Patent of the Week: Taylor Made Scores Big with r7 Driver Patent
On March 6, 2007 Taylor Made Golf was awarded USPN 7,186,190 titled “Golf Club Head Having Movable Weights.” This is a big deal. In fact, Taylor Made values this niche so much that they filed 9 continuation patent applications on January 31st related to this patent. Does the following figure look familiar?
One may wonder why the figure I selected from the patent only has 2 weights, rather than the 4 found on most of the Taylor Made r7 drivers. The reason is that the patent only requires that there be 2 or more weights located in a range of locations resulting in a center of gravity (CG) that lies in a specified area within the head.
It will be interesting to see what Taylor Made has done in the 9 related pending patent applications. I will keep you posted.
Congratulations
David Dawsey – The IP Golf Guy