Golf club head

- Callaway Golf Company
Description

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of a golf club head having a 9.degree. incline, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the FIG. 1 head;

FIG. 3 is a front face elevation view of the FIG. 1 head;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the FIG. 1 head;

FIG. 5 is a toe end elevation view of the FIG. 1 head;

FIG. 6 is a heel end elevation view of the FIG. 1 head;

FIG. 7 is a rear elevation view of the FIG. 1 head;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of the golf club head having an 11.degree. incline;

FIG. 9 is a front face elevational view of the FIG. 8 head;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view of the FIG. 8 heads;

FIG. 11 is a toe end elevational view of the FIG. 8 head;

FIG. 12 is a heel end elevational view of the FIG. 8 head; and,

FIG. 13 is a rear elevational view of the FIG. 8 head.

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Patent History
Patent number: D377674
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 13, 1995
Date of Patent: Jan 28, 1997
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: 0/33,515
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D21/214