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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
Hideo Shimazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Shimazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An iron head includes a striking face; a backside surface; a sole surface; a hosel; a recess portion provided in an upper portion of the backside surface; a protruding portion provided at a lower portion of the backside surface and projecting backward; a first hollow portion provided on a heel side of the protruding portion; and a second hollow portion disposed on a toe side and inside the protruding portion. The protruding portion includes a middle portion between the first hollow portion and the second hollow portion. The first hollow portion is disposed away from the second hollow portion by a distance gradually increasing from an upper surface of the protruding portion toward the sole surface.