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Stan Thompson Golf Club Company

Schmidt; Glenn H.

Glenn H Schmidt

Howard F Schmidt

Glenn Robert Seidman

Stanley C Thompson

A ski includes at least two sections interconnectible end-to-end, one section having a recess sunk in an end portion thereof and the other ski section having a tongue projecting from an end portion thereof, the recess and tongue shaped to closely interfit when the ski sections are assembled, end-to-end, thereby to provide a full length ski, there being structure to positively and releasably interconnect said end portions in assembled condition. A method of forming the ski assures tight interfit of the recess and tongue; and the tongue cannot be inadvertently pulled from the recess.

Sectioned ski

Golf club head face

A hollow metallic head having a ball striking front face and a bottom surface,

Golf clubs

A ski includes at least two sections interconnectible end-to-end, one section having a recess sunk in an end portion thereof and the other ski section having a tongue projecting from an end portion thereof, the recess and tongue shaped to closely interfit when the ski sections are assembled, end-to-end, thereby to provide a full length ski, there being structure to positively and releasably interconnect said end portions in assembled condition.

The method for transporting wax structure between first and second positions, and including (a) a support relatively movable into adjacency to said structure, (b) prong means associated with said support and movable relative thereto between retracted and advanced positions, the steps that include (i) advancing said prong means in non-parallel direction into said advanced position penetrating said wax structure, and (ii) displacing said support and prong means to transport said wax structure.

Fabrication of golf club heads

A golf iron has a front face with substantially hyperbolic forward convexity.

Golf iron face

A hollow metal shell golf club head, has a ball striking front wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and longitudinally spaced toe and heel walls. The head is characterized by:

Reinforced hollow metal golf club head

The method of fabricating a metal shell golf club head includes forming a core to the form of the inside surface of the shell; forming a plug integral with the core to project outwardly therefrom, the plug formed to outline peripheral shape conforming to the inner peripheral edge of a sole plate opening in the head shell; forming at least one gripper finger opening and at least one locking recess in the side of the plug, the core characterized as being soluble in a fluid solvent; forming a wax shell about the core while locating the plug in fixed position in a mold to hold the core in predetermined position and while maintaining a locking plunger in the formed recess; and removing the core and plug relative to the wax shell by dissolving the core and plug in the solvent; the core being transferred between stations (at which the (a) and (b) steps are carried out) by gripping and bodily displacing the plug which is integral with the core.

Fabrication of metal shell golf club heads

A method of attaching a sole plate to a hollow metal golf club head by providing a dam integral with the head whereby a metallic melt is sustained around the periphery of the sole plate. The dam is later removed so that the sole plate and golf club head are the same height.

Method of sustaining metallic golf club head sole plate profile by

Ledge structure is made integral with a hollow metallic golf club head, to position a metallic sole plate that closes an opening in the bottom wall of the shell. The ledge structure is defined by multiple ledges spaced apart about that opening and in pairs at opposite sides of an upright plane that bisects the head in a front to rear direction. At least two of the ledges are defined by the lower terminals of ribs integrally formed with the head front wall. The ledges are spaced from the outer surface of the bottom wall so that the sole plate outer surface is flush with the outer surface of the head bottom wall; and the sole plate periphery is connected to the rim of the opening in that bottom wall by weld material in the space between that rim and the sole plate periphery.

Sole plate internal suspension in metal shells to form metal woods

A golf club wood head has a front face with bulge curvature defined by the intersection of generally horizontal planes normal to the front face, those intersections defining curved lines which are generally parabolic. The front face also has curved lines in a vertical plane resulting in a compound curvature, and the front face intersects the uppermost frontal portion of the head along a generally straight line, when viewed downwardly from a position above the front face.

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Glendale, CA, United States of America

Glenn H Schmidt