Patent ID: 9731178
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A golf club head comprising: a body comprising a hosel, a striking face, a heel side, a toe side, a rear side, a sole, and a channel in the sole; and a slidable weight assembly comprising a retention plate, a weighted base, and at least one bolt having a head portion and a threaded extension portion, wherein the channel comprises a curved floor, a first wall, a second wall, a first rail extending from the first wall, and a second rail extending from the second wall, wherein the channel comprises a first length, wherein the first and second rails each comprise a second length, wherein the first length is greater than the second length, wherein the retention plate comprises a first lower surface, at least one first through-bore, and at least one ledge having a second lower surface that is offset from the first lower surface, wherein the weighted base comprises an upper surface, first and second threaded bores, and first and second spherical portions, wherein the first spherical portion is centered around the first threaded bore, wherein the second spherical portion is centered around the second threaded bore, wherein the head portion rests against the at least one ledge within the first through-bore when the bolt is engaged with the retention plate, wherein the threaded extension portion is sized to engage at least one of the first and second threaded bores, wherein the bolt reversibly fixes the slidable weight to the rails, and wherein the retention plate does not make contact with the weighted base when the slidable weight assembly is fixed within the channel.