Patent ID: 8414410

Claim:
A driver club head comprising: a front end comprising a front face; a toe end; a heel end opposite the toe end; a rear end opposite the front end; a crown surface comprising a front crown end and a rear crown end; and an alignment aid at the crown surface; wherein: the front crown end is closer to the front end than to the rear end; the rear crown end is closer to the rear end than to the front end; the alignment aid comprises two or more alignment aid stripes; the two or more alignment aid stripes comprise a first alignment aid stripe and a second alignment aid stripe extending between the front crown end and the rear crown end; the first alignment aid stripe is closer to the toe end than to the heel end; the second alignment aid stripe is closer to the heel end than to the toe end; the first alignment aid stripe is approximately parallel with the second alignment aid stripe; the two or more alignment aid stripes comprise a first color; the crown surface comprises a second color different from the first color; the alignment aid comprises an alignment aid width; the alignment aid width is less than or equal to a diameter of a golf ball; the first and second alignment aid stripes of the two or more alignment aid stripes are offset from each other by a gap; and the gap comprises the second color and a gap width greater than a width of any one of the first and second alignment aid stripes of the two or more alignment aid stripes.