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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Mark Vincent Greaney, Vista, CA (US);
Andrew Kickertz, San Diego, CA (US);
Todd P. Beach, Encinitas, CA (US);
Craig Richard Slyfield, San Diego, CA (US);
Taylor Made Golf Compnay, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A putter head having an upward-facing surface portion and a diffusely reflecting area of at least 5% of a total upward-facing area, which is also has a low gloss value and preferential CIELab L* value, an alignment feature delineating a transition between a first portion of the upward-facing surface having an area of contrasting shade or color with a shade or color of a portion of the face adjacent the upward-facing surface, and a face with at least a portion adjacent the upward-facing surface having a diffusely reflecting face surface area with a low gloss value and preferential chroma value. The alignment feature may have a preferential contrasting color difference between the first portion of the upward-facing surface and a portion of the face, and preferential CIELab ΔL difference value between a portion of the face and the diffusely reflecting surface of the upward-facing surface.