US 12,083,397 B1
Additive manufacturing methods for golf products
Brandon D. DeMille, Carlsbad, CA (US); Eric Stubben, Encinitas, CA (US); David R. Handy, Encinitas, CA (US); Irina Ivanova, San Marcos, CA (US); and Patrick Dawson, Poway, CA (US)
Assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,527.
Application 17/966,527 is a continuation of application No. 17/362,638, filed on Jun. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,497,973.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/208,327, filed on Jun. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,028, filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 37/04 (2006.01); A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 53/10 (2015.01); A63B 53/14 (2015.01); A63B 60/08 (2015.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 53/0487 (2013.01) [A63B 53/14 (2013.01); A63B 60/08 (2015.10); A63B 60/54 (2015.10); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A63B 37/0003 (2013.01); A63B 53/0416 (2020.08); A63B 2209/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf product comprising:
an external surface; and
a support structure selected from the group consisting of a lattice structure and a complex surface-based structure,
wherein the support structure is partially bounded by the external surface, and
wherein the golf product is selected from the group consisting of a golf club head component, a golf club head, a golf ball, a golf club shaft, and a golf club grip;
wherein the lattice structure is composed of a first material with a first density, and wherein at least a portion of the lattice structure is filled with a second material with a second density that is different from the first density.