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Granted Patent B2
US 10,130,852 · App. 15/593,683 · Granted Nov 20, 2018

Golf club head having a detached faceplate

Inventors: Erik M. Henrikson (Phoenix, AZ); Eric J. Morales (Laveen, AZ); Samuel Pendred (Phoenix, AZ)
Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
A63B53/047
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,130,852
App. No.
15/593,683
Granted
Nov 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club head includes a body having a faceplate with a strike surface, a toe end opposite a heel end, a back end opposite the faceplate, and a sole opposite a top rail, the faceplate is connected to the sole and configured to pivot about the sole.

Claims (12)

1. A golf club head comprising:

a body including

a faceplate having a strike surface,

a toe end opposite a heel end,

a back end opposite the faceplate,

a sole opposite a top rail,

a first slot extending through the top rail and into the toe end of the body, the first slot having a first end proximate the sole, the first end comprising a radius; and

a second slot extending through the top rail, having an end proximate the face plate, the end comprising a radius, wherein the radius of the first end of the first slot and the radius of the end of the second slot is within 0.05 to 0.08 inches.

2. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the first slot defines a gap which separates the faceplate from the back end.

3. The golf club head of claim 2 , wherein the gap has a width defined as the distance across the first slot, and wherein the width is within the range of 0.2 to 2 inches.

4. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the second slot defines a gap which separates the top rail from the heel end of the body.

5. The golf club head of claim 4 , wherein the gap has a width defined as the distance across the second slot, and wherein the width is within the range of 0.2 to 2 inches.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2017
From: HENRIKSON, ERIK M; MORALES, ERIC J; PENDRED, SAMUEL
To: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043175/0522 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62335590 · May 12, 2016
Related Publication 20170326415A1 · Nov 16, 2017