Patent ID: 9132325
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club head comprising: a head for a golf club, said head configured at a heel end for engagement to a shaft, and having a toe end opposite said heel end; said head having a face surface for striking a ball and a rear surface opposite said face surface and a sole surface for positioning adjacent to the surface of play; an aperture communicating through said head between said rear surface and said face surface; a flange having a vertically disposed shoulder portion extending from a horizontally disposed base; a front surface of said flange having an area defined by a sidewall communicating between said front surface and said shoulder portion; said sidewall shaped in a complimentary configuration to an interior surface defining said aperture; said flange positionable between a disengaged position from said head to an engaged position with said head wherein said sidewall communicates in a contiguous positioning with said interior surface of said aperture; said front surface positioned within a perimeter edge of said aperture at a communication with said face surface, when said flange is in said engaged position; indicia defined by said perimeter edge of said aperture, whereby, said indicia is viewable within said perimeter edge when said flange is positioned in either of said disengaged or said engaged position; all or a portion of said front surface of said flange being anodized metal in a first color; said face surface of said head having a second color contrasting with said first color; said indicia defined by said perimeter edge surrounded by said second color on said face surface; and said aperture communicating with said face at said perimeter edge defining said indicia rendering said indicia permanent and substantially tamper proof, whereby said indicia may function as a permanent identifier, said identifier being one of an origination locale of said flange, or an identifying mark of ownership.