Patent ID: 9623301
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A golf putter-type club head comprising: a body having a club face, a top portion, a sole portion, a heel portion, and a toe portion, wherein said club face has a center, a first end at said heel portion, and a second end at said toe portion, said body being comprised of a material having a first specific gravity; a first extension portion extending in a direction either outwardly in a direction in the plane of the club face oriented directionally away from the center of the club face beyond the first end, or rearwardly and outwardly away from the first end of the club face, said first extension portion having a leading edge, a proximal end in the region of the first end of said club face, and a distal end disposed away from said club face, said first extension having a weight joined thereto in the region of the distal end thereof, said weight having a second specific gravity higher than said first specific gravity; and a second extension portion extending in a direction either outwardly in a direction in the plane of the club face oriented directionally away from the center of the club face beyond the second end, or rearwardly and outwardly away from the second end of the club face, said second extension portion having a leading edge, a proximal end in the region of the second end of said club face, and a distal end disposed away from said club face, said second extension having a weight joined thereto in the region of the distal end thereof, said weight having a second specific gravity higher than said first specific gravity, wherein the leading edge of at least one of said first and second extension forms an angle of greater than 40° and less than 90° from an imaginary line oriented perpendicular to the club face and passing through at least one of the outermost portions of the club face at the heel or the toe of the club face, and wherein one of the extensions is longer than the other extension, wherein the weights have a thickness dimension measured in a direction from the front of the extensions to the rear of the extensions, wherein the thickness of at least one of the weights is greater than the thickness of at least a portion of one of the extensions.