US 12,420,149 B2
Golf club head
Naruhiro Mizutani, Kobe (JP); Jun Kodaka, Kobe (JP); and Kiyofumi Matsunaga, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe (JP)
Filed by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kobe (JP)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/583,595.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-010666 (JP), filed on Jan. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233921 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/0433 (2020.08) [A63B 53/0408 (2020.08); A63B 53/0416 (2020.08)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf club head comprising:
a face portion that forms a striking face;
a crown portion;
a sole portion; and
a hosel portion, wherein
the striking face has a face center,
the sole portion includes a toe protruding portion that is a protruding portion formed on a toe side with respect to the face center and is hollow,
the toe protruding portion is formed so as to be continuous with the face portion,
no protruding portion formed to be continuous with the face portion is present on a heel side with respect to the face center,
the toe protruding portion extends, on its toe side, to reach a position located on an upper side with respect to the face center, and
in a planar view from an upper side wherein the golf club head is in a reference state, the toe protruding portion does not form any part of an outer contour line of the golf club head.