Patent ID: 7575524

Claim:
A club-head for a golf club, the club-head comprising: a body having a top, a sole, a toe, a heel, and a front; a face plate attached to the front of the body, the face plate having an obverse surface, a reverse surface, a peripheral zone, a toe zone, a heel zone, an upper zone, a lower zone, and a central zone, the reverse surface defining in the central zone a central recess having a thickness and a substantially annular ridge surrounding the central recess and having a maximal respective thickness, the reverse surface also defining in the toe zone and heel zone respective horizontal flanking recesses each having respective thicknesses, the reverse surface also defining in the upper zone and lower zone respective vertical flanking recesses each having respective thicknesses, and the peripheral zone having a respective thickness, wherein the maximal thickness of the annular ridge is greater than the respective thicknesses of the central recess and flanking recesses, and the respective thicknesses of the flanking recesses are no greater than the thickness of the central recess, wherein an innermost edge of the horizontal flanking recesses are spaced farther apart from the annular ridge than an innermost edge of the vertical flanking recess, the body further comprises a sole-lip, a crown-lip, a toe-lip, and a heel-lip; and at least one of the lips further comprises at least one rib that does not touch any portion of the face plate.