Hosel-weighted, cavity-backed golf club head

Title:

Hosel-weighted, cavity-backed golf club head

United States Patent D404780

US Patent References:
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Forest - August, 1961 - D191211

/D240948.html
Redoutey - August, 1976 - D240948

Golf club iron head
Adkins - February, 1978 - D247383

Golf club head
Delano et al. - May, 1978 - D247918

Golf club head
Hulyk - January, 1980 - D254084

Inventors:

Long, Dabbs Clayton (4270 Skyline Rd., Carlsbad, CA, 92008)

Application Number:

D/082413

Publication Date:

01/26/1999

Filing Date:

01/16/1998

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Primary Class:

D21/749

Field of Search:

D21/747-752, 473/324, 473/327, 473/328, 473/350

US Patent References:

D259732	Offset hosel for a golf club	June, 1981	Vella	D21/221
D266687		October, 1982	Simmons	D21/749
D302715	Golf club head	August, 1989	Petersen	D21/220
D304485	Golf iron head	November, 1989	Long	D21/748
D316584	Hosel for a golf club head	April, 1991	Antonious	D21/221
D321919	Golf club head	November, 1991	Cheng	D21/748
D371182	Golf club head	June, 1996	Stites	D21/749
1139985		May, 1915	Legh
1258212		March, 1918	Goodrich
1525148	Golf iron	February, 1925	Pickop
1652404	Golf club	December, 1927	Graveure
1671956	Balanced blade for golf clubs	May, 1928	Sime
1917774	Golf club and manufacture of the same	July, 1933	Ogg et al.
1993928	Golf stick	March, 1935	Glover	273/79
2608409	Golf swing trainer	August, 1952	Pinkerton	273/35
2686056	Molded plastic golf club head	August, 1954	Oquist	273/173
3037770	Golf club	June, 1962	Palmer	273/80
3059926	Set of golf clubs	October, 1962	Johnstone	273/77
3064980	Variable golf club head	November, 1962	Steiner	273/171
3343839	Golf putter with a shaft connected intermediate a spherical element and a head	September, 1967	Borah	273/80.2
3419275	Putter head with magnetic weight adjusting means	December, 1968	Winkleman	273/171
3429576	GOLF CLUB HAVING LEVEL INDICATING MEANS AND WEIGHT MEANS	February, 1969	Ikeda	273/162
3497220	OUT OF BALANCE GOLF CLUB FOR PUTTING	February, 1970	Scott	273/81.3
3595577	GOLF CLUB	July, 1971	Hodge	273/80C
3625513	HEAD-TO-SHAFT CONNECTION FOR GOLF CLUB	December, 1971	Ballmer	273/80.5
3814437	SYMBOLICALLY REINFORCED GOLF CLUB HEAD	June, 1974	Winquist	273/167R
3841641	PUTTER	October, 1974	Bennett	273/164
3845955	GOLD CLUB INDICIA	November, 1974	Solheim	273/77A
3937474	Golf club with polyurethane insert	February, 1976	Jepson et al.	273/173
3941390	Heel and toe weighted golf club head	March, 1976	Hussey	273/169
3955820	Golf club head	May, 1976	Cochran et al.	273/167F
3966210	Golf club	June, 1976	Rozmus	273/169
3995857	Golf club head	December, 1976	Cochran et al.	273/77A
3995865	Golf club head	December, 1976	Cochran et al.	273/167F
4214754	Metal golf driver and method of making same	July, 1980	Zebelean	273/167H
4220336	Extrudable weight capsule	September, 1980	Kochevar	273/80.8
4265451	Golf putter	May, 1981	Bernhardt	273/167G
4265452	Golf club	May, 1981	Vella	273/167G
4580784	Golf club including ball retrieving devices	April, 1986	Brill	273/162E
4607846	Golf club heads with adjustable weighting	August, 1986	Perkins	273/171
4621813	Golf club set	November, 1986	Solheim	273/77A
4650191	Golf club	March, 1987	Mills	273/164
4747599	Golf club putter	May, 1988	Antonious	273/167G
4754997	Glider doors	July, 1988	Sahm	273/171
4826172	Golf club head	May, 1989	Antonious	273/169
4834387	Golf club	May, 1989	Waites et al.	273/164
4852879	Golf putter head	August, 1989	Collins	273/164
4867458	Golf club head	September, 1989	Sumikawa et al.	273/171
4915386	Perimeter weighted iron type golf club head with centrally located complementary weight	April, 1990	Antonious	273/167F
4938470	Perimeter weighted iron type golf club head with upper alignment and sighting area and complementary weighting system	July, 1990	Antonious	273/164
4941666	Golf club, set of golf clubs, and method of producing the same	July, 1990	Suganuma	273/169
4948140	Golf club head with dual triangular hosel	August, 1990	Antonious	273/169
4999000	Golf clubhead with a high polar moment of inertia	March, 1991	Finney	273/167R
5004237	Putter with L-shaped hosel	April, 1991	Antonious	273/80.2
5011151	Weight distribution for golf club head	April, 1991	Antonious	273/164
5046733	Iron type golf club head with improved perimeter weight configuration	September, 1991	Antonious	273/77A
5048835	Weighted golf club head	September, 1991	Gorman	473/324
5078400	Weight distribution of the head of a golf club	January, 1992	Desbiolles et al.	273/167F
5118562	Vibration damper having extended temperature range and low temperature shock resistance	June, 1992	Johnson et al.	428/327
5165688	Golf club head to shaft connection	November, 1992	Schmidt et al.	273/80B
5193805	Weighted cavity back golf club set	March, 1993	Solheim	273/77
5193811	Wood type golf club head	March, 1993	Okumoto et al.	273/167F
5277423	Vibration-damping device for an instrument having a shaft and a striking head	January, 1994	Artus	273/80R
5290036	Cavity back iron with vibration dampening material in rear cavity	March, 1994	Fenton et al.	273/167R
5333871	Golf club head	August, 1994	Wishon	273/169
5335914	Golf club head	August, 1994	Long	273/169
5395113	Iron type golf club with improved weight configuration	March, 1995	Antonious	473/324
5409229	Golf club head with audible vibration attenuation	April, 1995	Schmidt et al.	273/167H
5417419	Golf club with recessed, non-metallic outer face plate	May, 1995	Anderson et al.	273/78
5419560	Perimeter weighted golf clubs	May, 1995	Bamber	273/169
5425535	Polymer filled perimeter weighted golf clubs	June, 1995	Gee	273/78
5492327	Shock Absorbing iron head	February, 1996	Biafore, Jr.	273/173
5509659	Golf club head with integrally cast sole plate	April, 1996	Igarashi	473/345
5509660	Golf clubs	April, 1996	Elmer	473/288
5516107	Wood type golf club head	May, 1996	Okumoto et al.	473/346
5518243	Wood-type golf club head with improved adjustable weight configuration	May, 1996	Redman	473/334
5540436	Set of golf club irons having a low density rear cavity perimeter insert for selected weight distribution of each iron	July, 1996	Boone	473/350
5558332	Golf club head	September, 1996	Cook	473/341
5564705	Golf club head with peripheral balance weights	October, 1996	Kobayashi et al.	473/334
5570886	Golf club head having an inner subassembly and an outer casing and method of manufacture	November, 1996	Rigal et al.	473/345
5586947	Golf clubhead and golf club fitted with such a head	December, 1996	Hutin	473/324
5588923	Golf club head with attached selected swing weight composite	December, 1996	Schmidt et al.	473/340
5595548	Method of manufacturing golf club head with integral insert	January, 1997	Beck	473/324
5601501	Iron type golf club head	February, 1997	Kobayashi	473/350
5616088	Golf club head	April, 1997	Aizawa et al.	473/341

Foreign References:

CH558183	January, 1975
GB29603	December, 1913
GB359487	October, 1931
GB1078412	August, 1967
GB1232651	May, 1971
GB1297239	November, 1972
GB2133295	July, 1984
GB2170719	December, 1985

Other References:

1996 Cobra Golf, King Cobra II Advertisement.
1997 Mammoth Golf Full Line catalog, p. 12 showing Snake Plus clubs.
1997 National Golf Suppliers Catalog, pp. 2,3,8,9, and 12--various hosel-weighted clubs.
1997 Photos of Palmer Standard Plus II golf clubs.

Primary Examiner:

Shooman, Ted

Assistant Examiner:

Siegel, Mitchell I.

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Miller & Martin LLP

Claims:

1. The ornamental design for a hosel-weighted, cavity-backed golf club head,as shown and described.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of the hosel-weighted, cavity-backed golf club head;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of said golf club head;

FIG. 3 is a front view of said golf club head;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of said golf club head;

FIG. 5 is right side view of said golf club head;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of said golf club head; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of said golf club head.