Configured face insert for golf club head
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a, for use with a configured face insert for golf club head, embodying my new design;
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the configured face insert for a golf club head shown in FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 3 is another perspective view of a configured face insert for a golf club head as shown in FIG. 1, as seen by a golfer when a club head utilizing our new design of face insert is held at the address position.
The phantom representation of a golf club head is present merely to illustrate the orientation and location of our new design of a face insert on an iron-style golf club, and such phantom golf club outline forms no part of the present invention.
The characteristic feature of our design resides in the particular configured, non-parallel sided shape for the outer profile of a face insert for a golf club head, as shown.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 22, 1997
Date of Patent: Oct 13, 1998
Assignee: Odyssey Golf (Carlsbad, CA)
Inventors: Ronald K. Hettinger (Oceanside, CA), Thomas C. Morris (Carlsbad, CA), Brian R. Pond (San Marcos, CA)
Primary Examiner: Ted Shooman
Assistant Examiner: Mitchell I. Siegel
Attorney: Joseph H. Lee
Application Number: 0/65,696
International Classification: 2101;
