IP Library Granted Patent US 12,296,240
Granted Patent B2
US 12,296,240 · App. 18/487,637 · Granted May 13, 2025

Golf club having removable weight

Inventors: Richard L. Cleghorn (Oceanside, CA); David Cornelius (San Marcos, CA); Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Aliso Viejo, CA); Dustin Barksdale (San Marcos, CA)
Assignee: Acushnet Company
A63B53/06A63B53/0466A63B60/02A63B60/52F16B21/02A63B53/0433A63B2053/0491A63B2053/0495
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Patent No.
US 12,296,240
App. No.
18/487,637
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile.

Claims (22)

1. A golf club head, comprising:

a club head body including a face defining a ball-striking surface, a sole, a crown, and a skirt, wherein said sole extends aftward from a lower edge of said face, wherein said crown extends aftward from an upper edge of said face, and wherein said skirt extends between said sole and said crown around a perimeter of said club head body; and

a spring clamp disposed on said club head body, wherein said spring clamp at least partially surrounds a receptacle located on an outer surface of said sole of said club head body configured to receive a weight member,

wherein said spring clamp includes at least one flexible arm having a fixed end coupled to said sole and a free end cantilevered from said fixed end,

wherein said free end of said spring clamp is biased towards said receptacle,

wherein in a locked configuration said weight member is secured within said receptacle by said spring clamp,

wherein in an unlocked configuration said weight member is removable from said receptacle,

wherein said spring clamp includes a bore configured to receive a tool, and

wherein said free end is flexed outward away from said receptacle when said tool is advanced through said bore.

2. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein said at least one flexible arm has a continuously curving C-shape.

3. The golf club head of claim 1 , wherein said spring clamp has a polygonal shape.

4. A golf club head, comprising:

a club head body including a face defining a ball-striking surface, a sole, a crown, and a skirt, wherein said sole extends aftward from a lower edge of said face, wherein said crown extends aftward from an upper edge of said face, and wherein said skirt extends between said sole and said crown around a perimeter of said club head body; and

a plurality of spring clamps disposed on said club head body, wherein each of said plurality of spring clamps at least partially surrounds one of a plurality of receptacles located on an outer surface of said sole of said club head body configured to receive one of a plurality of weight members,

wherein each of said plurality of said spring clamps include at least one flexible arm having a fixed end coupled to said sole and a free end cantilevered from said fixed end,

wherein said free end of each of said plurality of spring clamps is biased towards one of said plurality of receptacles,

wherein in a locked configuration one of said plurality of weight members is secured within one of said plurality of receptacles by one of said plurality of spring clamps,

wherein in an unlocked configuration one of said plurality of weight members is removable from one of said plurality of receptacles, and

wherein said at least one flexible arm has a continuously curving C-shape.

5. The golf club head of claim 4 , wherein each of said plurality of spring clamps includes a bore configured to receive a tool, and

wherein said free end is flexed outward away from one of said plurality of receptacles when said tool is advanced through said bore.

6. The golf club head of claim 5 , wherein said bore is threaded.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2025
From: ACUSHNET COMPANY
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 073689/0464 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2025
From: ACUSHNET COMPANY
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 073689/0515 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2023
From: CLEGHORN, RICHARD L.; CORNELIUS, DAVID S.; KAWAGUCHI, HIROSHI; BARKSDALE, DUSTIN A.
To: ACUSHNET COMPANY
Reel/Frame 065235/0582 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 18083815 · Dec 19, 2022
Continuation 17318271 · May 12, 2021
Continuation 16725622 · Dec 23, 2019
Continuation In Part 16224478 · Dec 18, 2018
Continuation In Part 16043052 · Jul 23, 2018
Continuation 15339797 · Oct 31, 2016
Related Publication 20240033591A1 · Feb 1, 2024
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