IP Library Granted Patent US 10,046,216
Granted Patent B2
US 10,046,216 · App. 15/445,511 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Golf club with improved weighting

Inventors: Dustin A. Barksdale (San Marcos, CA); Donald S. Bone (Escondido, CA)
Assignee: Acushnet Company
A63B60/06A63B53/00
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,046,216
App. No.
15/445,511
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club with improved weighting characteristic is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses to a golf club wherein the improved weighting distribution stems from an increase in the mass of the golf club at a specific distance away from the butt end or proximal end of the golf club head to help increase the feel and minimize the dispersion of the golf shot by minimizing the pull and or draw tendencies of a golf shot.

Claims (25)

1. A golf club comprising:

a club head located at a distal end of said golf club;

a grip located at a proximal end of said golf club; and

a shaft juxtaposed between said club head and said grip, connecting said club head to said grip;

wherein said shaft further comprises a heavy weighted section, located at a distance of between exactly 10 and exactly 15 inches away from said proximal end of said golf club, and

wherein said heavy weighted section further comprises a dense layer, having a material density greater than a material density of said shaft, said dense layer is longitudinally located between an internal wall of said shaft and an external wall of said shaft from a beginning of said heavy weighted section to an end of said heavy weighted section.

2. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein said dense layer only partially covers said heavy weighted section.

3. The golf club of claim 1 , wherein said shaft further comprises a second lightweight section, located at a distance of between exactly 5 and exactly 10 inches away from said proximal end of said golf club head,

wherein said mass of said heavy weighted section is greater than about 140% of a mass of said second lightweight section.

4. The golf club of claim 3 , wherein said mass of said heavy weight section is greater than about 145% of said mass of said second lightweight section.

5. The golf club of claim 4 , wherein said mass of said heavy weight section is greater than about 150% of said mass of said second lightweight section.

6. The golf club head of claim 3 , wherein said heavy weight section has a mass of greater than about 9 grams.

7. The golf club head of claim 3 , wherein said heavy weight section has a mass of greater than about 9.5 grams.

8. The golf club head of claim 3 , wherein said heavy weight section has a mass of greater than about 10 grams.

9. The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said dense layer is created using dense powder.

10. The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said dense layer is created using a thin layer of tungsten metal.

11. The golf club head of claim 6 , wherein said dense layer is created using a thin layer of steel.

12. A golf club comprising:

a club head located at a distal end of said golf club;

a grip located at a proximal end of said golf club; and

a shaft juxtaposed between said club head and said grip, connecting said club head to said grip;

wherein said shaft further comprises a heavy weighted section, located at a distance of between exactly 10 and exactly 15 inches away from said proximal end of said golf club,

wherein said heavy weighted section further comprises a dense layer, having a material density greater than a material density of said shaft, said dense layer is located between an internal wall of said shaft and an external wall of said shaft, and

wherein said dense layer is created using dense powder.

13. The golf club head of claim 12 , wherein said dense layer only partially covers said heavy weighted section.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (ASSIGNS 051618-0777) Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS RESIGNING ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 061069/0731 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: ACUSHNET COMPANY
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 061099/0236 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2020
From: ACUSHNET COMPANY
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 051618/0777 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2017
From: BARKSDALE, DUSTIN A.; BONE, DONALD S.
To: ACUSHNET COMPANY
Reel/Frame 041403/0378 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14864008 · Sep 24, 2015
Related Publication 20170165547A1 · Jun 15, 2017