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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Scott A. Knutson, Escondido, CA (US);
Richard Sanchez, Temecula, CA (US);
Mitchell E. Bac, Temecula, CA (US);
Stephen S. Murphy, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Stephanie Luttrell, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Thomas Orrin Bennett, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Christopher D. Harvell, Escondido, CA (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
A golf club head comprising a body, a cavity having an open end and a terminal end, a weighted insert, the weighted insert comprising a heavy end and a lighter end, wherein the cavity comprises a head locking feature, wherein the weighted insert comprises an insert locking feature, wherein the insert locking feature is configured to lock the weighted insert in the cavity with less than 180 degrees of rotation, wherein the head locking feature comprises a slot, wherein the slot is arranged at an oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the cavity, wherein the insert locking feature comprises a protrusion configured to engage the slot, the protrusion and the slot configured such that rotation of the insert locking feature relative to the head locking feature forces the insert locking feature to slide along the longitudinal axis of the cavity towards the terminal end of the cavity.