IP Library Granted Patent US 9,079,368
Granted Patent B2
US 9,079,368 · App. 12/880,745 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Rotational molded golf club heads

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Patent No.
US 9,079,368
App. No.
12/880,745
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Wood-type golf clubs and/or golf club heads include: (a) a golf club head base member including a face member having a ball striking face; and (b) a polymeric body member engaged with the golf club head base member, wherein the polymeric body member is formed via a rotational molding process (or other centrifugal force inducing molding process) and/or engaged with the golf club head base member via a rotational molding process (or other centrifugal force inducing molding process). The polymeric body member forms at least a portion of a crown member of the club head in some structures.

Claims (6)

1. A golf club head, comprising:

a golf club head base member including a golf club head face member having a ball striking face engaged therewith or integrally formed therewith as a unitary one piece construction; and

a polymeric body member engaged with an interior surface of the golf club head base member via a rotational molding process, wherein the polymeric body member forms at least a portion of a crown member of the golf club head, wherein the polymeric body member constitutes a shell formed against all interior surfaces of the base member to which polymeric material forming the polymeric body member is exposed during the rotational molding process.

2. A golf club head, comprising:

a golf club head base member including: (a) a golf club head face member having a ball striking face engaged therewith of integrally formed therewith as a unitary one piece construction and (b) an aft body portion having a plurality of open cells, wherein at least some of the plurality of open cells form a crown portion of the golf club head base member; and

a polymeric body member engaged with an interior surface of the golf club head base member via a rotational molding process, wherein, during the rotational molding process, the polymeric body member fills in the plurality of open cells forming the crown portion and forms at least a portion of a crown member of the golf club head, wherein the polymeric body member constitutes a shell formed against all interior surfaces of the base member to which polymeric material forming the polymeric body member is exposed during the rotational molding process.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2017
From: NIKE, INC.
To: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
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