Patent ID: 11944879
Assignee: KARSTEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. An iron-type golf club head comprising:
a faceplate and a rear body forming a club head body and enclosing a hollow interior cavity;
a top rail, a sole, a heel end, and a toe end, wherein:
the club head body forms a front end, a rear end, a top rail periphery, a toe periphery, a heel periphery, and a sole periphery;
the faceplate is disposed at the front end;
the faceplate comprises a strike face, a back surface opposite the strike face, a leading edge proximate the sole, a sole return extending rearward from the back surface and forming at least a portion of the sole, and a faceplate perimeter, wherein:
the faceplate perimeter comprises a top perimeter edge, a heel-side perimeter edge, a toe-side perimeter edge and a sole perimeter edge;
the rear body forms at least a portion of the top rail, at least a portion of the sole, at least a portion of the toe end;
the rear body comprises a rear wall extending from the sole to the top rail at the rear end, a sole ledge, and a hosel structure located on the heel end;
the sole ledge projects from the rear body toward the faceplate and forms a portion of the sole;
the top perimeter edge of the faceplate is located on the top rail periphery of the club head body, the toe-side perimeter edge of the faceplate is located on the toe periphery of the club head body, and the sole perimeter edge of the faceplate contacts the sole ledge;
the faceplate is welded to the rear body along the faceplate perimeter;
the rear body further comprises a weight pad proximate the sole and the rear wall, wherein:
the weight pad overhangs the sole return, and the weight pad does not contact the sole return;

the weight pad comprises a weight pad extension protruding forward from a front wall of the weight pad toward the faceplate and overhanging the sole return;
wherein the sole perimeter edge comprises a heel-side sole perimeter edge, a toe-side sole perimeter edge, and a rear sole perimeter edge;
wherein the heel-side sole perimeter edge and the toe-side sole perimeter edge each extend rearwardly from the leading edge at an angle;
wherein the rear sole perimeter edge extends between the heel-side sole perimeter edge and the toe-side sole perimeter edge;
a heel-side taper angle measured as the exterior angle between the heel-side sole perimeter edge and the leading edge and a toe-side taper angle measured as the exterior angle between the toe-side sole perimeter edge and the leading edge;
wherein the heel-side taper angle and the toe-side taper angle are each between 100 and 160 degrees;
wherein the sole return defines a sole return width measured in a heel-to-toe direction;
wherein the sole return width decreases rearward from the strike face;
wherein the rear body further comprises a heel mass and a toe mass;
wherein the heel mass located in a low heel area of the interior cavity and is integrally formed with the heel end, the sole, and the rear wall; and
wherein the toe mass is located in a low toe area of the interior cavity and is integrally formed with the toe end, the sole, and the rear wall.