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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2005
Peter J. Gilbert, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Michael Scott Burnett, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Raymond L. Poynor, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Peter J. Gilbert, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Michael Scott Burnett, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Raymond L. Poynor, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
A golf club head and a method of making a golf club head includes a framework that is applied to the rear portion of the club head. A heat shrinkable membrane is mounted to the framework, by either mechanical means or by application of a bonding agent, creating a hollow golf club wherein the membrane material at the center of the rear portion is taut and exposed. The membrane is made from a conformable heat shrinkable fabric having a high tensile strength and negligible compressive strength. The fabric comprises thin, relative flexible, long interwoven fibers such as Kevlar, canvas, sailcloth and fabrics used in the skins of airplanes.