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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2011
James S. Thomas, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Chris Savage, Beaverton, OR (US);
Don Rahrig, Mansfield, TX (US);
James S. Thomas, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Chris Savage, Beaverton, OR (US);
Don Rahrig, Mansfield, TX (US);
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head with a face having the ball striking surface located at a front of the head and a plurality of parallel face grooves extending laterally across at least a portion of the ball striking surface, a body connected to the face and extending rearward from the face, and an indicator on the ball striking surface of the face. The indicator is located in an area between the face grooves and proximate a lateral center of the ball striking surface, and includes at least one indent in the ball striking surface. The indent has a depth that is substantially less than a depth of any of the face grooves. Methods associated with such ball striking devices are also provided.