Patent ID: 7507166

Claim:
A golf club for use at chip shots comprising: an upright shaft having a top grip and a bottom end; and a club head having (a) a hosel portion for attaching the bottom end of the shaft, (b) a trapezoidal clubface slanted forwardly with a predetermined angle of loft, a longer leading edge and a relatively short trailing edge, (c) a sole plate having a similar profile namely a longer leading edge and a relatively short trailing edge to the clubface except where the hosel portion integrates therewith and joining at its front edge with the leading edge of the clubface, the sole plate defining a bounce angle with respect to a horizontal plane normal to the axis of the shaft, and (d) two opposite side walls having a generally triangular shape for connecting the respective sets of opposing side edges of the clubface and sole plate with the apexes of the triangular side walls pointing away from each other, whereby the club head has a V-shaped side profile with balanced top and bottom sections centered about a middle plane extending between the clubface and the sole plate as well as left and right sections divided by a centerline running between the opposite side walls of the club head.