US 11,752,406 B2
Weighted golf club
Oswaldo Gonzalez, San Jacinto, CA (US); Gery M. Zimmerman, Fallbrook, CA (US); and Marni D. Ines, San Marcos, CA (US)
Assigned to Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed by Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,018.
Application 17/742,018 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/217,975, filed on Mar. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,344,772.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/013,949, filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0266103 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/08 (2015.01); A63B 60/02 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/08 (2013.01) [A63B 53/04 (2013.01); A63B 60/02 (2015.10); A63B 53/047 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0491 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head having an overall club head mass, comprising:
a chassis formed of a first material having a first density, said chassis including a heel having a heel opening, a toe opposite said heel having a toe opening, a topline, a sole opposite said topline, a hosel, a rear wall and a striking face opposite said rear wall;
a heel weight member disposed within the heel opening, said heel weight member being formed of a second material having a second density greater than the first density such that the heel weight member has a heel weight member mass that is between 5% and 10% of the overall club head mass, wherein said heel weight member comprises a heel mass portion and a heel extension portion;
a toe weight member disposed within the toe opening, said toe weight member being formed of a third material having a third density greater than the first density such that the toe weight member has a toe weight member mass that is between 25% and 40% of the overall club head mass, wherein said toe weight member comprises a toe mass portion and a toe extension portion;
a housing disposed within a center opening interposed between said heel opening and said toe opening,
wherein said center opening is connected to said heel opening by a center heel opening and said center opening is connected to said toe opening by a center toe opening,
wherein said heel extension portion extends through said center heel opening into said center opening and said toe extension portion extends through said center toe opening into said center opening, and
wherein a fastener passes through each of said housing, said heel extension portion, and said toe extension portion, and mates with a fastener receiving hole defined in said chassis within said center opening to mechanically couple said heel weight member and said toe weight member with said chassis.