Patent ID: 7998000
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club head comprising: a strike face; a top portion coupled to the strike face; a bottom portion coupled to the strike face; a hosel having a hosel centerline, wherein the club head is oriented relative to an imaginary horizontal ground plane so that the hosel centerline is in a first imaginary vertical plane generally parallel to the strike face, the hosel centerline oriented at an angle of 60° relative to the imaginary horizontal ground plane in the first imaginary vertical plane; a discrete stiffening element coupled to at least one of the top portion and the bottom portion, the discrete stiffening element being at least partially curvilinear and comprising a first end, a second end opposing the first end, and generally vertical side surfaces bounded by the first end and the second end; and a path characterized by the vertical projection of one of the generally vertical side surfaces onto one of the bottom portion and the top portion, wherein the path has at least two inflection points, the at least two inflection points being spaced inward from the first end and the second end.