Golf Club Or Golf Head Patents (Class D21/733)
  • Patent number: 11806591
    Abstract: A golf club head, preferably a putter head, comprising at least one structural support member is disclosed herein. The structural support member has a smooth, organic-looking aesthetic, with a continuously changing curvature along its spline and at least one surface, and preferably connects one portion of the golf club head to another portion. Where the support member connects to other portions of the golf club head, the surfaces of the member have a curvature that changes smoothly and continuously, lacking any sharp corners. The support member may be part of a lattice structure formed via binder jetting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
    Inventors: Brandon D. DeMille, William C. Watson, Eric Stubben, David R. Handy, Irina Ivanova, Patrick Dawson
  • Patent number: 11707658
    Abstract: A head for a ball striking device includes a bracing member connected to an upper sole surface located on the sole of the body opposite the bottom sole surface. The bracing member includes a first end connected to a first point on the upper sole surface, a second end connected to a second point on the upper sole surface spaced from the first point, and a bridge portion extending between the first and second ends. The bridge portion extends upward from the upper sole surface and is spaced from the upper sole surface. The bridge portion may be formed by one or more trusses, and may define a generally triangular shape in one embodiment. The first and second ends may be connected to the upper sole surface using a variety of techniques, e.g., welding or other integral joining technique, integral forming, adhesive or other bonding material, or other technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: William C. Knight
  • Patent number: 11701555
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention are directed to golf club having a crown, a sole, a face, and a primary alignment feature hard tooled into the golf club head. In some embodiments the golf club has a primary alignment feature comprising a line delineating a transition between at least a portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color with a shade or color of the face. The primary alignment feature is hard tooled into the golf club head with the face of the golf club body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Andrew Kickertz, Todd P. Beach, Craig Richard Slyfield, Christopher John Harbert
  • Patent number: 11311783
    Abstract: A golf club head comprising at least one structural support member is disclosed herein. The structural support member has a smooth, organic-looking aesthetic and connects unsupported portions of the golf club head to improve the acoustics of the golf club head upon impact with a golf ball. Where the support member connects to other portions of the golf club head, the surfaces of the member have a curvature that changes smoothly and continuously, lacking any sharp corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Brandon D. DeMille, William C. Watson, Dominic LeBlanc
  • Patent number: 11213725
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a crown surface having an apex at a highest point and extending between the face, the rear, the heel and the toe of the golf club head. The golf club head also includes a plurality of crown turbulators projecting from the surface of the crown and located between the face and the apex, wherein each adjacent pair of crown turbulators is separate and spaced apart to define a space between the adjacent pair of crown turbulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Erik M. Henrikson, Paul D. Wood, John Hart, Marty R. Jertson, Ryan M. Stokke, Xiaojian Chen, Matthew W. Simone, Yujen Huang
  • Patent number: D553206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Morales, Anthony D. Serrano
  • Patent number: D561853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Gregory H Haralson, Peter L. Soracco, Joshua G. Breier, Scott A. Rice
  • Patent number: D565676
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Roger Cleveland Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John J Rae, Nathaniel J. Radcliffe, Robert J. Horacek, Douglas E. Roberts, Trent E. Garner, Brad S. Hooley, Daniel J. Stone
  • Patent number: D567317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Marty R. Jertson, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert, Anthony D. Serrano, Xiaojian Chen
  • Patent number: D572324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaojian Chen, Anthony D. Serrano
  • Patent number: D573211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: O-TA Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chon-Chen Lin, Hsiao-Wen Chao, Ming-Yung Pan, Chin-Lung Liu, Ting-Ta Yang
  • Patent number: D574044
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Inventor: Vincent Dussich
  • Patent number: D584369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Roger Cleveland Golf Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Brad S. Hooley, Robert J. Horacek, Kevin Schaeffer, Craig R. Schnell, Dan S. Nivanh, John J. Rae, Nathaniel J. Radcliffe, Scott A. Carlyle
  • Patent number: D585507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Adams Golf, LP
    Inventors: Michael Vrska, Michael Berry, Oliver G. Brewer, III, Tim Reed
  • Patent number: D585508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Adams Golf, LP
    Inventors: Nate Tierney, Michael Berry, Michael Vrska
  • Patent number: D585509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Adams Golf, LP
    Inventors: Nate Tierney, Michael Berry, John Ruggiero, Michael Vrska
  • Patent number: D585950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Adams Golf LP
    Inventors: Nate Tierney, Michael Guerrette, Michael Berry, Oliver G. Brewer, III, Michael Vrska, Tim Reed
  • Patent number: D586920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Inventor: Daniel Oas
  • Patent number: D588656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Inventor: Bernt Stellander
  • Patent number: D592714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: O-TA Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kung-Wen Lee
  • Patent number: D599421
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Inventor: Peter A. Belmont
  • Patent number: D601650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Inventor: Peter A. Belmont
  • Patent number: D615139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Kevin Weejoung Kim, Matthew Myers
  • Patent number: D616512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Callaway Golf Company
    Inventors: Philip A. Mickelson, Daniel M. Stevens, William C. Watson, Alan Hocknell, Luke R. Williams, Roger Cleveland
  • Patent number: D623250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Nunez, Zac Atwell, Scott Taylor, Kraig Alan Willett, Michelle Darley
  • Patent number: D627408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Vyatek Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: Howard A. Lindsay
  • Patent number: D643079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Vyatek Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: Howard A. Lindsay
  • Patent number: D643890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Piniarski, Robert Nunez, Sean Toulon, Thomas Olsavsky
  • Patent number: D643891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Piniarski, Robert Nunez, Sean Toulon, Thomas Olsavsky
  • Patent number: D644283
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Sargent, Robert Nunez
  • Patent number: D652464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Antonio M. Bertone, Robert A. Philion, Douglas E. Roberts, Brian S. Zender, Thomas W. Preece
  • Patent number: D662560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Piniarski, Robert Nunez, Sean Toulon, Thomas Olsavsky
  • Patent number: D664222
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Vyatek Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: Howard A. Lindsay
  • Patent number: D707765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Christopher G. Engel, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Patent number: D714408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Nunez, Christopher Piniarski, Christopher Neil Butner
  • Patent number: D767694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Reeve Nielson, Christian Reber Wester, Craig Richard Slyfield, Rachel Elizabeth Mullen, Brian Bazzel, Robert Nunez
  • Patent number: D857816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Bazzel
  • Patent number: D865888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Vincent Greaney, Brian Bazzel
  • Patent number: D898146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph H. Hoffman, Matthew D. Johnson, Todd P. Beach
  • Patent number: D914118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventor: Walter William Dombroski
  • Patent number: D938531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Scott, Fatiha Sahnoune
  • Patent number: D938532
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Scott, Fatiha Sahnoune
  • Patent number: D990596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: D. Clayton Evans, Michael S. Yagley
  • Patent number: D996542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Stix Golf Co.
    Inventors: Kyle Buzzard, Gabe Coyne
  • Patent number: D1000556
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Kevin J. Chun, Thomas Orrin Bennett, Tyrone Northcutt
  • Patent number: D1020946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Stix Golf Co.
    Inventors: Kyle Buzzard, Gabe Coyne
  • Patent number: D1025265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Guangzhou Zhenming Trading Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiale Yu
  • Patent number: D1025266
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI COASLIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaofei Peng
  • Patent number: D1026142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: D. Clayton Evans, Michael S. Yagley
  • Patent number: D1026143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony D. Serrano, Tony P. Finau, David A. Higdon