{
  "patent_number": "US 12734420",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How a Golf Club Head Adjusts Its Weight for Better Swings",
  "original_title": "Golf club having an adjustable weight assembly",
  "summary": "This patent describes a golf club head with a clever system for adjusting its weight, using a special cover with rails that lock into grooves on the weight, allowing golfers to fine-tune their club's balance.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent details a golf club head designed with a special space, called a \"recessed channel,\" where a movable weight can sit. A cover then fits over this channel, holding the weight in place. This cover has unique \"top and side rails\" that stick out, and the weight itself has matching \"top and side grooves\" that are shaped to perfectly receive these rails, creating a secure, interlocking fit. A \"fastener\" then attaches the cover to the club head body. For example, a golfer could move the weight within the channel, and the cover's rails would slide into the weight's grooves, ensuring the weight stays put while still being adjustable.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover golf club weight systems where weights are screwed directly into the club head without a separate cover.",
    "Does not cover weight adjustment mechanisms that use a simple track or slot without interlocking top and side rails and grooves.",
    "Does not cover internal weight systems that are not accessible via a recessed channel on the club's exterior.",
    "Does not cover club heads where the weight is adjusted by adding or removing liquid or granular material instead of a solid weight.",
    "Does not cover systems where the weight is adjusted by changing the club's shaft or grip, rather than the club head itself."
  ],
  "filed": "2023-12-19",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "mechanical",
    "consumer_goods",
    "sports_equipment"
  ],
  "abstract": "A golf club head includes a recessed channel; and a weight assembly including a weight at least partially disposed within the recessed channel, a cover at least partially covering the recessed channel, the cover including a cover main body, a top rail protruding from the cover main body along a first direction, and a side rail protruding from the cover main body along a second direction different from the first direction, and a fastener coupling the cover to the body, wherein the weight has top and side grooves that are respectively shaped and sized to receive at least part of the top and side rails, wherein the top groove has opposite front and rear surfaces respectively proximal and distal to the striking face, and wherein the side groove has opposite top and bottom surfaces respectively proximal and distal to an exterior surface of the cover.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12734420/golf-club-having-an-adjustable-weight-assembly",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12734420/golf-club-having-an-adjustable-weight-assembly/md",
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