US 11,786,787 B2
Golf club head
Patrick Ripp, Huntington Beach, CA (US); Philip Seagram, Long Beach, CA (US); Mika Becktor, New York, NY (US); and Keith Dolezel, Delhi, NY (US)
Assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe (JP)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,175.
Application 17/333,175 is a continuation of application No. 16/264,839, filed on Feb. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,045,695.
Application 16/264,839 is a continuation of application No. 15/645,420, filed on Jul. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,238,930.
Application 15/645,420 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/342,822, filed on Nov. 3, 2016, granted, now 10,039,963.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/402,616, filed on Sep. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0283471 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/06 (2015.01); A63B 53/02 (2015.01); A63B 60/52 (2015.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.01); A63B 60/50 (2015.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01); A63B 60/02 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/047 (2013.01) [A63B 53/02 (2013.01); A63B 53/0475 (2013.01); A63B 53/06 (2013.01); A63B 60/50 (2015.10); A63B 60/52 (2015.10); A63B 60/54 (2015.10); A63B 53/042 (2020.08); A63B 53/045 (2020.08); A63B 53/0408 (2020.08); A63B 53/0433 (2020.08); A63B 60/02 (2015.10); A63B 2053/0479 (2013.01); A63B 2053/0491 (2013.01); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head that, when oriented in a reference position relative to a virtual ground plane, comprises:
a loft L1 no less than 40°;
a striking face having a face center, a leading edge, and defining a virtual striking face plane generally parallel to the striking face;
a sole portion extending in a front-to-rear direction from the leading edge to a trailing edge, the trailing edge being a rearward-most point of the sole portion;
a top portion opposite the sole portion;
a rear surface opposite the striking face;
a hosel configured to receive a golf shaft;
a virtual vertical plane perpendicular to the striking face plane and passing through the face center, such that within the virtual vertical plane:
(a) the sole includes a sole lowermost point that (i) is forward of the trailing edge and (ii) contacts the virtual ground plane; and
(b) a trailing edge bounce angle η2 is between 6° and 8°, the trailing edge bounce angle defined as an angle formed between: (i) a straight line passing through the trailing edge and the sole lowermost point; and (ii) the virtual ground plane;
(c) an overall bounce angle θ3 no less than 4°, the overall bounce angle defined as an angle formed between: (i) a straight line passing through the leading edge and the trailing edge; and (ii) the virtual ground plane; and
a club head center of gravity spaced from the virtual vertical plane in the-heel-to-toe direction by a distance D1 that is no greater than 6 mm.