Golf club head

- Acushnet Company
Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a golf club head showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of a second embodiment of the club head as disclosed in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 7;

FIG.. 10 is a top plan view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 13 is a front elevational view of a third embodiment of the club head as disclosed in FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a top plan view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 17 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 18 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 19 is a front elevational view of a fourth embodiment of the club head as disclosed in FIG. 1;

FIG. 20 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 19;

FIG. 22 is a top plan view of FIG. 19;

FIG. 23 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 19; and,

FIG. 24 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 19.

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Patent History
Patent number: D398355
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 4, 1995
Date of Patent: Sep 15, 1998
Assignee: Acushnet Company (Fairhaven, MA)
Inventors: Arthur C. P. Chou (Oceanside, CA), Thomas M. Olsavsky (Escondido, CA), Peter Gilbert (Vista, CA), John B. Hoeflich (South Dartmouth, MA)
Primary Examiner: Ted Shooman
Assistant Examiner: Mitchell I. Siegel
Law Firm: Pennie & Edmonds LLP
Application Number: 0/37,135
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D21/220
International Classification: 2102;