Fascinating IP of the Week – Ridiculous Club Design or the Next Great Breakthrough?

As you may recall the “Fascinated IP of the Week” category is the resting ground for golf inventions that I can’t identify as the next great golf technology or a ridiculous idea (although generally I have a pretty good hunch).

The latest “Fascinating IP” award goes to the golf club disclosed in USPN 7,211,006 titled “Golf Club Including Striking Member and Associated Methods.”

The patent describes the invention as a golf club head having a striking member that deflects inwardly during initial contact with a golf ball and recovers outwardly as the golf ball moves away substantially synchronized with compression and expansion of the golf ball. In some embodiments, the golf club head may include a spacer or neck connecting opposing medial portions of the body and the striking member. In other embodiments, the striking member may include a first layer and a second underlying layer disposed over the body.

Try to wrap your mind around the following drawings from the patent.

So, do you think this club will ever make it to the market?

David Dawsey – The Golfing Patent Lawyer