Patent ID: 7448964

Claim:
A golf club head comprising: a hollow body having a heel end, a toe end, a front wall, a crown extending rearwardly from an upper portion of said front wall, and a sole extending rearwardly from a lower portion of said front wall; said crown having an inner surface, an outer surface and a thickness dimension measured between said inner and outer surfaces; a plurality of thin regions in said crown, each of said plurality of thin regions arranged to form a plurality of rows of thin regions, each row of said plurality of rows being separated from an adjacent row by an arcuate rib having a thickness greater than the thickness of said plurality of thin regions, each of said plurality of thin regions in a row further being separated from an adjacent thin region by a substantially linear rib having a thickness greater than the thickness of said plurality of thin regions; and said thickness dimension in said plurality of thin regions being reduced when compared with said thickness dimension in other regions of said crown.