Patent ID: 7713141
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf club head including a face member comprising a metallic material and including at least a part of a ball hitting face, and a head body comprising a metallic material to which said face member is attached, wherein said face member has a face back surface which is the back of said hitting face, and said head body has a receiving surface which is in contact with a periphery of said face back surface of said face member, and a fold-back portion which extends backward of said head from said receiving surface and is folded toward the center of said head without coming into contact with said face back surface so that it has an opposite surface facing said face back surface and it forms a space between said face back surface and said opposite surface, and wherein two to ten impact-absorbing members made of an elastic material and including at least a toe side impact-absorbing member disposed on the toe side of said head and a heel side impact-absorbing member disposed on the heel side of said head are disposed in said space, each of said impact-absorbing members includes a front portion which is in contact with said face back surface, a rear portion which is in contact with said opposite surface and a non-bound portion which is located between said front portion and said rear portion and extends in said space without coming into contact with both said face member and said head body, and said opposite surface of said fold-back portion is provided with holes for inserting said rear portion of each of said impact-absorbing members.