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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1999
William Pratt Mounfield, Jr., Lexington, SC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A golf putter head is characterized by one or more axis of symmetry, formed by an extrusion process. The extrusion has provisions for multiple styles, masses, lofts, lies, and colors, of golf club heads to be made from the same extrusion process and from the same extruded bar. Golf putter embodiments have provisions for differing head balances, including center, toe, and face balance in two faced, cavity back, or rounded back styles without changes to the extrusion process. The width of the putter may be altered for different total mass of the putter as desired. A novel method of securing mass and inertial altering material inserts is demonstrated with the use of wall tapered cavities which securely lock the insert material without the use of pins, screws, threads, or glues. Novel use of materials which expand upon cooling are introduce for these insert. The extrusion process has provisions for the production of golf clubs in general, for example, the heads for golf club woods, golf club irons, golf club putters, and golf club speciality heads, wedges, for example. The extrusion process allows golf club heads to be produced with high precision, yet low cost, in variable quantities in different materials, lofts, lies, widths, masses, shapes, and colors.