Patent ID: 6471602
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf club, which comprises:a shaft; a head attached to one end of the shaft; the head formed with a ball-impact surface on a front face thereof; the head formed with a pair of spaced, opposed side edges with each side edge having a first end and a second end; the head formed with a first linking edge extending between the first ends of the side edges, and a second linking edge extending between the second ends of the side edges in a spaced, opposed relation to the first linking edge; a first passage formed through the head adjacent a first of the pair of side edges with an end of the first passage located in the front face of the head; at least a side-to-side portion of the end of the passage which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head having a prescribed width dimension which is equal to or greater than the width of any other side-to-side portion of the end of the passage; the ball-impact surface being solid and formed with a side-to-side portion, which extends in a direction between the spaced side edges of the head, having a width dimension which is greater than the prescribed width dimension; the end of the first passage being located between the ball-impact surface and the first of the pair of side edges of the head; a second passage formed through the head with an end of the second passage located in the front face of the head; the second passage being located adjacent a second of the pair of side edges; and the ball-impact surface being located between the first and second passages.