Patent ID: 8337320
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A putter head, comprising: a putter body including a ball striking face member made of a material having a first hardness characteristic, wherein a plurality of independent and separated openings are defined in the ball striking face member, and wherein at least some of the independent and separated openings extend across a central portion of the ball striking face member; and a polymeric material provided to at least partially fill the plurality of openings, wherein the polymeric material has a second hardness characteristic that is softer than the first hardness characteristic, and wherein the ball striking face member and the polymeric material exposed in at least some of the openings provide a ball striking surface of the putter head; wherein a plurality of grooves are defined in the ball striking surface of the putter head, wherein the plurality of groves extend across the central portion of the ball striking face member and are formed solely in the polymeric material exposed in the openings in the ball striking face member.