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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Byron Cole Slaughter, Granbury, TX (US);
Jeremy N. Snyder, Benbrook, TX (US);
Michael G. Taylor, Granbury, TX (US);
Inventors:
Byron Cole Slaughter, Granbury, TX (US);
Jeremy N. Snyder, Benbrook, TX (US);
Michael G. Taylor, Granbury, TX (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 53/10 (2006.01); A63B 53/12 (2006.01); A63B 53/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for changing the mass characteristics of a golf club may include a first movable mass. The device may also include a first movable mass guide configured to accommodate longitudinal travel of the first movable mass along the golf club shaft. The first movable mass guide may not extend beyond the distal end of the golf club shaft. The golf club head may include a second movable mass and a second movable mass guide that accommodates travel of the second movable mass.