Patent ID: 8979674
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club head comprising: a face having a ball-striking surface configured for striking a ball and a rear surface opposite the ball-striking surface; and a body connected to the face, the body having a sole member having a sole surface configured to confront a playing surface, wherein the head is formed in part by a face member having a first leg forming at least a major portion of the face and a second leg extending rearwardly from a bottom end of the first leg and forming at least a portion of the sole member, and wherein the head is further formed in part by a body member connected to the face member, the body member being welded to the to a top end of the first leg along a lateral weld line and forming an upper portion of the ball-striking surface and at least a portion of a top side of the body, wherein the body member comprises a top portion welded to the top end of the first leg along the lateral weld line and forming the upper portion of the ball-striking surface and the at least a portion of the top side of the body, and a bottom portion welded to a rear end of the second leg along a second lateral weld line and forming at least a portion of the sole member.