Patents by Inventor Michael Nicolette
Michael Nicolette has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10981038Abstract: Examples of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a body portion of a golf club head may include a front portion. A face portion may be coupled to the front portion. The face portion may include a central strike portion and a perimeter. A plurality of projections may extend from the face portion to provide a ball striking surface for impacting a golf ball. The plurality of projections may be aligned in one or more directions across the face portion and may progressively increase in size in any direction from the central strike portion to the perimeter of the face portion. Other examples and examples may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLCInventors: Bradley D. Schweigert, Michael Nicolette
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Publication number: 20200001151Abstract: Examples of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a body portion of a golf club head may include a front portion. A face portion may be coupled to the front portion. The face portion may include a central strike portion and a perimeter. A plurality of projections may extend from the face portion to provide a ball striking surface for impacting a golf ball. The plurality of projections may be aligned in one or more directions across the face portion and may progressively increase in size in any direction from the central strike portion to the perimeter of the face portion. Other examples and examples may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Bradley D. Schweigert, Michael Nicolette
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Publication number: 20150057096Abstract: Some embodiments include a golf club head. The golf club head includes a top end and a bottom end opposite the top end, a front end and a rear end opposite the front end, and a toe end and a heel end opposite the toe end. Further, the golf club head includes a club head body having an aggregate sole surface. The aggregate sole surface has multiple constituent sole surfaces and at least one riser surface. The multiple constituent surfaces and the riser surface(s) extend between the toe end and the heel end. The multiple constituent sole surfaces have a first sole surface and a second sole surface, and the riser surface(s) have a first riser surface located between the first sole surface and the second sole surface. Other embodiments of related club heads and methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Nicolette, John Souza, Lou Beebe, Ron Abeyeta
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Publication number: 20100178999Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads with augmented side surfaces and weighting are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Michael Nicolette, Brad D. Schweigert
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Publication number: 20090029790Abstract: Embodiments of golf clubs and methods of manufacture are generally described herein. In one embodiment, a golf club bead has a toe region having a top portion and a bottom portion, and a heel region opposite the toe region also having a top portion and a bottom portion. The club head has a hosel at the top portion of the heel region, a back face, and a front face opposite the back face. The club head has a first weight at a perimeter of the back face, and a second weight at the back face. The second weight is located at the bottom portion of the toe region, and farther away from the back face than the first weight. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2007Publication date: January 29, 2009Inventors: Michael Nicolette, Brad Schweigert
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Publication number: 20090029795Abstract: Embodiments of golf clubs and methods of manufacture are generally described herein. A golf club has a shaft and a body coupled to the shaft. The body has a toe end, a heel end opposite the toe end, a front end, a back, end opposite the front end, a front face at the front end, a top wall, and a bottom wall opposite the top wall. The body also has a body height measured in a first direction substantially normal to the bottom wall as measured from the bottom wall to a top point of the front face. The body also has a center of gravity and a center of gravity height measured in the first direction along a center of gravity line that extends from the bottom wall to the center of gravity. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2007Publication date: January 29, 2009Inventors: Brad Schweigert, Marty Jertson, Michael Nicolette
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Publication number: 20070042834Abstract: A weight adjustment member may be mounted in a tuning port in a golf club head and secured therein using adhesive. The weight adjustment member includes a lip which prevents excess adhesive from escaping the tuning port and hides adhesive that might otherwise be visible between the weight adjustment member and the tuning port. Locating devices that mate with each other are included in the tuning port and on the weight adjustment member. A method of mounting the weight adjustment member in the tuning port of a golf club head is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2005Publication date: February 22, 2007Applicant: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Michael Nicolette, John Solheim, Bradley Schweigert
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Publication number: 20070026967Abstract: The present invention provides an iron-type golf club head comprising a primary cavity that is approximately parallel to the ground when the club head is resting at normal address. A secondary cavity, positioned within the primary cavity, has a bottom wall that is approximately parallel to the club face and is positioned above the club head sole. An interior wall that forms the secondary cavity is uniform in height while increasing in width in a bottom segment thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2005Publication date: February 1, 2007Applicant: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Bradley Schweigert, Michael Nicolette, John Solheim, Eric Cole
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Publication number: 20060175035Abstract: A method of fabricating a golf club hosel includes the steps of: (1) providing a mold tool having a cavity corresponding to a hosel having a generally cylindrical boss portion coupled to a horizontal leg portion extending radially from the boss portion, wherein the horizontal leg portion has a width that is less than the outside diameter of the boss portion; (2) providing a mold tool insert slideably coupled to the mold tool along a sliding axis generally perpendicular to the horizontal leg portion; (3) sliding the mold tool insert to a first position such that the mold tool insert forms, within said cavity, a surface of the cylindrical portion and a surface of the horizontal leg portion; (4) filling the mold tool cavity with a material (e.g., a wax material); and (5) sliding the mold tool insert to a second position such that the mold tool insert disengages from the material in the mold tool cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: August 10, 2006Inventors: Bradley Schweigert, Michael Nicolette
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Publication number: 20060025234Abstract: The present invention relates to certain weight adjustment members that can be used in connection with iron-type golf clubs. The weight adjustment members of the present invention comprise a relatively uniform and/or symmetrically configured width. In addition, the members comprise a substantially linear back-side. The weight adjustment members of the present invention, therefore, provide a consistent level of performance across the members and, moreover, can be mass produced using more simplified molds when compared to other members known in the art. Still further, the present invention provides iron-type golf heads and golf clubs that comprise the weight adjustment members of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2004Publication date: February 2, 2006Applicant: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Michael Nicolette, Ricky Solesbee, Leslie Bryant, John Solheim, Bradley Schweigert
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Publication number: 20050096148Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved connection of a golf club shaft to the head of a golf club and methods for making the improved connection. A golf club according to the present invention includes a club head having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front face wall for impacting a golf ball, a heel portion and toe portion. A bore is disposed in the heel end of the club head and extends from the top surface of the club head toward the bottom surface of the club head. A shaft locating device is inserted into the upper end of the bore. A shaft locating bore, for accurately locating the shaft in a preferred and consistent location, extends through the entire length of the shaft locating device. The tip of a shaft is inserted in and extends through the shaft locating bore and into the bore in the club head.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2003Publication date: May 5, 2005Applicant: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Randall Noble, Michael Nicolette, Bradley Schweigert
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Patent number: D653718Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing CorporationInventors: Ryan Stokke, Michael Nicolette