Patent ID: 6196936
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A45D,A63B,C23C

Abstract:
A method for preparing a golf club component, comprising the steps of providing a golf club component substrate made of a first material being a first metal; andapplying a coating structure to the golf club component substrate, the step of applying a coating structure including the steps ofcoating a first layer of a second material of only a second metal overlying and contacting the substrate, said second material being different than said first material, andcoating a second layer of a third material overlying and contacting said first layer, the third material being homogeneous and including a third metal selected from a group consisting of vanadium, chromium, zirconium, titanium, niobium, molybdenum, hafnium, tantalum, and tungsten, and a nonmetal selected from a group consisting of nitrogen and carbon, wherein the second layer is not a mixture or alloy of the third material with cobalt or nickel.