Patent ID: 6416422
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf club head having a front and a back and including a crown portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, and a sole portion wherein the improvement comprises:a first and second outside runner carried by said sole portion and offset from one another defining a deflection channel; said first and second outside runner each having a front edge depending from the sole portion to define a general height and transitioning to a generally level horizontal platform, said generally level horizontal platform extending in a front to back direction; a deflection element carried within said deflection channel; said deflection element having a front and a rear and an intermediary portion which extends from said front to said rear; said intermediary portion rising from said front toward said rear to a general height; and said height of said intermediary portion of said deflection element not exceeding the height of said first and second outside runner.