Iron golf club head

- Callaway Golf Company
Description

FIG. 1 is a lower rear perspective view of a #1 iron golf club head embodying our new design;

FIG. 2 is an upper front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a toe end view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a lower rear perspective view of a second embodiment of a #6 iron golf club head as disclosed in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an upper front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a toe end view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a lower rear perspective view of a third embodiment of a #8 iron golf club head as disclosed in FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is an upper front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a toe and view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a lower rear perspective view of a forth embodiment of a pitching wedge iron golf club head as disclosed in FIG. 1;

FIG. 20 is an upper front perspective view thereof;

FIG. 21 is a toe end view thereof;

FIG. 22 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 23 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 24 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a toe end rear perspective view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 26 is a cross section taken on line 26--26 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 27 is a cross section taken on line 27--27 of FIG. 9;

FIG. 28 is a cross section taken on line 28--28 of FIG. 15; and,

FIG. 29 is a cross section taken on line 29--29 of FIG. 21.

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Patent History
Patent number: D364206
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 5, 1993
Date of Patent: Nov 14, 1995
Assignee: Callaway Golf Company (Carlsbad, CA)
Inventors: Glenn H. Schmidt (Malibu, CA), Richard C. Helmstetter (Carlsbad, CA)
Primary Examiner: Terry A. Wallace
Assistant Examiner: Mitchell I. Siegel
Attorney: William W. Haefliger
Application Number: 0/14,642
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D21/220