Grooves of golf club heads and methods to manufacture grooves of golf club heads

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10092802-B2
Application number	US-201615263829-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2011
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments of grooves of golf club heads and methods to manufacture grooves of golf club heads are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A putter type golf club head comprising:
a putter type club face defined by a toe end, a heel end, a top rail and a sole; and
a plurality of grooves disposed on the putter type club face between the top rail and the sole of the putter type club head, each groove extending between the toe end and the heel end;
wherein a deepest portion of at least one groove is defined by a generally planar bottom surface portion of the groove; and
wherein the width of the grooves vary in a direction extending between the top rail and the sole, or in a direction extending between the heel end and the toe end; and
wherein the plurality of grooves are separated by a plurality of land portions, and a land portion between a pair of adjacent grooves has a different width than a land portion between another pair of adjacent grooves.

2. The putter type golf club head of claim 1 , wherein depths of the grooves increase in a direction from the sole to the top rail.

3. The putter type golf club head of claim 1 , wherein depths of the grooves increase in a direction from the top rail to the sole.

4. The putter type golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the widths of the grooves increase in a direction from the sole to the top rail.

5. The putter type golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the widths of the grooves increase in a direction from the top rail to the sole.

6. The putter type golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the widths of the grooves decrease in a direction from a generally center portion of the putter type club face toward the heel end.

7. The putter type golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the widths of the grooves decrease in a direction from a generally center portion of the putter type club face toward the toe end.

8. The putter type golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the widths of the grooves decrease in a direction from a generally center portion of the putter type club face toward the top rail.

9. The putter type golf club head of claim 1 , wherein the widths of the grooves decrease in a direction from a generally center portion of the putter type club face toward the sole.

10. The putter type golf club head of claim 1 , further comprising a separate face portion attached to the putter type club face, wherein the grooves are located on the face portion.

11. A putter type golf club head comprising:
a putter type club face defined by a toe end, a heel end, a top rail and a sole; and
a plurality of grooves disposed on the putter type club face between the top rail and the sole of the putter type club head, each groove extending between the toe end and the heel end;
wherein—the widths of the grooves vary in a direction extending between the heel end and the toe end;
wherein a deepest portion of at least one groove is defined by a generally planar bottom surface portion of the groove; and
wherein a depth of a portion of the plurality of grooves is about 0.003 inch.

12. The putter type golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the widths of the grooves decrease in a direction extending from a generally center portion of the putter type club face toward the toe end.

13. The putter type golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the widths of the grooves decrease in a direction extending from a generally center portion of the putter type club face toward the heel end.

14. The putter type golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the widths of the grooves decrease in a direction from a generally center portion of the putter type club face toward the top rail.

15. The putter type golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the widths of the grooves decrease in a direction extending from a generally center portion of the putter type club face toward the heel end and in a direction from a generally center portion of the face toward the top rail.

16. The putter type golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the widths of the grooves decrease in a direction from a generally center portion of the putter type club face toward the sole.

17. The putter type golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the widths of the grooves increase in a direction from the top rail to the sole.

18. The putter type golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the widths of the grooves decrease in a direction from a generally center portion of the putter type club face toward the sole and in a direction from the top rail to the sole.

19. The putter type golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the widths of the grooves increase in a direction from the sole to the top rail.

20. The putter type golf club head of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of grooves are separated by a plurality of land portions, and a land portion between a pair of adjacent grooves has a different width than a land portion between another pair of adjacent grooves.

21. The putter type golf club head of claim 11 , further comprising a separate face portion attached to the putter type club face, wherein the grooves are located on the face portion.

Assignees

• Karsten Mfg Corp

Inventors

• Serrano Anthony D
• Wood Paul D
• Schweigert Bradley D
• Wang Calvin S

Classifications

• Y10T29/49

  Method of mechanical manufacture · CPC title

• A63B53/0466

  wood-type · CPC title

• A63B53/0487 Primary

  for putters (A63B53/065 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A63B53/047

  iron-type · CPC title

• A63B53/04 Primary

  Heads · CPC title