Patent ID: 6077173
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An iron-type golf club head having a solid metal body comprising:a face defined by a substantially flat first plane and including a golf-ball-striking surface with a center portion, said face having an opposing rear surface;a heel having an upwardly extending hosel for receiving one end of an elongated shaft;a toe opposite and taller in height than said heel, said face being interposed said toe and said heel;a sole interposed said heel and said toe and disposed below said face;a top-line interposed said heel and said toe and superposed said sole and said face;a back defined by a second plane which is inclined relative to the first plane defining said face, said back being opposite said face and having a single open stepped cavity extending toward said face and covering a majority of said back, said cavity having a first larger portion adjacent said toe and a second smaller portion adjacent said heel;a peripheral belt surrounding the cavity of said back and including a toe perimeter portion, a heel perimeter portion, a sole perimeter portion, a top-line perimeter portion and junction perimeter portions interposed adjacent ones of said toe, heel, sole and top-line perimeter portions, wherein a majority of the weight of the club head is disposed within said peripheral belt; anda single bridge member superposed a portion of said cavity, spaced away from said rear surface of said face and disposed along the second plane defining said back, said bridge member comprising a first end attached to one of said top-line, heel, toe, sole and junction perimeter portions and a second end attached to one of said top-line, heel, toe, sole and junction perimeter portions;whereby the trajectory of a ball struck by the center of the golf-ball-striking surface of the face is influenced by the location of the bridge member.