Jul. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106886 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 60/00 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/0466 (2013.01) [A63B 53/045 (2020.08); A63B 53/0408 (2020.08); A63B 53/0433 (2020.08); A63B 53/0437 (2020.08); A63B 60/002 (2020.08)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head comprising:
a body comprising:
a heel end, a toe end, a crown, a sole, a front end, and a rear end;
wherein the heel end, the toe end, the crown, the sole, the front end, and the rear end define an interior cavity;
wherein the interior cavity comprises an internal surface that extends along the heel end, the toe end, the crown, the sole, the front end, and the rear end;
a first rib protruding from the internal surface;
wherein the first rib comprises:
a first, first-rib end;
a second, first-rib end opposite the first, first-rib end; and
a first rib height;
wherein the first rib height is substantially orthogonal to the internal surface;
wherein the first rib height varies from the first, first-rib end to the second, first-rib end;
a second rib protruding from the internal surface;
wherein the second rib comprises
a first, second-rib end;
a second, second-rib end;
a second rib height;
wherein the second rib height is substantially orthogonal to the internal surface;
wherein the second rib height varies from the first, second-rib end to the second, second-rib end;
a connecting rib extending between the first rib and the second rib to connect the first rib and the second rib together;
wherein the connecting rib comprises a first end integrally formed with the first rib, and a second end integrally formed with the second rib;
wherein the connecting rib comprises a height measured substantially orthogonal to the internal surface;
wherein the height of the connecting rib varies from the first end to the second end;
a first side rib located on the internal surface at the heel end;
a second side rib located on the internal surface at the toe end; and
wherein the second side rib is located closer to the crown than the first side rib;
wherein:
the golf club head further defines a ground plane that is tangent to the sole when the golf club head is at an address position;
wherein the first side rib and the second side rib are oriented at an angle between 20 degrees and 160 degrees from the ground plane.