Metalwood type golf club head having expanded sections vertically extending the ball striking clubface

Abstract

A metalwood type golf clubhead including a clubhead body having a toe, heel, upper crown surface, bottom sole surface, side surfaces, rear surface and ball-striking clubface having at least one raised, elongated, aerodynamically shaped reinforcing and stabilizing member extending outwardly from the upper and/or bottom surfaces, and having a front ball-striking surface located perpendicular to and coincident with the ball-striking clubface. The structure provides improved weight distribution for better balance, additional strength and stability to clubhead and provides more effective aerodynamic surfaces to increase clubhead speed.

1 . A metalwood type golf clubhead including a clubhead body with a toe, heel, upper surface, bottom sole surface, side wall surfaces, rear surface and ball-striking clubface, wherein the improvement comprises: 
 at least one reinforcing and stabilizing member extending outwardly from said clubhead body said reinforcing and stabilizing member providing smooth aerodynamic surfaces to said clubhead;    said reinforcing and stabilizing member being located in a vertical direction relative to said ball striking clubface and further including a front ball-striking surface coincident with and located perpendicular to said ball striking clubface, providing increased ball striking area on said clubface.    
     
     
         2 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 1  wherein said reinforcing and stabilizing member is located adjacent to and above said upper surface to form a top crown on said upper surface of clubhead said reinforcing and stabilizing member including a ball-striking surface coincident with an upper portion of said ball striking clubface.  
     
     
         3 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 1  wherein said reinforcing and stabilizing member is located below said ball-striking clubface; said reinforcing and stabilizing member including a front ball-striking surface coincident with a lower portion of said ball striking clubface.  
     
     
         4 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 1  wherein said reinforcing and stabilizing member extends rearwardly from said ball striking clubface in a direction toward said rear surface.  
     
     
         5 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 4  wherein said reinforcing and stabilizing member terminates adjacent said rear surface.  
     
     
         6 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 4  wherein said reinforcing and stabilizing member terminates partway toward said rear surface.  
     
     
         7 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 4  wherein said reinforcing and stabilizing member terminates in a parabolic shape adjacent said rear surface.  
     
     
         8 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 1  wherein said clubhead body is traditional in shape.  
     
     
         9 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 1  being further defined by a plurality of reinforcing and stabilizing members.  
     
     
         10 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 9  wherein said reinforcing and stabilizing members are located on said upper surface of said clubhead.  
     
     
         11 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 9  wherein said reinforcing and stabilizing members are located on said bottom sole of said clubhead.  
     
     
         12 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 9  being further defined by said plurality of reinforcing and stabilizing members including a first reinforcing and stabilizing member on said upper surface and a second reinforcing and stabilizing member on said bottom sole.  
     
     
         13 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 9  wherein said reinforcing and stabilizing members extend from said ball striking face rearwardly to a location short of said rear surface.  
     
     
         14 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 10  further including an additional reinforcing and stabilizing member on said bottom sole.  
     
     
         15 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 11  further including an additional reinforcing and stabilizing member on said upper surface.  
     
     
         16 . A metalwood type golf clubhead including a clubhead body with a toe, heel, upper crown surface, bottom sole surface, side wall surfaces, rear wall surface and ball-striking clubface, wherein the improvement comprises: 
 a plurality of reinforcing and stabilizing members extending outwardly from said clubhead body to form the outermost perimeter weighting of said clubhead and providing smooth profile, aerodynamic surfaces to said clubhead;    said reinforcing and stabilizing members being centrally located on said clubhead body in a vertical direction relative to said ball-striking clubface; said reinforcing and stabilizing members including ball-striking surfaces coincident with and perpendicular to said ball striking clubface.    
     
     
         17 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 16  being further defined by said reinforcing and stabilizing members being located on said upper surface of said clubhead.  
     
     
         18 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 16  being further defined by said reinforcing and stabilizing members being located on said bottom sole surface of said clubhead.  
     
     
         19 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 16  being further defined by a first pair of said reinforcing and stabilizing members being located on said upper surface of said clubhead and a second pair of said reinforcing and stabilizing members being located on said bottom sole surface.  
     
     
         20 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 1  wherein said ball-striking surface of said reinforcing and stabilizing member includes an array of punch marks.  
     
     
         21 . The metalwood type of golf clubhead of  claim 8  wherein said ball-striking clubface outer configuration conforms to the clubface shape of a traditional shaped metalwood clubhead.