Patent ID: 6290609
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An iron golf club having a head body with a front face with a ball striking portion, a rear face which is nearly oppositely disposed to the ball striking portion of the front face, said rear face having substantially the same area and shape as the ball striking portion of the front face, and a shaft connected to one side of the head body, the golf club further comprising:a plurality of balance weights provided on the rear face of said head body, each of said balance weights being separate from said head body, elongated from a top side of the head body toward a sole side thereof, arranged in parallel, at nearly equal intervals,wherein said balance weights have substantially the same width, and are securely fitted into grooves provided on the rear face of said head body in a mortise and tenon joint,wherein said rear face of the head body is nearly flush with respective rear faces of said balance weights, andwherein at least one of the balance weights provided near a toe or heel side on said rear face has a specific gravity that is greater than a specific gravity of at least one of the balance weights provided near a center of the rear face, and wherein at least one of the balance weights provided near the toe side on said rear face is longer than at least one of the balance weights provided near the heel side on the rear face.