US 11,839,802 B2
Multi-component golf club head
Travis D. Milleman, Portland, OR (US); Clayson C. Spackman, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and Cory S. Bacon, Cave Creek, AZ (US)
Assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corporation, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Feb. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/175,558.
Application 17/175,558 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/105,459, filed on Nov. 25, 2020.
Application 17/105,459 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/789,261, filed on Feb. 12, 2020, granted, now 10,953,294.
Application 16/789,261 is a continuation of application No. 16/215,474, filed on Dec. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,596,427, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Application 17/105,459 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2020/043483, filed on Jul. 24, 2020.
Application 17/105,459 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2020/047702, filed on Aug. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/975,631, filed on Feb. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/596,677, filed on Dec. 8, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/878,263, filed on Jul. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/940,799, filed on Nov. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,229, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/015,398, filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/891,158, filed on Aug. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0162281 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. A63B 53/08 (2015.01); A63B 53/06 (2015.01); A63B 1/00 (2006.01); A63B 53/04 (2015.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/08 (2013.01) [A63B 1/00 (2013.01); A63B 53/06 (2013.01); A63B 53/045 (2020.08); A63B 53/0412 (2020.08); A63B 53/0433 (2020.08); A63B 53/0466 (2013.01); A63B 60/54 (2015.10); A63B 2053/0491 (2013.01); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10); A63B 2209/023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A golf club head comprising:
a crown, a sole opposite the crown, a heel end, a toe end opposite the heel end, a rear end, and a skirt extending between the crown and the sole;
a metallic first component comprising a striking face, a return portion extending rearward from the striking face, and a sole rear extension extending rearward from the return portion;
a non-metallic second component configured to be secured to the metallic first component to enclose a hollow interior cavity;
wherein the return portion comprises a sole return portion forming a portion of the sole and a crown return portion forming a portion of the crown;
wherein the sole rear extension forms a portion of the sole;
wherein the sole rear extension comprises a shelf extending vertically from the sole rear extension;
wherein a vertical lip extends forward the shelf, the vertical lip supports the non-metallic second component at the rear end;
wherein the second component comprises a rear cutout secured to the vertical lip;
wherein the rear cutout comprises a rearward edge configured to abut a forward edge of the shelf within a boundary of the crown;
wherein the sole rear extension comprises a first component perimeter edge extending along the crown return portion, the sole return portion, the sole rear extension, and the shelf;
wherein the first component comprises a lip recessed from an outer surface of the first component and extending along the first component perimeter edge;
wherein the second component is configured to be secured to the first component at the lip;
wherein the first component comprises a first component mass, the first component mass comprising 80 percent to 95 percent of a total mass of the golf club head;
wherein the second component comprises a second component mass, the second component mass comprising 3 percent to 15 percent of the total mass of the golf club head;
wherein the first component comprises a weight port at a rear end of the sole extension and below the shelf, the weight port is configured to receive a removable weight; and
wherein the first component comprises a mass pad integrally formed with the sole such that the mass pad increases a thickness of a forward sole portion, the mass pad comprises a mass ranging from 25 grams to 40 grams.