Patent ID: 9199138
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A club-head for a golf club, the club-head comprising: a body having a top, a sole, a toe, a heel, and a front; a face plate attached to the front of the body, the face plate having a striking surface, a reverse surface, a peripheral zone, a toe zone, a heel zone, an upper zone, a lower zone, and a central zone, the reverse surface defining in the central zone a central recess having a thickness and a substantially annular ridge surrounding the central recess and having a maximum respective thickness, and the peripheral zone having a respective thickness, wherein the maximal thickness of the annular ridge is greater than the respective thicknesses of the central recess, the body further comprises a sole lip, a crown lip, a toe lip, and a heel lip, the face plate being attached by a bond to the front of the body at the lips; and at least one of the lips further comprises at least one rib that does not touch any portion of the face plate that is attached to the front of the body, and wherein the bond is located between the at least one rib and the face plate.