US 11,806,591 B2
Support structures for golf club heads and methods of manufacturing improved support structures
Brandon D. DeMille, Carlsbad, CA (US); William C. Watson, Menifee, CA (US); Eric Stubben, Encinitas, CA (US); David R. Handy, Encinitas, CA (US); Irina Ivanova, San Marcos, CA (US); and Patrick Dawson, Poway, CA (US)
Assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,462.
Application 17/935,462 is a division of application No. 17/327,387, filed on May 21, 2021, granted, now 11,484,757.
Application 17/327,387 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/092,630, filed on Nov. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,130,029, issued on Sep. 28, 2021.
Application 17/092,630 is a continuation of application No. 16/836,682, filed on Mar. 31, 2020, granted, now 10,835,789, issued on Nov. 17, 2020.
Application 16/836,682 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/703,641, filed on Aug. 28, 2019, granted, now D914814, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Application 29/703,641 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/673,358, filed on Dec. 13, 2018, granted, now D880631, issued on Apr. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/166,028, filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/892,924, filed on Aug. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0019821 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 53/04 (2015.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 53/0487 (2013.01) [A63B 53/0408 (2020.08); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); A63B 53/0412 (2020.08)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A putter head comprising:
a body composed of a first material having a first density, the body comprising a face portion, a top portion, and a sole portion with a sole recess;
a sole insert composed of a second material having a second density; and
at least one weight composed of a third material having a third density,
wherein the second density is less than the first density,
wherein the third density is greater than the first density,
wherein the sole insert comprises a lattice structure with at least one support structure,
wherein the at least one support structure comprises a length, a width, a first end, a second end, a surface, a variable equivalent diameter, a spline, and a variable cross-sectional shape, and
wherein the at least one weight is affixed to the sole portion.