Sole design for golf club head

- Callaway Golf Company
Description

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a sole design for a golf club head for a right-handed user;

FIG. 2 is a rear view;

FIG. 3 is a front view;

FIG. 4 is a heel end view;

FIG. 5 is a toe end view;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a second embodiment of the sole design for a golf club head for a left-handed user;

FIG. 7 is a rear view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a front view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a heel end view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is a toe end view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 11 is a plan view of a third embodiment of the sole design for a golf club head for a right-handed user;

FIG. 12 is a rear view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a front view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is a heel end view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a toe end view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 16 is a plan view of a fourth embodiment of the sole design for a golf club head for a left-handed user;

FIG. 17 is a rear view of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is a front view of FIG. 16;

FIG. 19 is a heel end view of FIG. 16; and,

FIG. 20 is a toe end view of FIG. 16.

The broken line showing of the remaining portions of a golf club head is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D420081
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 1, 1998
Date of Patent: Feb 1, 2000
Assignee: Callaway Golf Company (Carlsbad, CA)
Inventors: Richard C. Helmstetter (Rancho Santa Fe, CA), D. Clayton Evans (Vista, CA), Roger Cleveland (Los Angeles, CA), Bret K. C. Larsen (Carlsbad, CA)
Primary Examiner: Mitchell I Siegel
Attorney: Joseph H. Lee
Application Number: 0/85,932
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Golf Specific (D21/759)
International Classification: 2102;